“The yellow glistens.
It glistens with various yellows,
Citrons, oranges and greens
Flowering over the skin.”
― Wallace Stevens
Don’t Be Bullied to Choose A Paint Color!
Last week I had several phone calls from frustrated home owners who’s contractors and painters are pressuring them to choose a paint color within 24 hours. STOP!!!! take a breath, do not let them bully you – this is personal and expensive decision that should take time.
A big decision like this needs to go through a process. A professional can help you with this process specifically a Paint Color Consultant who can help you choose colors you will love. Paint color consultants will help you determine the paint colors that will work with your furnishing, how lighting will effect the color on your walls and how colors will flow from room to room. Paint color consultants will bring larger samples and you should take time to use sample pots to test your colors before committing.
Don’t be bullied into making a decision before your ready. While there might be contractors and/or painters who can choose a painter color, it might not be the right color for you. Remember they are working for you!
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Colors From Nature
Soft lavenders and blues from Benjamin Moore.
Color Basics
The Color Coral
Sherwin Williams color of the year is Coral Reef (SW 6606). The color coral is made of red with yellow undertones. Coral is warm and comforting in shades with less saturation and more energetic with more saturation such as Coral Reef. It is considered a romantic and feminine color.
Why are flamingos coral colored? Because during their lifetime they consume shrimp and mollusks containing carotene full of reddish/orange pigments and algae with beta carotene pigments. When these foods are broken down by their livers the pigments are deposited in their feathers. The result coral colored feathers.
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Home Improvement & Painting Tip
Product Review – Rust-Oleum “Rust Reformer”
Rust-Oleum makes a product called Rust Reformer. It claims to stop and cover rust all by itself. For this project, I did use a wire brush to remove loss paint before spraying the rust with the Rust Reformer. My top coat is a satin black metal spray paint too minimize visual imperfections. A glossy paint would have enhance the imperfections.
Rust-Oleum Rust Reformer was easy to use looks like it did the job – time will tell how it holds up against the rust.
Color Basics
Feng Shui & Color
Have you ever walked into a home and it immediately felt right? It might have been because of the Chinese art of arranging one’s life in accordance with the forces of the universe. This art is rooted in a sensitivity to nature, is over 7,000 years old and is called Feng Shui. The practice of Feng Shui is also a science with diagnostic equipment, mathematical formulas and specialized terminology. The use of color in Feng Shui is driven by your particular circumstances at that moment of choice. An example of a Feng Shui driven color choice would be – soft tones of color are ideal for bedrooms such as warm pink tints and pale peach shades as well as colors in the red spectrum — eggshell, magnolia, beige and light tan. However light colors in the blue/green spectrum are also great for bedrooms as well as sitting rooms and bathrooms. All of these colors are ideal for creating a soft relaxing effect. However in the practice of Feng Shui, if you should use the red spectrum or the blue/green spectrum would depend on many different factors directly related to your home placement, your balance of yin and yang at the time of choosing.
Color from Nature
Purple & Greens
Quote of the Week
All Color
Color is the place where our brain and the universe meet.
Paul Klee