Does a Nice Neutral Exist?
01/07/2010I helped one of my former students [Amber Beall] get a position as a Colour Designer at a local Benjamin Moore store here in town. We have become great friends and recently met for dinner. She said “I get so tired of hearing, ‘I just want a nice neutral’, because there is no such thing’”….
Interview with Colour Expert; Annie Elliott
01/06/2010Annie Elliott is the blogger/designer behind the colour blog, Bossy Color. And she is bossy, but in a charming way (as I always say when my friends call me bossy :). I almost think that trait is part of being a designer as we are paid for our opinion! Annie is based out of Washington…
Last year, just for fun I posted my goals for 2009 here. I have always put together collage boards for my goals since I was in my late teens. I came across one a while ago that said “I make $21,000 a year!” Back then that was a big goal when I was 18 🙂…
Do you Dance on New Years Eve?
01/01/2010I woke up feeling a little cranky today and then when I spoke to my mom she said “Don’t worry, there’s a full moon tonight and a blue moon!” Which one of my blogging friends, Bette, talked about here in her lovely blog, Ideezine. Do you ever notice a shift in your mood around the…
The sofa in my mother’s last living room had large, over scale, colourful pansies all over it (eeeek). And guess who helped her pick it out? Me. The only redeeming thing about this whole thing was it happened 10 years ago before my decorating career really got started. Try to picture this on fabric *sigh*…
Update on the Homies Awards at Apartment Therapy – thank you so much to all of you that have voted for me, I am honoured!! Click here to vote if anyone else feels so inclined 🙂 Kelly Wearstler and I now have something in common besides that I love her style! I now have a…
Colour me Happy’s top 10 posts
12/28/2009In June I posted my 10 favourite articles from the first 6 months of the year here. Every time I come across one I like I save it in a folder, so here are my 10 favourites from July until now: 1) Cote de Texas –Top Ten Design Elements #2 [Slipcovers] Joni Webb writes this…
The Best of Colour me Happy 2009
12/26/2009Here are the top 10 most read posts since I started writing this blog in November 2008. The first one I wrote within two weeks and has remained the #1 most popular post on my blog. 1. White Kitchen Cabinets This post has also turned into a Dear-Abby-which-white-should-MY-Cabinets-be? There’s lots of free advice in the…
Have a Colourful, Happy Holiday
12/24/2009I received this beautiful e-card from one of my clients this week so I had to share it with you! Thank you so much for reading my blog, for your comments and emails that keep me going! This blog has become such a huge part of my expression in the world that I can’t imagine…
All About [Hermes] Orange
12/22/2009Lately I have been in love with Hermes orange, and then I realized it could be considered a festive as well because it’s also the colour of tangerines which you only get at Christmas! The following is mostly from Leatrice Eisman’s book All About Colour: ‘Did you know there was no word for orange in…
Do you need an Accent Wall? Take this Test
12/19/2009I am not an accent-wall-happy colourist. Personally I think they are mostly dated (from the 80’s & 90’s). The minute I say this, I know I’ll get emails with questions starting with, ‘I know you don’t like accent walls, but what do you think. . . ?’ So I’m starting this post with a disclaimer;…
‘I’m the last person to claim that I invent this stuff. I look at every magazine and book that I can get my hands on. I feel like I scouted every house in the Hamptons, and we put together the best of what we saw.’ Jon Hutman [Production Designer] on Somethings Gotta Give movie set…
Interview with Colour Expert; James Martin
12/17/2009James Martin owns The Colour People who provide color design services to developers, builders, architects, property managers, and home owners. James was an originator of the movement of Architectural Color Consultants and the first color consultant to offer color design services nationwide through their now much copied mail order design system. James and his team…
After I just posted that turquoise (not teal from the 80’s) is Pantone’s colour for 2010 I received my latest issue of House & Home Magazine and there on the cover was turquoise and yellow (Pantone’s colour for 2009). Victoria Webster is the homeowner that had the vision for this colourful and fabulous house—the bright…
Pencils of Promise
12/14/2009I’m participating in a group effort with a group of bloggers coming together today in a collaborative effort spearheaded by Paloma Contreras of La Dolce Vita, in order to make a difference for a very deserving charity. Image Credit: Nick Onken Pencils of Promise is a wonderful 501(c)(3) organization based in New York, that partners…
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