Case Studies

Long Distance Color Consulting (Part II)

By |2018-12-19T16:11:08-05:00October 4th, 2015|Bathrooms, Bedrooms, Case Studies, Neutral Palette|

In this post I will be discussing "long distance color consulting" that I did for a client building a new house in the Adirondacks. It was too far to travel and we decided to choose colors not on the actual site.  It's a challenge because colors change in different lighting and all the things the client chose like tiles, bathroom fixtures, kitchen cabinets, etc. were things I would see only in pictures. She did have a few actual samples of tile for me to see which was very helpful. Part II is the discussion for [...]

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Long Distance Color Consulting (Part I)

By |2018-12-19T16:02:55-05:00October 1st, 2015|Bathrooms, Bedrooms, blog, Case Studies, Living and Family Rooms, Neutral Palette|

A client called me to help choose colors for a house they were building in the Adirondacks. It was too far to travel and we decided to do what I call, "long distance color consulting". That is we chose colors not on the actual site. It's a challenge because colors change in different lighting and all the things the client chose like tiles, bathroom fixtures, kitchen cabinets, etc. were things I would see only in pictures. She did have a few actual samples of tile for me to see which was very [...]

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Purple Master Bath

By |2018-12-21T09:36:48-05:00August 25th, 2015|Bathrooms, Case Studies|

How did we come up with a purple master bath? This was a new house construction. It was a large traditional house. We chose colors for most of the rooms  that were soft and subtle with a good flow from room to room. When we came to the master bedroom suite we continued choosing colors that were muted and soft, colors that went beautifully with the carpeting and bedding. But when we came to the master bath the client wanted something different, something that would stand out but not knock you out. She [...]

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Making a Screened Porch Inviting

By |2018-12-19T17:01:13-05:00July 29th, 2015|Case Studies, Exteriors|

A client called me to help choose colors for a screened porch she was remodeling and painting to make it more inviting and more harmonious with the rest of the house. The porch came off of an open dining room/kitchen  with glass doors on one entire wall. The ceiling was a beamed wood ceiling and the client hated the closed in dark feeling the beams created. She investigated how to get rid of the beams without damaging the structure. The first order of business was to structurally remove the beams and open the [...]

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New Wall Unit with Media Center

By |2018-12-19T12:55:03-05:00June 23rd, 2015|Accent Colors, Case Studies, Wall Arrangments|

I was asked to design a wall unit for a living room that included a media center. The client hated what she had on the wall and directed me to an use units from an Italian modular furniture company called Presotto. She sent me various catalogs to work from. One of the most unusual and interesting furniture units was part of Presotto designlife 2014 catalog. Here's how the company describes their furniture units called InclinART. InclinART, an exclusive modular furniture system that changes the basic rules that govern furniture. Its axis becomes variable and the depths of the tops change [...]

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A New House (Exterior)

By |2018-12-19T12:57:05-05:00November 17th, 2014|Case Studies, Exteriors|

Warm Tones for Exterior of House This new house in a traditional style with a Southern flair and lots of architectural detail was recently completed and painted. All the trim is white and roof black. This gives whatever color you choose for the painted siding a crisp clean look. We chose a creamy golden beige, one of Benjamin Moore's Historical Colors, HC35, Powell Buff. This house has a front porch and a covered back deck. We wanted to use a different color for the ceilings of both porches. We felt a [...]

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