tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58302331195187658562024-03-06T03:21:02.166-05:00Color ReDesignI love color and want to help ~Make Color Personal~ for your home or business.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04862765976449861512noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5830233119518765856.post-4837640626530540452015-12-30T22:34:00.000-05:002015-12-30T22:36:06.321-05:002015 ReCap<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On the eve of New Years Eve it seems like a good time frame to reflect back over the past twelve months and share a few ways I was able to ~Make Color Personal~ for clients. I look forward to helping more clients in 2016.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The calls for help with paint colors and placement were a (always welcomed) steady stream in 2015. Sources continued to include direct contact at a local Benjamin Moore retailer, repeat and past client referrals, painter referrals and inquiries from <a href="http://www.houzz.com/pro/colorredesign/jill-j-wallace-color-redesign"><b><span style="color: #38761d;">Houzz </span></b></a> (click the link to visit my page). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A fantastic commercial project was with a Condo Association that was looking to add sophisticated colors to the exteriors of the units. Based on the location near a golf course and a request for six color options, compared to two, I provided new colors that would meet the Board of Directors request as well as keeping the painters in mind by staying in the same color depth of the previous choices--no extreme color changes--.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'Green' -really a gray green- is subtle but stands out next to gray and tan neighboring units</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Taupe in the right hue is like a perfect river rock</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Residential exteriors were also individualized for each home owner. Based on requests for 'something that stands out from the lake view' to 'something that looks impressive/rich' homeowners had ~color made personal~ to help make a house into a home for curb appeal.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior consults were a full range of refreshing a room with a similar color, with less 'pink' or 'yellow' to new construction with primed walls, and some needing flooring and counter and cabinet color choices.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I look forward to moving on to 2016 and more opportunities to ~Make Color Personal~, maybe for you, maybe for a friend, neighbor, coworker or family member. I bring a professional, unbiased view of color and decorating recommendations that won't break the budget. In fact, a consulting appointment will out weigh the cost of time and samples that just aren't working. Take a look at my <a href="http://colorredesign.shutterfly.com/"><b><span style="color: #351c75;">website</span></b></a> for more information to see if I am a good fit to ~Make Color Personal~ for you!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Until Next Year</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04862765976449861512noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5830233119518765856.post-66383386599525930002015-02-28T17:42:00.002-05:002015-02-28T17:42:19.957-05:00Touch Up Doesn't Equate to Dab of Paint<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Have you stopped into your local paint store and asked for 'touch up' paint in the smallest amount possible just to get a resistance and a bunch of clarifying questions?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here's why. Even if you use the same paint from the same original color, the 'touch up' area will have a different coverage of the paint. You most likely will see flashing. This article on <a href="http://houzz.com/ideabooks/29846825">Houzz</a> is a good reference. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To use a new can of paint will increase the chance for a slight color difference, not to mention the sheen difference. If at all possible you need to stick with the same type of paint that was used on the wall you are painting. Manufacture's eggshell, satin and semi-gloss differ from each other. A companie's own lines (good, better, best) will differ from each other too. The new paint will look lighter and fresher than the existing paint....especially if it has been up for a few years.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I touched up a wall recently with the original paint. I knew it could potentially create a flash effect but I couldn't take the white spot from a nick created by 'not me' family member A, B, or possibly C ;-) When I look at the wall straight on the difference doesn't show, but when viewed at an angle the touch up area looks flatter than the rest of the wall. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is possible to touch up with some paints. Benjamin Moore Aura is one of the few paints actually stated by the manufacture that it touches up. Depending how long ago you painted also makes a huge difference of the touch up results. Flat paints flash the least. The higher the sheen the more likely you will have to paint the whole area or get very creative to meld the old and newly painted surface.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Just know that if the person helping you at the store puts up some resistance it's to save you the frustration and to give you the knowledge you may be painting corner to corner, or feathering a LOT more than you planned, not just putting paint on a touch up area. </span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04862765976449861512noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5830233119518765856.post-28685567318242194472014-12-12T17:55:00.001-05:002014-12-29T14:26:43.868-05:00How Will 'Color of the Year' Choices Effect Your Design?<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now that late Fall is here most of the 'Color of the Year' announcements are out. Some have created more hoopla conversation than needed, really. Not every color of the year is perfect or 'new'. You may never even come close to using any of the trend colors in your own space, and that is okay because color is personal; and timeless color is .....timeless. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That being said, it doesn't hurt to know what's on trend so if you choose you CAN make an update here or there. Instead of concentrating on one color, I recommend using the trending colors you like as a starting point and tweak them to work into your space. Use one color in layers--lighter and darker tints and shades of the same hue--create a flow for each room having a unique color.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This green is a soft green that isn't sage nor yellow, just nicely in-between. It can be a great transitional color in a main area like a foyer, or can be that bit of color to a room surrounded by the gray/greige/beige or off white neutrals in many homes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is a fresh coral, true to its name. It is not as brown as a terra cotta, but not necessarily juvenile, as this picture shows. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is an interesting choice in my opinion. It can be worked in as a solid color, similar to a terra cotta, perhaps in a higher sheen like satin or semi gloss; or a metallic glaze or paint could be used for a truer copper shine. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Click <a href="http://lacoloristaisabeldeyzaguirreeng.blogspot.com/2014/11/copper-orange-akzonobels-2015-color-of.html">here</a> for a great article about this color from fellow color expert Isabel de Yzaguirre</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Most definitely the most conversation stirring pick among fellow color consultants this past week. Pantone colors are not paint manufacture standard colors you can find in color wheel or color deck. They are geared toward the advertising and apparel industries. This year's color relates to a brick tone, burgundy-brown red.