Search for excellence in interior design
It wasn’t traditional pastels announcing the birth of fraternal twins that inspired the pastel pink and blue hues that Pantone chose as its 2016 Color(s) of the Year. It was dying hydrangeas in a fog-shrouded Pacific West garden that spoke to Pantone’s lead color expert. Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute, said
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When Benjamin Moore announced last week that its 2016 pick for color of the year was Simply White, design writers across the country rushed to judgment: “Benjamin Moore Has Completely Given Up On Picking Out A Color,” blasted the Huffington Post in a headline and devoted a large chunk of space to show how little
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Baby Boomers, rich in number and disposable income, greatly influence home interior design trends. The 78 million boomers control 75 percent of the nation’s wealth, spend $400 billion a year and plan to spend a chunk of that money to remodel their homes, according to the United States Consumer Spending Survey. So what are the trends
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Summer’s nearly half over but, if you’ve been entertaining less than ideal house guests, it may seem like it will never end! Love spending time with friends and family but feeling overwhelmed by the disruption to your home life? You don’t have to close your pool, move away from the ocean or un-friend people on
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This is one holiday season in which a red wine spill doesn’t have to be a disaster. Rather than run to the kitchen in search of club soda and a dabbing cloth, you can just dye the rest of the rug or sofa the same color and consider yourself on-trend. As long as the wine
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Some people – one woman at least – liked to change her kitchen countertops about as often as conscientious drivers change the oil in their cars. Formica was cheap and her husband was indulgent so she bought winter whites, spring pastels, summer brights and autumn neutrals. But after about 5 years and 20 laminated countertops,
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