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Need to Choose a Paint Colour? Watch this First!

By 11/28/2024December 23rd, 20243 Comments

Choosing the perfect paint colour is so much easier than you think. And there’s no better time to do it than right now!

I work very hard to try and make choosing colour easier for everyone! Paint colour takes up so much real estate that it really does impact your state of mind. There’s something really wonderful about walking through your house every day and just feeling happy with how perfect your paint colours are. 

That is all what I want for you, especially during this Holiday Season!!

When the colour isn’t perfect yet

Here’s a colour story of my own.

Recently I had my laundry room repainted. It went forest green only a few months ago. The reason I chose the deep green is because I happened to have a small area rug in there that actually was taupe (which related to all the existing hard finishes) and green, which technically repeats the deeper greens in my wallpaper in my entry for flow.

So the green wasn’t wrong. But it certainly wasn’t a colour I loved. Plus the room is still unrenovated. So after it was painted, I didn’t love it. And because I didn’t love it, I didn’t even bother to style the mudroom area to coordinate with it.

Fresh inspiration

Then my sister painted her laundry room the coral I chose for Wilma’s Transition Society main living area (below). 

Coral waiting room

And I loved her new laundry room paint colour so much, I decided I had to have something similar. 

And what’s the first step in choosing any paint colour?

Choosing a paint colour

That’s right, I ordered a new rug that pulls in the colour I want.

A better way to shop online 

BTW, are you tired of ordering home decor online and returning items because the colour was wrong? Well creating a mood board is no longer a skill that only a designer should have since that’s the only smart way to chose items for our homes.

That course is 40% off in my Black Friday Sale this week, you can get it right here. 

Choosing colour the quick and easy way

This weeks youtube episode is about how I choose the main neutral in my home.  I started in my kitchen with my existing cabinet colour which miraculously did not need to be changed when we moved in.

Maria Killam Colour Wheel

Maria Killam Timeless Kitchen

I also repeated the green beige of my cabinets with the custom made sectional I had made for my living room (below).  See how it’s repeated in the flowers on the paper as well? 

Maria Killam living room corner sofa

Watch it here:

 

If you’re working on big home projects, or you’re a designer, or you have my neutral collection already, this is the time to get the colour collection, see everything in the sale right here.

 And here’s the before and after of my laundry room. I’ll write a post with more photos soon. The paint colour is inside my new membership, which also includes the mood board course and so much more support.

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3 Comments

  • Melissa Rathgeber says:

    Good advice on how to pick a color scheme but the color of coral paint that was used at Wilma’s house, and that Maria’s sister painted her laundry room, was never revealed! Now I am curious. What does it look like in person? What color is it? It is cheerful! 😉

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  • Michelle says:

    Maybe SW Persimmon?

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