Are white walls for interiors still in style for 2024? What about white kitchens? Are white house exteriors still popular for 2024? It depends. Its complicated. Some white paints colors are still trending for 2024 whereas others are out. Let’s break that down! Is the all white house interior still in style? Early in 2020,…
Benjamin Moore’s 2024 Color of the Year is Blue Nova. I was quite surprised when it was announced, to be honest. Its a bold choice but Benjamin Moore always makes bold choices for their color of the Year. But when you look at Ben’s Color of the Year choices for the last few years, its…
Sherwin Williams just announced their color of the year among great anticipation and they did not disappoint. Their color of the year is a beautiful calming blue-gray shade called Upward SW 6239. We’ve been through alot of different Color of the Year’s lately. In 2020, Sherwin Williams announced Naval, a popular navy classic as Color…
One woman I know, had her husband paint their living room 3 times in a row because she hated the paint color she picked. She hated the third color that was just painted on the wall. Her husband shrugged his shoulders and said from now on, you’re on your own if you change your mind…
A few days after ChatGPT came out, my hubs, aka Mr. Techie, and I were talking about the effects that ChatGPT would have on my color consulting business. His argument was that homeowners would no longer need to hire a color consultant because they would use ChatGPT instead. I, on the other hand, argued that…
There’s a long standing debate as to which is the best paint for its money. Sherwin Williams? Benjamin Moore? Or Behr as its usually less expensive than its counterparts. I needed to paint our outdoor furniture on our beachfront. We live on a river, have nasty cold snowy & very windy winters, hot humid summers,…
We have entered a trend where white paint and white neutral walls is our go to neutral paint color. Yes white paint is the #1 selling paint color right now. Who would have thought! And we see stunning white decorated rooms all over Instagram and the Internet. White interiors look great but they can they…
Last year, a new client asked me to drop by to help her pick a carpet for her family room and give her some tips on color schemes for two adjoining sitting areas. As we walked through her kitchen she casually mentioned that she needs to do something about it. She bought the house with…
Blue-gray, or gray-blue as some would call it, has become a top trending color these past few years. Perhaps we have all spent way to much time in our homes, got tired of staring at neutral monochromatic walls and we yearn for more color. More calm. More serenity. Blue is found in nature. Pale blue…
A friend of a friend was sharing with me about how she was painting her living room a THIRD time herself because she didn’t like the colors that she had chosen. Her husband painted their living room the first two times but said he was done. I’m actually surprised he painted it twice. lol. A…
For awhile, accent walls were on their way out. They were seen as dated. But fortunately they are making a comeback, and they’re bolder and better than before. Accent walls can make a powerful statement as a focal point in a room or it can help a neutral room exciting with an interesting pop of…
I first saw an “all black” room years ago, many years ago, when I was watching Designer & HGTV Host Genevieve Gorder in her latest TV show at the time renovating her new Manhattan apartment transforming one room at a time making it her own. Genevieve had decided to paint her entire living room black…