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hopefully you can find a 'color of the year' that resonates with you for adding an update to a room or two. If not, don't sweat it. Make color personal to you! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you feel stuck on choosing a color, set up an appointment with your local color consultant. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It will save you time and stress of finding the color(s) to give your space an updated look. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You can find more about Color ReDesign </span><a href="http://colorredesign.shutterfly.com/" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">here</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. </span></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04862765976449861512noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5830233119518765856.post-24781616921998140642014-10-13T08:17:00.000-04:002014-10-13T13:22:52.070-04:00Sky Blue--Good Paint Color?<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fall in Michigan can be absolutely beautiful! It's the kind of day you have to soak up the sunshine and light breeze because they are fewer and farther between as November approaches. It's the kind of day that 55 degrees feels warm (in the sun). Shorts and a sweatshirt....I think its a Michigan thing, where as most people would have on long pants if temps called for a sweatshirt. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am soaking up the afternoon outside, even dealing with the glare on the screen so I can be outside as long as possible. And it got me thinking as I stared at the crisp, bright blue sky. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At one point there wasn't a cloud as far as the eye can see. When I finally took a snapshot a few high wispy ones were making their way in. I analyzed the sky and thought it resembled some clean, bright <a href="http://benjaminmoore.com/colorgallery">Benjamin Moore</a> colors.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yosemite Blue 2059-40, Utah Sky 2065-40, Big Country Blue 2066-30, Blue Lapis 2067-40.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Question is, how do these colors look in a room as paint on the wall? Strong, bright, intense, fun. That could translate to 'too much' for some spaces. It may be better in smaller doses, in a niche area, or reserved for art work or art pieces. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Still want a blue room with less intensity but not nursery tones? Choose a blue that has a gray look, possibly more gray than blue especially in a store's florescent lighting. How do you determine what THAT is? Pick some blues and some grays on color chips. Grays like to lean toward blue or green or purple. Now put them along side a more gray that reads gray, like Stonington Gray HC-170. You most likely will see the undertone; the blue, green or purple, coming through. Trust your gut to narrow down the color selection. If you still haven't found one you like, wet samples are always a great way to test a color before you invest in a gallon (or two or five). A portable sample on a poster board or <a href="http://swatchright.com/">paint sample product</a> will let you test the color though out the room without committing to painting right away. If you do paint on the wall, make sure you use a roller so you do not create a smooth brushed surface that will show smoother than the rest of the walls under the new final paint color.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Of course a color consultant can always help you with a professional, unbiased opinion about the colors and find that mix of a 'perfect' blue or other color for your space. Click<span style="color: blue;"> <a href="http://colorredesign.shutterfly.com/">here</a> </span>for my contact information. I look forward to ~making color personal~ for you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Best,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04862765976449861512noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5830233119518765856.post-33795387241762595072014-08-31T15:24:00.002-04:002014-08-31T21:01:26.820-04:00Trending--Is It Worth Keeping Up<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Do you consider yourself trendy? Do you wish you could find a timeless look so you didn't have to worry about having a 'dated' look? Painting your walls is still the quickest and less expensive way to transform a room. Some decor changes help you update and still use what you otherwise have.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">September is only a day away and fall items are starting to pop up in stores including color trends for 2015. No 'color of the year' announcements from specific companies in this blog, but that's okay because I want to concentrate on the non-trendy part of paint colors to help transition any updates you try to incorporate into your space.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Over the past few years #gray was considered the new #beige. I have had friends and clients overhaul their homes to meet this paint color change. Not everyone can use a classic gray in their space. I've personally tried to find ways to incorporate gray into my home and it's too cold or gloomy for my liking. (Michigan doesn't have countless sunny days). Instead I've changed out some paint colors with a warm, green-gray. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are some beige paint colors that help balance all of that gray as well. I have found the khaki beige colors help as neutrals without looking pink or 'builder' beige. They help the green-grays or brown-grays look more gray than the undertone of brown/green. So when you see green in a beige it's usually helping the color from looking pink. If you see green in a gray its usually helping it from looking blue. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The best way I've learn to describe combining gray, taupe and beige paint colors is it's like using river rocks. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They come in a varying range but all work together. Plus you can add some variation to the rooms' colors but keep a flow or smooth transition from and to rooms. The single tip to make the rooms work together, without having to paint them all the same color: relate something to each room. If you use gray on the walls in one room, use the same shade of gray as a decor piece or accent in the next room. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you find yourself stuck in changing some colors in your room, <a href="https://colorredesign.shutterfly.com/">call me for a color consultation</a>! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Does it come easily to you?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sometimes you inherit or buy an item that lets you build a room around its colors.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sometimes you inherit a previous owner's paint color you know you <i>don't</i> want.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Nature can make color combinations make a lot of sense.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pastels don't have to only be pink or blue. Light taupe, gray, purple, or buttery yellow can add soft color to a room.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Crisp, clear colors can add life to a room.</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sometimes muted or grayed colors just look dull or muddy. Lighting plays a key role.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After a rain storm Mother Nature shows off a classic collection of hues.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The tricky part of mixing colors can be combining the right tones of colors so the result is pleasing, not clashing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The 60-30-10 rule of main color, second color and accent helps keep a room or combined spaces from looking like a box of crayons exploded.