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Clean vs. Dirty Colour Dilemmas

08/06/2018
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Wondering if your colour dilemma is a clean vs. dirty one? I’m sharing reader photos and my thoughts on this common colour mistake. Thanks so much to everyone who emailed me with images they felt would belong in a clean/dirty discussion from my last post, as promised, I’m going to show you a few emails…

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My 3 Favourite Colours for a Pretty Church Exterior

05/30/2018
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In our travels all around the country leading my Specify Colour with Confidence workshops, often, when we drive by a beautiful church I think back to one of my first exterior consultations as a brand new colour consultant. I was asked to consult on the exterior of a church in New Westminster. The church was…

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The Best Colour Advice on Painting your Exterior

05/02/2018
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Before you begin painting your exterior, read this roundup of my best colour advice so you can choose the right colour for your home improvements this season! Today I’ve curated some of my best colour advice on painting your exterior posts. After all, my blog is almost 10 years old so there’s a lot of…

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What’s Next After the Grey Trend?

08/28/2017
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Is the grey trend over? What colour trends are next? Knowing which colour is the next trendy neutral will not help you with your new build project or home renovation decisions. However, understanding how we are influenced by trends and how colour trend cycles work is design knowledge you can use. Lately I have been…

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The Shortcut to Testing Exterior Colour; Before & After

08/20/2017
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Trying to find a more current paint colour for your home? These days everyone is opting for fresher and lighter exterior colours. The most important step in the process is testing your exterior colour. Here’s how test exterior paint colour the right way. Image via Brooke’s Instagram Today I’m happy to bring you another before…

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The Best Window Colour For Stone and Brick

06/23/2017
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Your window colour is one of the most important colour decisions you make, especially on a stone or brick home. And if you get it wrong, it can limit all the rest of your choices. Here’s which window colours work best with stone or brick for the prettiest home. This post is coming to you…

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The Best Exterior Colours for Apartment Buildings

04/18/2017
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Years ago when colour still mystified me and I was constantly talking to other colour experts at colour conferences and at other colour courses looking for mastery, I’ll never forget one conversation I had with a colour designer who specialized in exterior colour. He said, “The problem with using neutrals on exterior (especially the CURRENT…

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Trend Alert: All White and All Black Exteriors

04/02/2017
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As you know, I’m travelling for a couple weeks, just finished my Austin Specify Colour with Confidence workshop last week and I’m off to Toronto next where my next course starts on Tuesday. It’s really wonderful to meet people who have been following my blog for as long as I’ve been writing it (8 1/2…

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