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Help! My Walls are Beige and my Sofa is Taupe

05/29/2025
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In today’s post I’m sharing a question a reader sent in. Using my Neutral Colour Wheel, she distinguished that the reason why her paint colour didn’t match the sofa is because her walls were pink beige and the rest of her furnishings her designer chose was taupe. Now she’s looking at repainting her open layout…

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How to Warm Up your Grey Floors

04/24/2025
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Like many of us, you may have installed or inherited grey wood look flooring from the previous grey trend. And now that you’re over the look of everything grey – you might be thinking you’ll eventually need to change them out. But replacing flooring is a huge, messy and expensive job. So instead, here are…

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Hey Black & White! It’s me, Beige. I’m Back!

11/07/2024
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This design critique dissects a newly constructed home that awkwardly merges fading black-and-white modern trends with emerging beige/Tuscan elements. It’s a showcase of mismatched finishes, random accent walls, and poorly coordinated bathroom designs that exemplify current transitional period confusion in interior design trends. So, what can we learn from this? Keep reading… When colour trends…

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A Blue Kitchen Refresh Before & After

08/26/2024
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We love a great eDesign before and after! Today I have a wonderful kitchen transformation to share with you! We recently received some after photos from our lovely client Tanja who purchased a Kitchen refresh eDesign package. One lesson of many that you’ll learn in either of my live workshops is that blue marries very…

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What Everyone Should Know About Warm Neutrals

06/25/2024
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The last post I wrote about beige was May 2022 because my clients have been asking for ‘darker whites’ and ‘warmer neutrals’ for a couple years now. And I had to include this comment from a follower who works in a paint store who confirmed that yes, people are starting to ask for paint colours…

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7 Best Paint Colours for the Trending Warm Kitchen

05/31/2024
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Now that beige is back and warmer kitchens are trending, here’s a refresher on the undertones of beige. Because you need to know how to get the warm beige kitchen trend right and not make this common mistake. The warm beige kitchen trend is here (even the kitchen we inherited is beige) and that means…

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Why a Beige Kitchen is a Tricky Design Project

05/23/2024
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I know I’ve been declaring beige is back for awhile, but then it happened. An Instagram and TikTok celebrity/influencer shared about her renovation recently and all the things that went wrong. When I watched it I thought at first that she was generous to share what NO ONE would normally share.  But then I realized…

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What Everyone Should Know about Orange Beige

09/18/2023
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I have been whispering about the return of beige for a while in other posts, here and here. And it’s been showing at High Point Market too. But when it hits the big box decor stores, that’s when you know. Its truly and officially back! Beige is back While Tricia, my Director of eDesign and…

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Colour Rescue: Help! My Bathroom has 3 Different Undertones

08/31/2023
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Now that you’ve been following me and you’re seeing neutral undertones EVERYWHERE, chances are high you can now see why certain combinations in your home don’t look right. Don’t worry! There are fixes for everything! I’m here for you. Help! My bathroom has 3 different undertones! I got this note from a follower along with…

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The Best Warm Whites for Walls are Not what You Think

06/26/2023
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Everyone wants to know how to choose the right white. I invented a colour system that gives you a better question. The most popular whites are usually NOT the best choice for your walls. I get so many questions about splitting hairs between whites. Most often, it’s when someone has chosen off white for their…

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When Grey is Timeless in 2023

03/13/2023
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When I said the grey trend is out, I didn’t mean that you shouldn’t decorate with grey ever again. Grey can be timeless as well. Here’s what you need to know about decorating with grey in your home for the most timeless look. You don’t have to stop decorating with grey You’ve probably heard me…

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The Posts YOU Loved Most from 2022

12/30/2022
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Today I’m sharing the posts you loved most in 2022.  Around this time of year, I love to see all the top lists from the year. For example, Netflix just released their list of most streamed movies and shows. And it’s fun to check the list to see if the shows we watched made the…

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