In a consultation recently for a church in Virginia, I was on the phone with two women who were on the decorating committee. They said, “the committee does not want a ‘blah’ beige.” And my response to that was that beige is considered a “colour” when it’s the right beige and totally blah when it’s wrong. And it…
In Praise of (Latte) Pink Beige
02/06/2011source Anyone who regularly reads my blog knows how I feel about pink beige (and now the 17 True Colour Experts from my class these past 3 days can see it a mile away as well) you’ll never find it in any of my interiors. And it’s because it’s the most limiting undertone to work with….
How to Choose Colour for a North Facing Room
09/24/2010I received a brilliant question this week from one of my on-line clients. Before he hired me to help him with furniture layout and colour selection in Palo Alto California, he asked this question: Interior Design by Glen Gissler “I’ve enjoyed reading some of your articles, and came across your website by doing a google…
When Pink Beige works on Exterior
07/24/2010I had the best day today, I kept jumping out of the car taking pictures of the painted ladies in San Francisco–way more fun for me than a museum. I was in colour heaven! You all know how I feel about pink beige. Here it is with orange. See how dirty it looks? A yellow…
Is Travertine Pink or Yellow?
02/21/2010Last week I flew to Houston to help a client (in the middle of her renovation) with a colour dilemma. Before she called me, she had interviewed 3 designers and the local paint store consultant had also been to her house to talk about colour. Photo by Maria Killam (We tweaked the exterior colour too,…
My monthly newsletter is going out this week and if you are not already a subscriber to my blog you will receive the top 5 posts of each month along with a unique article that will not be posted on my blog. Source This month the article is “How to know if the Tile…
There are 5 undertones of beige (shown above). And the three that are most common are pink beige, yellow beige and green beige. Here are the ones that don’t work together. When can you decorate with pink and yellow?? In nature, with flowers. Inside of interior design, this means, clean fresh palettes only if you…
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