Colour Trends

Lately I’ve had a few clients say to me, “I’m not a trend follower” or “Is that trendy, I want timeless”! Are trends good or bad? That is the question. Trends usually last about 10 years. The brown trend in the design world started in 2002 (in the West Coast). Before that, everyone wanted a…

I’m Coastal Home Magazine’s Designer-of-the-Day on their Facebook Fan Page this week. Click here to post your question in the comments. This is the question they asked me to start! [CH] As an interior designer and color specialist, how do you think color affects people’s lives? What are some of the color trends now, and…

One of my blogging pals Kelly at Arte Styling is in the annual Colour issue for Better Homes & Gardens for February!  It’s such a great interview I had to share it with you! I especially love how she answered this question as it relates to a post I wrote last year: BHG} What sort…

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…

At the CMG Conference last April one of the speakers said, if you want to know where colour direction is going, start at the towel department. So if you are wondering why I’m showing you towels, that’s the reason. Here are the taupe/gray/blue section of shades. Here is the colourful furniture in ABC Home in…

The Lipstick Index is a term credited to Estee Lauder chairman Leonard Lauder who first used the term to explain the rise in cosmetic sales after the September 11th attacks. The idea being that during troubled economic tines, women are less likely to buy items such as dresses, bags and shoes and will go for…