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How to get the colour you love without feeling overwhelmed Even the most decisive among us can find ourselves stymied when faced with paint chips or swatch books. We think we want white walls, only to discover that ‘white’ apparently comes in hundreds of different shades, different finishes, different textures – and then we have…
Sooner or later, we’re all faced with this problem: Your kitchen or bathroom cabinets are made of wood, and they’re still functional, but the colour of the wood is too dark, or too light, or has become scuffed and scratched over time. You’re dreaming of a fresh, bright room, but replacing the cabinets is prohibitively…
Perhaps the best advice when selling your home is to stop thinking of it as “home sweet home.” Your decision to sell suddenly makes your house a product out on the market. Of course you want to get the most value for your property, so consider the following tips: Tip #1: Painting is one of…
As we head into the last quarter of 2014, here’s a roundup of the current design, paint and colour trends for this fall: Turquoise: Pantone may have announced ‘Radiant Orchid’ as 2014’s Colour of the Year, but the colour most often turning up in cutting-edge designer rooms right now is turquoise. Want to have a…
The other day a friend admired a new pair of shoes I was wearing. I told her I’d gotten them from a small shoe store around the corner. “Really?” she said, surprised. “But their whole storefront is painted orange and green – it makes my eyes hurt. I figured they only sold cheap, flashy clothes…
Every year, Pantone – the company which specializes in standardizing colours for industries like printing, textiles and architecture – announces its ‘Colour of the Year’. This year they’ve chosen ‘Radiant Orchid’, which would probably be described by most of us as a sort of deep lavender colour. The Pantone press release says that Radiant Orchid’s…
These days, most of us are more mindful of the effect our actions have on the environment, and are making an effort to make smarter choices and keep our families healthier. So where does this leave us when we decide that we need to paint our homes or offices? Well, traditional household paint contains up…
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