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If the whole process is still overwhelming bring in a <a href="http://colorredesign.shutterfly.com/">professional color consultant</a>. We can help you decipher and explain what colors will work together in your space based on your inspiration piece or envisioned look.</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04862765976449861512noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5830233119518765856.post-90076088500684863112014-03-13T16:21:00.004-04:002014-03-13T16:21:34.372-04:00I Saw It In a Magazine<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You've read about it before, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Meaning the images your find in a printed book or magazine and images you find on <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/">Pintrist</a>, <a href="http://houzz.com/">Houzz</a>, <a href="http://www.bhg.com/">BHG</a> or <a href="http://hgtv.com/">HGTV</a> web pages may look like the perfect color, but even if a paint color name is provided, keep in mind printing, lighting and computer calibration factors may make the color look different from the actual manufacturer's paint chip or paint test sample you get.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I ran into a perfect example today. I found a picture in a printed color catalog of a room that I liked so I thought I would match up the colors I thought were used before I looked up the names provided. (Color consultant games we play)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Similar but not the <i>same. </i>The <i>Edelweiss</i> chip looks grayer in this post to me compared to the paint chip from the store and<i> Soft Cream</i> looks more peachy cream on the paint chip compared to the picture here.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yellows and blues can be more tricky to get that 'perfect' color because they can go brighter than you expect on the wall. Taupe can give a pink or purple cast, Tans can go too yellow and Grays run the gamut of too blue, too purple, too green.... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you find yourself in this predicament, call me for a <a href="http://colorredesign.shutterfly.com/">color consulting</a> appointment for a professional, unbiased meeting of ~making color personal~ to You! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Jill</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04862765976449861512noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5830233119518765856.post-11038797578672954982014-01-25T20:45:00.000-05:002014-01-25T20:45:38.617-05:00Blue-Little Boy, Slate, or Gray?<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Are you a 'blue' person? What kind of blue do you like? Better yet what kind of blue do you avoid? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have helped many color consulting clients with finding the 'perfect' blue paint color for their space. There are fine tuning questions that pin point what makes a blue perfect for the space they are trying to personalize.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sometimes is it soft and airy, like Benjamin Moore's 2014 Color of the Year, <i>Breath of Fresh Air</i>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Most times it needs to have a gray tone to it to keep it looking soft but grown up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A robin's egg blue is widely appealing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Often the more depth it has the richer and cozier it feels in a space.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Navy is a consistent strong blue</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04862765976449861512noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5830233119518765856.post-32620324421411888822013-12-14T19:59:00.000-05:002013-12-14T20:02:01.213-05:00Flooring Matters<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">"Oh, just ignore the carpet. We are going to get different flooring for this room".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My new favorite comment during a <a href="https://colorredesign.shutterfly.com/services">color consultation</a>!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As a small business owner I know the importance of business networking, so I joined a<a href="http://www.lakesareachamber.com/"> local Chamber of Commerce</a> a couple of years ago and the benefits are starting to return on my investment. From a gracious invitation from an established and trustworthy #flooring store owner, I have teamed up with <a href="http://www.moderncarpetonewl.com/">Carpet One/Modern Floors, Walled Lake</a> to help my #color consulting clients find the perfect floor to help their perfect paint color complete the project in their home or business. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Don't be fooled by offers for 'free' padding or 'free' installation. Nothing is free, but a trustworthy, established business will work with each client to make sure the products quoted will meet the client's project scope and budget. I treat each of my client's flooring search as if it were my own so I will not sell them short. I will look out for their best interest and go through a process of elimination of sorts to find the perfect floor from one store.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There are so many flooring products out there from reputable companies with many price points and specific characteristics. <a href="http://www.carpetone.com/statestorelocator?store=0586">Carpet One // Modern Floors Walled Lake</a> has access to many manufactures and has the buying power of a big network while remaining locally owned, so you can shop local AND get competitive pricing for your new flooring.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Considering new flooring? <a href="https://colorredesign.shutterfly.com/">Call me</a> and we will see how we can get you a new floor '<i>from inspiration to installation</i>'. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Best,</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04862765976449861512noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5830233119518765856.post-83811115295999809542013-11-17T20:13:00.000-05:002013-11-17T20:20:10.932-05:00Second Coat Required<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ever ask a sales person at your favorite paint store if the paint is darker on the wall than the color chip? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Did they answer what you expected? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As a color consultant that helps customers a few days a week at <a href="http://benjaminmoore.com/">Benjamin Moore</a> retailer <a href="http://northcromwellpaint.com/">North Cromwell Paint</a> I have been asked this question many times. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">'Take home' chips are <i>usually </i>1x2" on a strip of eight colors up to 3x4" individual chips unless the store has some larger chips on hand, so in the store it can be difficult to decipher if a color is going to be dark enough or too dark for a certain room. </span><br />
