How to Choose Colour

In my colour consulting [in a paint store] days, customers would consistently come up to me (clutching one of the brochures with suggested colour combinations) and ask: “Can I alternate this colour chip with that one?” source   And the answer was usually, YES. Colour combinations on interior and exterior brochures in paint stores are…

How many times have you been in a store looking at a piece of furniture or a toss cushion and wondered if it coordinated with your existing colour scheme.  This happens to me when I’m shopping for clothes. I wonder if the top will match the shoes I have at home and every time I…

I have received a few emails asking about area rugs so here are 10 guidelines to follow: Taylor Howes Design 1. Unless you are getting one custom made, rugs usually come in standard sizes; 4 x 6, 5 x 8, 6 x 9, 8 x 10, 9 x 12, 12 x 14, I’m sure I’ve…

I am not an accent-wall-happy colourist. Personally I think they are mostly dated (from the 80’s & 90’s). The minute I say this, I know I’ll get emails with questions starting with, ‘I know you don’t like accent walls, but what do you think. . . ?’ So I’m starting this post with a disclaimer;…