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How to Disappear a Bad Beige

10/04/2012
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Paint the walls so dark that it takes all the attention away from your carpet, tile or furniture that is the wrong neutral. source All you notice in the dark and dramatic interiors of Atelier Abigail is the drama. Beige? What beige? Do you dare go this dark? Related posts: Beige is only Blah when…

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Are Patterned Sofas Trendy? Yay or Nay

08/29/2012
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One of my lovely readers Becky, sent me this email earlier this week: yesterday in the New York Times Mag I noticed an ad for a couch from sofa.com….a British Company that is now in the Big Apple.The sofa has two different types of upholstery, one on the base, another on the cushions…photo of sofa…

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Maria’s Main Bathroom: Before & During

07/06/2012
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This is one of our dated bathrooms which will be renovated soon. It was so hard for me to get past just the colour in here. See the chair rail? If you have it in your house and you don’t have wallpaper above it take it out! Photos by Maria Killam I didn’t touch this…

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How to Inject Fresh into Your Earth-Toned House

07/01/2012
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Yesterday I posted my Styled Interiors board from Pinterest on my Facebook Fan Page and one of my readers commented that it was her favourite board and wondered if I would post more images on tablescapes for coffee tables and end tables. So I clicked over to Ralph Lauren Home because I adore the styling…

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6 Ways to Choose the Perfect Neutral Paint Colour

05/06/2012
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I received this question the other day and realized that even though my ebooks covers it in comprehensive detail, I don’t have a single post that answers this question directly. So here are the 6 best ways to choose one: 1. Start with the living room because that’s where the entire colour scheme for the…

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Knowing your Options Helps you Move Forward

04/15/2012
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The biggest problem with renovations is deciding exactly what to do in any given situation. There are so many questions to resolve. Here are a few my lovely client in Dallas had when analyzing her kitchen.

1. Should I paint these cabinets or is the current colour okay?

A. The existing colour is definitely pink beige. I would paint them to update them but it depends on how you feel about them.

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Why Pink Beige Should be Banished Forever

03/15/2012
pink beige undertone
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A while ago I received a comment from a reader who said “Oh Maria, your aversion to pink beige is just silly.” Valid comment if you have not seen what I’ve seen right? So for the record, these are random images I have found from real estate listings, so you’ll get just a glimpse of…

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A Perfect Example of how Complex Colour Works

03/02/2012
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Annie sent me this photo and with a question, ‘Are my sofa’s pink beige?’. She said in her current house (2nd photo) they looked yellow and in her last house (photo below) they looked pink. And she was absolutely right. The reason why complex neutrals are so complicated is because they change depending on which colours are beside them.

The wall colour below is BM HC-105 Rockport Gray (the whole room is the same colour but the light coming in from the left makes it look lighter in the photo) which has a green undertone. This pulls out the pink in her sofas.

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Consultation from Pink Beige to Green Beige

02/24/2012
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This couple called me because they had already unhappily been living with pink beige walls (BM Bar Harbour Beige) for the past 7 years in their living and hallways. Then when they renovated the kitchen and installed new tile in the hallways, the tile that she was clear had zero pink in it before it…

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4 Best Colours to Paint a Rental

02/20/2012
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I recently consulted with a client who was fixing up a rental property and we had to choose one colour to go throughout the entire house. So here are my hot tips on the best colour to paint a rental and also a good guide if you are starting with an empty house and moving…

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In Praise of (Latte) Pink Beige

02/06/2011
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source 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….

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How to Choose Colour for a North Facing Room

09/24/2010
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I 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…

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When Pink Beige works on Exterior

07/24/2010
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I 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?…

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