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<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">When you open the can of paint the paint will look lighter than the paint chip. It could even look too 'something'...pink, yellow, blue....</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It may be surprising that even a deep color will look like the color chip when you hold it up to the wall, but overall the color will look a little lighter and brighter in the space because it is on a larger surface than 2x2" and has more light to reflect on it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hope this post sheds some light on the question of how the paint looks on the wall compared to the tiny color chip you can start with from the store.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Don't let the large paint color selection make you frustrated with your project. Hire a #color consultant for their experience of how certain colors may or may not display your ideal color in your room. Your lighting and room characteristics are not the same as a retail store. </span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04862765976449861512noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5830233119518765856.post-16786847958925612472013-10-05T11:00:00.002-04:002013-10-05T11:04:06.555-04:00Fresh for 2014<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fall is upon us and we will start to see the newest trends and colors of the year 2014 emerge. It is a great time to rethink what you can keep or freshen up in your home.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Just yesterday I snapped this picture of the early evening sky. Can you see adding some of these colors to a room in your home? The blue caught my attention and made me notice how fresh the fall air smelled. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Benjamin Moore recently announced<i> <a href="http://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/paint-color/breathoffreshair#ce_s=breath of">Breath of Fresh Air</a></i> as the Color of the Year 2014. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Blues with a muted tone can give a room a non-juvenile atmosphere. They can be light like a clear sky, or grayed like blue jeans or slate. They can be deep in value like navy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They just <i>may </i>look 'gray' on the color chip, but with fine tuning and 100's of tints and shades of blue available, you can add some blue to your home for a change or update, without the color turning 'nursery blue'....unless of course that is the perfect blue you <i>are </i>searching. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If the process is daunting, call me, a color consultant, for help. It is what I love to do: <a href="http://colorredesign.shutterfly.com/">~Making Color Personal~</a> !</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our natural cedar deck has always had a cedar color in the past 14 years. <a href="http://www.twpstain.com/">TWP</a> 501 (now TWP1501 with voc changes) had been our go-to product. It is a one coat system that typically lasts two seasons with the snow and sun hitting the deck boards significantly. Surprisingly it is the ALKYD (oil) base that can't hold up to Mother Nature's fury, even though oil products and wood are a natural match.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We tried <a href="http://sikkensstains.com/">Sikkens </a>SRD077 Cedar (a one coat system) three years ago. It went on easily and required a maintenance coat. Sikkens has many products that are specific for certain applications. Your project's requirements will help narrow down which product will work for your project.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since it was time to strip the old coating off I chose <a href="http://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/for-your-home/arborcoat-waterborne-stain">Benjamin Moore's Arbor Coat Semi Transparent stain </a>to use this time around. As a color change I went with Teak. Arbor Coat semi-transparent has a mix of acrylic and alkyd properties, so it will soak into the wood but has water clean up. The down part is the floor boards are a two step process requiring the stain and a clear coat for protection. The upside is the product went on so easy to the spindles and rails, it was not smelly like the oil products and clean up was quick--water, no thinner!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As a service to my clients I use my deck and house walls as a guinea pig of sorts. If I am going to recommend paint and stain products I need to know the nuances about them. That being said, if you don't have the time or want to make the time to prep properly and follow the manufacture's directions for application hire a professional!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you have a new or older deck, I can help you find the right product and color to keep it looking new.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Contact me at <a href="http://colorredesign.shutterfly.com/">Color ReDesign</a> for a consulting appointment.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Best,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jill</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04862765976449861512noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5830233119518765856.post-47489075923960483252013-07-19T12:26:00.002-04:002013-11-17T20:15:26.832-05:00What's In a Name?<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You know you want to use Pittsburgh's Antique White in a Benjamin Moore Matte (washable flat) paint, but did you relay the details to the painter or to the store employee taking your order? While it should be a question poised, "Benjamin Moore's or someone else's?" from someone some where along the order process, it doesn't always happen. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This was an incredibly long, cold, wet spring in lower Michigan that delayed exterior paint projects. With anticipation of helping clients find new or different or updated exterior colors for their existing, remodeled or new construction home I used the uncooperative weather to 'window' shop and see how local homes were trending. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We have many inland lakes in the area, so on some drives I found quite a few different home styles with color combinations that really work.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the North / Mid East there are some colors that do not belong aesthetically on a home's exterior. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Some colors do not work for technical reasons: drastic light reflective value (LRV) changes; for example very light siding color to two or three shades darker. Some colorants, therefore some paint colors, do not handle UV rays even though the exterior paint bases are significantly improved to handle fading and nature's elements. Home Owners Association Rules are often scoffed at, but they really do prevent hideous colors from popping up in a neighborhood.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This subdivision purposely painted repeated colors. Some are deep tones, but none are saturated and overly bright. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Please keep in mind that you cannot close a door to an exterior like you can to the bedroom, den or basement that you gave creative colors. Your exterior doesn't have to be 'builder beige' but its color should represent the neighborhood well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One thing I will continue to paint the wall color is the cold air return vent and the wall plug cover switches. I do not want them to get unnecessary attention.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Do you have a preference of how your wall switch cover plates look? </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04862765976449861512noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5830233119518765856.post-39651511667821424242013-01-21T21:44:00.000-05:002013-01-21T21:44:56.355-05:00Thank You! Best of Houzz 2013 Award <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Extremely excited and pleasantly surprised today to find out I have earned the <i><span style="color: #20124d;">2013 Best of Houzz</span></i> award for Customer Satisfaction! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The "<span style="background-color: #fafaf6; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.houzz.com/press/7/Houzz-Unveils-2013----Best-of-Remodeling----Winners?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRolv6vBZKXonjHpfsX76esvXbHr08Yy0EZ5VunJEUWy2oEJRdQhcOuuEwcWGog8yANNAPo%3D">Annual Survey and Analysis of Community of 11 Million Monthly Users Reveals Top-Rated Professionals and Design Trends</a>".</span> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> The Houzz community rated me as one of the designers at the highest level of customer satisfaction. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Please read the press release Houzz sent to me:</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "ArialMT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">Houzz’s 2013 ‘Best Of Houzz’ Award<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "ArialMT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">Annual Survey and Analysis of 11 Million Monthly
