Mini Colour Hits

In recent years, paint companies have become creative in their paint color presentations. The enticing colors, the possibilities...

Here are a few of my favorites. 

The French paint company, Ressource, has fun ads.

Ressource Paint's 1960's collection

Veranda magazine's Purer Palettes article featured the softer colors inspired by botanicals.

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These bowls, ready to be painted by the Atelier Buffile, look like lovely paint samples.

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These are French paints from the Peinture fraiche! article in Cote Sud magazine.

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The Australian Kit Cosmetics and Dulux paints teamed up to produce a limited edition of nail polishes.

 

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Here is a more traditional approach. I like the color progression.

 

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Wood sticks never looked so good!

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Love this:

 Paint & Paper Library
 

You can find lots of good paint color info in House Beautiful's article entitled What's Your Color Personality? in the September, 2009 issue. Their House Beautiful Colors for Your Home book and new bookazine are interesting to read for the various interior designers' paint descriptions.

For the serious color enthusiast, I recommend Michael Wilcox's many books on color. Also, Janice Lindsay's All About Color is an excellent resource for your library. 

Maria Killam's Colour Me Happy blog is a fun way to learn how color affects your own home and offers creative solutions to our own design challenges.

I want to live here!

I just fell in love with Claire Basler’s studio/home when I opened the March 2010 issue of Elle Décor UK. An old iron works building on the outskirts of Paris houses this wonderfully talented artist. Claire’s love of flowers and her garden are certainly reflected in her work.

Being surrounded by so much natural light and having the subject you love to paint right at your fingertips sounds heavenly.

The colors mixed with the grays, the old and the new, the shiny and the textured… the combinations work.

Here it is! (All photos from Elle Décor UK, photos by Mads Mogensen)

A few of her paintings (courtesy of http://www.clairebasler.com/):

I love the silver and gold leaf backgrounds in these photos!

Monochrome

...as in the book, Monochrome, by Paula Rice Jackson. I thought I'd share some of my favorite photos from this quietly elegant book on one way to use color.

While I love color, especially how Mother Nature combines them, there is something soothing and exciting when you walk into a room and you just feel the balance and harmony of the subtle nuances of color.

The funny thing about using one color is that it takes just as much attention to detail as it does when using a range of colors.

Designer: Nancy Corzine

Designer: Vicente Wolf

Designer: Vicente Wolf

The marble wall is beautiful, wouldn't you agree?

Designer: John Saladino

The Venetian plaster walls in these photos are so...well, you just want to touch them! These monochrome walls are inspiring!

Designer: Philippe Starck

 

Designer: Philippe Starck

I hope to see you Saturday, 7-11-09,

at McDhurries in Rocky River, Ohio!  I'll be demonstrating glazing, textures, gold leaf (gilding) and plasters at this FREE consultation from 1-4pm. Deborah Cunningham will also be there for garden and interior design consultations. A big thank you to McDhurries for generously hosting this event. Here's the event info:http://www.mcdhurries.com/oriental-rugs-cleveland-ohio.html

Here is a metallic silk background with a tone on tone damask. Looks like fabric on the wall!