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The Real Reason Your Sofa Looks Dirty

11/27/2025

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The wrong paint colour can make your furniture look dirty 🙀

Remember this Colour Rescue One Day Makeover I did where we transformed a living and dining room?

Well Melissa’s Mom who lives next door wanted the same transformation for her living room, but it needed to be painted first so last week, I popped over to choose a new paint colour for her living room.

You can see that the wall colour is too clean compared to the sofa which ends up making the sofa look dirty.

This same issue is happening in homes everywhere in this trend where the walls are stark white but the furniture is still earthy:

Update a Tuscan House

You won’t want to miss this demonstration of how I chose the perfect paint colour. And next week, we’ll be doing a makeover in this living room right before it gets a Christmas tree for the holidays!

Why I love what I do

While I was there, Melissa dropped by with this card. This feeling is exactly what I want to help everyone create in their home. This makes me so happy!

Here’s the video:

If you have a room that needs a makeover and you live in the Fraser Valley or the Lower Mainland, apply here.

My black Friday sale ends Friday night, November 28 at midnight. My ebooks, online training, edesign, my flooring guide and more! See it all here.


Bonus Alert: With any $50+ purchase, you’ll receive my Killam Colour System™ Digital Paint Dot Library—a $19 new digital tool that will make all your mood boards so much easier. It includes the full system of whites and neutrals in BM and SW.

The sale ends Friday night, November 28, 2025!

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Hi, I'm Maria

I help homeowners and design professionals create beautifully decorated spaces, by showing them how to use colour - the right way.

Not sure where to start? Take the quiz to find the best colour solution for you.

Decorating Advice

Timeless

Neutral Undertones

Colour Trends

Bathrooms

Kitchens

know what works
and why

Life’s too short to live in a home you don’t love, and it’s too expensive to start from scratch when you don’t have to.

 Let me help you make confident colour decisions for every project in your home.

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