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Top-Rated U.S. Professionals <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "ArialMT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">West Bloomfield, MI</span></b><span style="font-family: "ArialMT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;"> --
January 21, 2013 – Color Redesign of West Bloomfield, MI has been
awarded “Best Of Houzz” 2013 by Houzz,
the leading online platform for residential remodeling and design. The 6 year old Color and Redesign company was
chosen by the more than 11 million monthly users that comprise the Houzz
community.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "ArialMT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">The Houzz “Best Of Houzz” award for 2013 is given in two categories: <i>Customer
Satisfaction</i> and <i>Design</i>. <i>Customer Satisfaction</i> award winners
are based on homeowner members who rated their experience working with
remodeling professionals in 12 categories ranging from<a href="http://www.houzz.com/professionals/architect"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> </span><span style="color: #0433ff;">architects</span></a>,
and<a href="http://www.houzz.com/professionals/interior-designer"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> </span><span style="color: #0433ff;">interior designers</span></a> to<a href="http://www.houzz.com/professionals/general-contractor"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> </span><span style="color: #0433ff;">contractors</span></a> and other residential<a href="http://www.houzz.com/professionals"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> </span><span style="color: #0433ff;">remodeling
professionals</span></a>. <i>Design</i>
award winners’ work was the most popular among the community of 11 million
monthly users, also known as “Houzzers,” who saved more than 124 million
professional images of home interiors and exteriors to their personal ideabooks
via the <a href="http://www.houzz.com/"><span style="color: #0433ff;">Houzz site</span></a>,<a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/houzz-interior-design-ideas/id399563465?mt=8"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc;">iPad/iPhone app</span></a> and<a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.houzz.app"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc;">Android app</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "ArialMT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">Making Color Personal<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "MS Gothic"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "MS Gothic";"> </span></b><span style="font-family: "ArialMT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">“Houzz provides homeowners with an in-depth,
360-degree view of building, remodeling and design professionals through images
of their work, reviews and an opportunity to interact with them directly in the
Houzz community,” said Liza Hausman, vice president of community. “We’re delighted
to recognize<b> Jill J. Wallace</b> among our “Best Of” professionals for
exceptional customer service as judged by our community of homeowners and
design enthusiasts who are actively remodeling and decorating their homes.”<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "ArialMT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">With Houzz, homeowners can identify not only the top-rated
professionals like<b> Jill J. Wallace</b>, but also those whose work matches
their own aspirations for their home. Homeowners can also evaluate
professionals by contacting them directly on the Houzz platform, asking questions
about their work and evaluating their responses to questions from others in the
Houzz community.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "ArialMT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">Jill J. Wallace’s expertise is in residential and commercial color,
organizing techniques and redesign. She
leads her clients through the color choice process for new construction,
renovation and blank spaces.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "ArialMT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">Jill earned her Marketing degree from Oakland University, Rochester,
MI. Using her 20+ years of business experience,
customer service skills and continued training in color theory and knowledge Jill
works closely with her clients to help her motto ~Making Color Personal~ become
a tangible client result.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "ArialMT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">About Houzz<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "ArialMT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">Houzz (<a href="http://www.houzz.com/"><span style="color: #1155cc;">www.houzz.com</span></a>)
is a leading online platform for home remodeling, providing inspiration,
information, ‘advice and support for homeowners and home improvement
professionals through its website and mobile applications. Houzz features the
largest residential design database in the world, articles written by design
experts, product recommendations, a vibrant community powered by social tools,
and information on more than 1.5 million remodeling and design professionals
worldwide who can help turn ideas into reality. @houzz_inc<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Have you stopped by Houzz lately? </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04862765976449861512noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5830233119518765856.post-40903637760195445932012-12-27T19:19:00.000-05:002012-12-27T19:19:47.771-05:00The FRESH Approach to Choosing Exterior Colors<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">All of the Myan Calendar 12-21-12 talk of new beginnings vs. doomsday has sparked an early New Years Resolution attitude in me. I will continue to expand my knowledge of color and design in 2013.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As a color consultant I provide the guidance and solid recommendations to my clients in choosing interior or exterior colors for their home or business. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Taking courses online allows me to refresh some knowlege and learn new information that help walk clients through the decision process of choosing colors that make their space personal to them and make design sense and universal appeal where needed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">My latest course on AEC Daily:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The five steps for color placement:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: small;">F</span></span></strong>ixed Features, <strong><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: small;">R</span></span></strong>egional colors, <strong><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: small;">E</span></span></strong>nvironment & surroundings, <strong><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: small;">S</span></span></strong>tyle of home, <strong><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: small;">H</span></span></strong>istoric or 'Have to use Colors'</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This consultation was a perfect worst case senario. The brick is orange/terra cotta/black. The new roof is light gray. The siding was a beige. Conflict! The homeowners and I found a new siding color that makes the two largest fixed features in two different tones and color families work together. A new focal point front door helps define the entry too. A happy ending.