Chalk it Up

I guess with our gloomy weather, I have had color on my mind lately.  Not that I don't love gloomy weather but I love color too. :)

I just found out about this and wanted to share with you....Finally there are some other chalkboard paint options out there other than your standard black and green, not that black and green don't have their places but let's all agree more color is well more exciting.

Introducing 100% acrylic, Hudson Paint!  It has a washable finish, it's low odor and easy to apply and oh isn't the CAN adorable too?

I haven't tried it yet but I may very soon, I think this would be such a great surprise addition to a clients home, think kids play area or even their bedrooms.....Ohhh and what about a kitchen too....

It looks like Design Sponge had some fun with it already, check out their creative ways of using it here.

You need to check out Hudson paint for no other reason than to see their 24  FABULOUS colors they offer, it really lets your imagination run wild and well takes the gloom out too at the same time, ha!

Have any of you ever used chalkboard paint before and if so what color did you choose?

Splash of Color

Every time I see this piece in the Gump's magazine it catches my eye.....

So the other day on a whim I went out to Sherwin Williams and bought myself some paint, Burma Jade SW2862 to be exact and tackled my own boring bookcases in my sitting room. (It's the cobbler's kids have no shoes theory with me if you are wondering why I had boring bookcases in my own house....)

And voila, here is how it turned out. This is our private sanctuary so I can't think of anything better to look at in there than pictures of family and friends in frames I have collected over the years, that is another project though, updating and tweeking some of these frames....It's sooo much easier to help my clients than myself.

What inspires you? Do you ever act on a whim with a splash of color?

All About Paint

I recently helped a client warm up her jewelry store, All About Diamonds. The store itself was very pretty but it felt cold and what little color they had already accented with just wasn't popping.

So I recommended we take that deep purple from the stools and the accent glass tiles in the floor and cover her already faux painted walls with it and then faux once again on top of that.

She was very tenative but trusted me (I have worked with her on her own home). After only getting one wall painted her customers were coming in and falling in love with her new wall, at which time, she finally full heartedly was committed.

This fabulous color is Sherwin Williams Plum Brown #6272, which we then fauxed with a silvery/gold finish to soften the color and make the walls shimmer.



Paint makes all the difference, don't be scared, try a bold color.