Category Archives: Paint Color

A Color Specialist in Charlotte Hunts for Color At The Local Lowe’s and You Won’t Believe What She Finds!

It’s the Holy Grail of paint color – the Pantone wall of honorable hues! There it was, the first thing I saw as I walked into the Lowe’s in Waxhaw, North Carolina, PANTONE COLORS!!!! I was armed with my iPad … Continue reading

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Paint Colors That Should be Lipsticks or Nail Color

Some paint colors are perfect for the wall while others are what I’d love to see for either lip or nail color. Here’s a few colors that I’d love to wear. FOR OTHER PAITN COLOR IDEAS: Keep in mind that when … Continue reading

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Paint Colors That Are Just a Little Bit Sexy

Even wonder how “they” come up with the names of paint? Well just for fun, here are a few that may make you blush just a little. Sexy Pink by Glidden Bedroom Plum by Valspar La La Love by Valspar … Continue reading

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How Long Will it Take for Color Consultations to Go 100% Cyber?

Remember how cool it was when a beautifully dressed AVON representative came to your home? Ding Dong Avon calling! She’d come into your home with her bag of goodies and would always leave samples with you to try. Sometimes those … Continue reading

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How To Pick a Paint Color For Your Home

There are two ways that you can choose a paint color for your home. You can coordinate or you can match. Both are correct and neither is wrong but they have two completely different looks. Here I have a chair … Continue reading

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A Few Facts About Blue You Need To Know before Committing

Everyone is running with blue now! What color do you like? Blue. What color are you painting your bedroom? Blue. What color is your bathroom? Blue. What’s your husbands favorite color? Blue. Blue. Blue. Blue.Blue. Blue.Blue. Blue.Blue. Blue.Blue. Blue. We get … Continue reading

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An Amazing Review from Angie’s List, Champion Forest, Waxhaw NC

I can’t tell you how lucky I am to have such amazing clients. This my friends, is what makes my job so wonderful. Not only do I work with color all day which is a joy in itself but the … Continue reading

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How Can You Be Creative in Ugly?

I swear my clients say the darndest things! The other day my client was talking about the color of her kids playroom which was a rather boring, dated, just wrong green. It was Dried Thyme, a Sherwin Williams green. Is this … Continue reading

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The Shady Facts about Paint Color

Here I go telling my color secrets again but if it helps you understand color just a little bit more than it’s a good thing. When I choose color for my clients, I do something that is a little unusual … Continue reading

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What Color Should I Paint My Ceiling? Part II

May of 2012 I wrote a blog post called “What Color Should I Paint My Ceiling?”. The post talks about ceiling whites and why you shouldn’t use an extra or ultra white ceiling paint color because some whites are just … Continue reading

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