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Of course I've taken the classes regarding color & light, color foundations, and paint technology, as well as universal design and generation shifts, but to date my favorite and hardest class (read: most hand written notes) is fire stop: fire safe building construction. Don't be 'that fix it guy'. Hire a professional builder; let Code inspect before things are sealed up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've noticed it happening, variations of 'current', safe warm/stone grays are taking front stage when I'm analyzing color ideas for a client. This past week I worked with two different clients that weren't afraid of color and I found myself having to turn off the neutral button in my brain. What a nice pick me up!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Gray is still the 'new beige' but you can fall into neutral land just as easily with this update and have one color staring back at you in every room. The trick to update a space without ending up just shifting from all beige or 'builder white' walls to all taupe or gray takes a little faith to think outside the conservative box. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Where do you start? Color and fashion trends can help you determine what pops of color you are drawn to. Navy blues? Yellows? Emerald Green? Burgundy? Store Displays, catalogs, your own accessories, and the endless web pages or apps can give you a starting point. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.bhg.com/decorating/color/colors/best-tips-and-tricks-for-using-color/?psrc=sstag:d:colorTips_R1210BDecTag2#page=3">Better Homes and Garden is one top starting point to gather ideas.</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.houzz.com/">Leave yourself time to surf on Houzz. </a> If you haven't explored Houzz, you can look at any and all pictures posted by professionals, or you can narrow your search to a particular room or even exterior ideas. Stop by my page while you're there. <a href="http://www.houzz.com/pro/colorredesign/jill-j-wallace">http://www.houzz.com/pro/colorredesign/jill-j-wallace</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My go-to color gallery is <a href="http://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/for-your-home/color-gallery#&ce_vm=0">Benjamin Moore's online site</a>. Keep in mind computer screen calibrations can make colors look a little different on screen than in real life. Stop into your local <a href="http://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/for-your-home/benjamin-moore-store-locator;jsessionid=fXT9QJdLxvHy0bjzjXHKhmGpJvgjzrQR9y7YcrxM1jh2zY12pqcc!-1639103847!NONE">Benjamin Moore retailer</a> to get color chips and paint samples. (Correctly using paint samples is a whole new topic with rights and wrongs--new blog idea!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What's interesting to me is the way to bring in a new color to your space without looking like you added it because its 'in'. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Maybe you have a room so saturated with sunlight that a light neutral you like in a hallway will looked washed out or off-white. Great opportunity to try something new, out-of-the-box, or even daring for color shy folks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A two story foyer can welcome guests and family home with warmth and coziness if you stray from a 'neutral' and add some umph. Keep in mind you may not change these tall walls' color as often as a powder room or a bedroom, but slightly more saturated, medium to darker color adds character to the walls while still giving the space a flow into the adjoining rooms. Generally speaking this isn't necessarily the place to paint a vibrant color you can't easily change on your own--keep that energy for a less 'public' room.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>One caution, the different lighting can make a perfect color in one space look like it spun in the shaker one time too many and got sick.</i> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I recently specified a light taupe color for a dark hallway. Honestly I was pleasantly surprised that this color worked because it normally pulls a noticeable rather strong pink undertone. True to from, when the client and I were looking at a potential bedroom color and I put the two colors together in the bedroom the taupe looked horrible. Thanks to my trusty role of blue painter's tape I hung the hallway color in the hallway, and we correctly viewed the possible bedroom color that coordinated with the client's existing bedding in the bedroom, looking on to the taupe. Win win.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Feel like you want to update your house but can't paint or don't want to change every room? Tying in a current color in one space can give existing rooms a new feel. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Instead of all neutral or white in every room, change up a den, dining room or kitchen with a color that is analogous (on the same side of the color wheel of your current main color) and similar in value (depth of color). There will be a difference, but it will be subtle so your eyes won't come to a stop when you enter a particular room or look from one room to another.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you feel like you are spinning your wheels, I would love to set up a color consulting appointment to see your challenge in your lighting. <a href="http://colorredesign.shutterfly.com/"> Contact me!</a></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04862765976449861512noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5830233119518765856.post-79279177038544592742012-08-29T21:23:00.001-04:002012-08-29T21:23:28.215-04:00Pick Me!<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>'Are people still using accent walls?'</em></span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To bring a pop of color, an accent, into the space we defined the eating area with a warm browny orange.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the kitchen we found a soft color to meld in with the tiles, and repeated the color on the upper walls in the two front rooms you see when you enter in the front door. The wainscoting was painted an antique white in both rooms for balance with each other and the ceiling.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Need help ~making color personal~ ? <a href="http://www.blogger.com/colorredesign.shutterfly.com">Contact me</a> for a color consulting appointment for your next project.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">It's not surprising as a color consultant to have run-ins with a color 'changing' under different lighting or in different rooms. It is our expertise that helps clients find that perfect color in an otherwise troubling room. It is always interesting when the color change/result is more drastic in a particular case compared to more subtle differences.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">The three <a href="http://media.benjaminmoore.com/WebServices/prod/ColorCards2012/colorlanguage/index.html">lighting sources</a> that can 'change' a color are natural/direct sunlight, indirect sunlight and artificial light. Artificial light adds another level depending if the bulb is halogen (most like, but not the same as, daylight), fluorescent (shows more cool tones), or incandescent (shows more warm tones).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">That's why you may pull some paint chips from the paint store just to feel like you are back at square one in finding the perfect color once you get the paint chips home. Retail/commercial buildings usually have fluorescent lighting, where as your home most likely does not. Your friend's or neighbor's house may face the same direction as yours, but each room is different. A blue that looks great in the store looks baby blue at home. A tan in your friend's great room pulls more yellow or orange than you planned. