WHERE HAVE ALL THE GOOD SHOPS GONE? AND A COLOR QUESTION

Out and about - the good and the bad... via I thought these lantern light fixtures were clever at Avila's El Ranchito in Corona Del Mar,...

HOW TO PICK THE PERFECT WALL COLOR.... FEATURING REVERE PEWTER

via I'm especially excited to talk about choosing wall color today,  because I just repainted my living, dining and entry - with the PER...

A LITTLE FACELIFT

Can you believe that February is almost gone? I blinked… and it was nearly March! but its still a new year and a chance for a new foot forwa...

A GOOD WARM NEUTRAL GRAY

HELP WITH A NON GROSS COLOR When you buy a previously owned home, you buy that owner's taste in color and surface materials. Sometimes y...

CELEBRITY HOMES....

LOOK-E-LOOS Former home of Michael Jackson, Los Angeles, California Yes, I'm as guilty as any of you... I love to look at other people...

NEW WALL COLOR...

 NOTHING DATES A HOME FASTER THAN COLOR...... If I were to say forest green and mauve you'd think early 80's dusty blue and pink? 90...

THE COLOR YOU CRAVE: GRAY

The world has been having a love affair... with Gray/Grey I get more questions, more search queries and more blog views on the subject of Gr...

CALL IT GREIGE

beige-y gray?   or gray-ish brown?   source whatever you prefer to call it, the effect is the same calm soothing warm and the perfect backgr...

SPEAKING OF COLOR

and a fireplace source Contrasts are important in design. New and old. Hard and soft. Dull and shiny. Dark and light. It is what makes a roo...

TRUE GRAY

NO UNDERTONES IN MY GRAY, PLEASE     Gray. Bleak.   Gray Day. Stormy Gray. Misty Gray.  Cement Gray. Concrete Gray.  Gray Hairs. Cold Gray. ...

BENJAMIN IN THE BEDROOM

GOING NUTS.... Wall color can drive you nuts. The perfect tan can turn pink or orange.  That lovely pastel green suddenly looks minty.  The ...

TOO WARM

CRAVING COOL.... via Looking through Traditional Home and House Beautiful magazines this weekend, I was struck by the 'cool' palett...

LOOKING FOR A WARM GRAY

 STILL LOVING GRAY.... via WARM Gray?  It sounds like an oximoron.  There is the stereotype gray - that color we made by adding white to bl...

UNDERSTANDING UNDERTONES

WHAT COLOR IS THAT... REALLY...? Welcome to the world of gray. And I do mean world. For it seems there are endless grays and gray no longer ...

GOOD GREIGE CHOICES

SUMMER.... WHERE HAVE YOU GONE? This Summer season has flown by so quickly and I've barely mentioned gardens at all (probably because I ...

MANLY COLOR ADVICE

A MASCULINE PAINT THEME... Juneau, Alaska.  Look at all those lovely shades of blue and gray.  Just returned from the cruise, and the colors...

CRAZY FOR COLOR

ADD A LITTLE DRAMA   Home Unique In decorating its not the objects as much as the contrasts that make a room interesting.   There are a mill...

COLOR CHALLENGED

PERSONAL COLOR PALETTES  Source Are you a green person or a blue person?   Do you like neutrals or whites?  Do reds make you happy?  Do you...

CHARCOAL GRAY MASTER SUITE

LISA'S BEAUTIFUL BEDROOM SUITE I am way behind on posting on the projects I currently have in the works, but here are some photos to ca...

UNFORGETABLE GRAY

MORE QUESTIONS AND MORE ANSWERS.... I don't want to seem like a broken record because I recommend gray so often.  It may seem I am stuck...