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I recently helped a client find a new color for a master bathroom. It is located on the same side of the house as the dining room, but has a single window compared to a door wall and is on the second floor compared to the main floor. She is keeping the existing earthy brown/terracotta tiles and wants a lighter earthy feel, but not peach or brown. In the dining room we reviewed a few color chips she had pulled. Knowing we had to look at the colors in the actual space I added some color chips to our assortment. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">When we moved the color chips into the master bathroom, metamerism went to town taking neutral tans that can look yellow vs. peach and turned them muddy looking. We switched gears and found colors that looked carmel (in the dining room) held their own and didn't turn muddy in the actual room's lighting. It was a good challenge to show my client why the color would need some depth, some umph, to not crumble or disappear next to her tile, and more so why we had to look at the colors in the space to be painted, not solely in a room with better seating :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">So now you know the name of the trouble causing, although natural occurring, circumstance. If you get really stuck and need help finding the color to ~make your space personal~ <a href="http://colorredesign.shutterfly.com/">contact me</a> for a color consultation.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Living thirty to forty years in one home has a way of creating many collections of pictures, photos, vases, candles, glass collectibles, knick knacks....you get the idea.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One perk of being welcomed into complete strangers homes to help them with a very personal space ~their home~ is you learn what has made this house their home. This particular couple is celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary mid June. [Turns out they have the same anniversary as mine :0) ] He turned 83 in May and 'robbed the cradle' for his bride. (A very romantic story of how he asked her out on their first date---which has a picture frame to go with it). They have so many family memories and collectibles with a great story to go with them all, that the husband point blank asked me "What do you do with all of this stuff?"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Some of the items were inherited from parents, grandparents, siblings and aunts. The screen above was handed down to my client. There was more of an obligatory feeling to display it, but they do like the screen. The picture to the right has a set of four expensively framed pictures. They do not relate to the theme on the screen. This is how we resolved the clash.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The small pictures close to the book case are hand drawn from a Maine artist. The two chairs in the picture on the right are from Maine. Sailing is very important to this client, so the nautical theme related items could make it back into the room after painting. Many others would not make the cut.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">The picture above the mantel now stands out without the sailboat model in front of it. I picked a <a href="http://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/paint-color/elkhorn#ce_s=elk h">color</a> to match the rustic frame and it now has some weight above the strong brick surround.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Overall this couple had some welcoming colors in their rooms. I matched up the existing <a href="http://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/paint-color/oc-130#ce_s=OC-130">off white</a> for the living room and kitchen and a <a href="http://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/paint-color/guilfordgreen#ce_s=HC-116">soft garden green</a> in the den to give them a name so the painter could get the standard colors easier. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">The dining room is a big open space with the living room. You see the area when you enter in from the front door. Two walls were changed to a <a href="http://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/paint-color/hancockgreen#ce_s=hc-117">soft green</a> to define the space and help accent the painting the husband's sister created.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This project had so many decorating elements and problems that I love to solve: color choice, room organization, and being able to give a client a professional unbiased view to editing their personal items. I did have a nice surprise. This client already had the 5th wall (<a href="http://colorredesign.shutterfly.com/qaaboutpaintproducts">see this link for more</a>) in the den painted the same as the walls. We repeated the process with the <a href="http://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/paint-color/guilfordgreen#ce_s=hc-116">soft garden green</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Painting a room or redesigning a room is a great opportunity to make the space fresh and new, without necessarily spending any extra money.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I would love to help you if you are stuck with picking paint colors and/or redesigning a space. <a href="http://colorredesign.shutterfly.com/">Contact me</a> for a consultation!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Picture a sun bleached & faded gray, metal, cold, less than happy, tired door as your entry to your home away from home ~ work. Blah! Just a week ago the employees of a <a href="http://cjsbrewery.com/index.php/directions/">local restaurant/brewery</a> that is full of life, warmth, fun, excellent food and service were trudging up to this uninspired entry I just described.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">However, now they are greeted with a fresh coat of paint on the exterior walls and a new warm gray door, in <a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_320779578">Benjamin Moore's </a><em><a href="http://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/paint-color/silhouette#ce_s=silh">Silhouette AF-655</a>. </em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The painter had approached me for help on what to do with the tired, faded door. Patrons do walk past this door if they park in the West side of the parking lot, so he thought the door could 'disappear' as the employees know where it is, but patrons wouldn't notice it. This works great in areas that have a lot of angles or non-primary doors that make the space look chopped up if every door jam and door are not the wall color.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">A traditional metal gray would have felt cold and more strongly contrast with the warm orange wall. A stone gray would be warmer, but may not stand strong next to the amount of orange. I found a gray in-between these characteristics that looks gray, but warm, but not too soft. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Before I got to stop by for the 'after' picture the painter called me to say my color choice "gives the door a designer touch". I'll take that complement :0)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Have door or angled architectural details you can't decide if you want to accent or make disappear? Contact me for a consultation and I will ~Make Color Personal~ for you!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Work with the closet wall and/or closet doors if possible. It usually has the smallest space around it, and usually is not the first thing you see from the hallway &/or foyer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is my daughter's closet wall. It works well for stronger colors than I may want guests to see (okay, so maybe not me personally, but for the idea of flow....)from the foyer or hallway because you have to be in the room to see the color. Her ideal 'look' is to add a plaid pattern to the white area (PPG Fossil). It is on hold for the moment. There is enough going on with the Benjamin Moore Shimmering Lime walls and Laura Ashley Taupe #5 wall; part of the negotiation process, with the parent holding the trump card.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Before the change to Gossamer Blue (<a href="http://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/for-your-home/color-gallery#&ce_vm=0&opFilters=dcarter">Ben Moore</a>) doors, we had Arizona Sunset (<a href="http://voiceofcolor.com/en/index.asp">PPG</a>) to reflect my daugther's creative side (and favorite color of the time frame). She designed the name plate and I painted her room theme colors to her specifications. She had full design reign on this wall above the closet.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I try to hold to the "color stays for 5 years" rule, which gets me into high school at this point, but we make changes sooner sometimes, like we did to the current blue closet door color.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here is another example of using the closet door wall as the accent wall. This room was the nursery, toddler, pre-teen and now guest room so the walls and doors have had many colors (mostly Ben Moore colors): </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Closet walls have been a pale lavender, stem green, khaki-(<a href="http://www.grahampaint.com/core.htm">Graham</a>'s backpack), patriot blue, and cocoa sand.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">The other walls have been pale lavender, amethyst purple, backpack, cocoa sand.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Doors have been white, jasper yellow, and now edgecomb gray. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Negotiations led to a room flip, with this room becoming the guest room, bringing the blue wall back to cocoa sand, and child #1's room becoming a rich ocean color, surf blue. I posted about the depth of the color compared to the color chip in <a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5830233119518765856#editor/target=post;postID=3358160581617932756">this past blog</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">A closet door wall may not always be the best 'accent' wall. The lighting, length of the wall and window placement in the room play a role to determine a good accent wall. Ideally you want to accent the wall across from a window. If you accent a shorter wall it can square up a rectangular room, if you accent a longer wall it may over emphasize the length of the room.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">If the walls don't allow for an accent around the doors you could paint the <em>inside</em> of the closet an accent color.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Last month I shared on my <a href="https://www.facebook.com/#!/ColorRedesign">ColorRedesign facebook page</a> a great article Houzz posted about kids choosing their space's colors. Here is the link: </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><a href="http://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/1855038/list/Kids--Study-Spaces-Earn-High-Marks"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kids Study Spaces Earn High Marks</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Take a chance and share some authority on color selection for your child's room</span>. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's a great chance to try your creative juices on an easy to fix space. You may be surprised how orange, bright blue, deep purple, lime green or fuchsia look in the space!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Best~</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Jill</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04862765976449861512noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5830233119518765856.post-29076976719284019132012-03-16T11:56:00.002-04:002012-03-16T13:08:00.519-04:00Have You Picked Up On Your Trend?<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It starts as a single purchase; an accent piece...in your favorite color.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I seem to be on a red flower trend. I bought these pillows from <a href="http://www.target.com/">Target</a> last spring to add a punch of color to our outdoor furniture set. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">On an exploritory stop to <a href="http://www.pier1.com/">Pier One</a> this past week I saw this amazing rug hanging on display:</span><br />
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</div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I can so picture this in my living room/office! But to not buy on impulse I am going to analyze/comparison shop. I believe in time tested purchases; not too trendy, but enough to update a space and last more than a season.</span></div><div align="left"><br />
</div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">The colors available for the spring season are so bright and plentiful! Which brings me back to my trend. I have been looking for new foyer and garage door entry rugs. The entrances are not in direct view of each other, but they need to tie in~meaning they don't have to match exactly, which gives me more creative room! Here's what I found, and knew I didn't need to look any futher :)</span></div><div align="left"><br />
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</div><div align="left"></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Notice the red flower theme I seem to be on? What I love about these coodinating rugs is :</span><br />
<ol><li><span style="font-family: Verdana;">They don't match exactly</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana;">They relate to each other with theme and color tones</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana;">They relate to (without matching exactly) the porcelain tile colors</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana;">They relate to the rooms that flow off the entries</span></li>
</ol><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Now to find a living room/office rug that doesn't get the floral theme out of control, but ties in a transitional style.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Do you need help deciphering and pulling together your trend 'likes'? Are your room wall colors flowing with your theme? Call me for a <a href="http://colorredesign.shutterfly.com/">consulting appointment</a> if you get stuck.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Best~</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Jill</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04862765976449861512noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5830233119518765856.post-23483578497066401372012-02-26T18:49:00.000-05:002012-02-26T18:49:55.055-05:00Fabulous Color at the Fabulous Fox Theater<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgoardQMCJlozrIM1eqX8uimELRNtKpc7jKbzhynJcGAUM-ZS0WSSJRPqpcImXOt5xQxcGWL_csKbPAGXPPe0eKWSJNIadgnqwHTvd2bU-RIA6LkZfT11LlHL38fSlCma4Hp0vOxzhSA/s1600/Fox+(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgoardQMCJlozrIM1eqX8uimELRNtKpc7jKbzhynJcGAUM-ZS0WSSJRPqpcImXOt5xQxcGWL_csKbPAGXPPe0eKWSJNIadgnqwHTvd2bU-RIA6LkZfT11LlHL38fSlCma4Hp0vOxzhSA/s320/Fox+(2).jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Fox Theater Lobby</span></div><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you look closely to the right side of the picture you'll see a banner for the teen band <em><a href="http://www.nick.com/shows/big-time-rush/">Big Time Rush</a> </em>concert. While it wasn't a play or traditional theater production that brought me to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_Theatre_(Detroit,_Michigan)">Fox Theater</a> in Detroit this past Saturday evening, I enjoyed taking in the beauty of the restored building. (The concert was a fun night out with my daughter too!) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While most homes do not tend to have this ornate of detail, it will hopefully help you think twice of ignoring your pan, tray, or step ceiling. </span><br />
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</div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Best~</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Jill</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04862765976449861512noreply@blogger.com0