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Ugh! The Pain!

Making color choices is truly painful!

Taking the Pain out of choosing paint colors by Christopher Muther, Globe Staff, is a great article of how to get rid of that anxiety! Christopher interviewed David Oliver, a color guru from London, and author of a gorgeous coffee table book: Paint and Paper: In Decoration!

You can find the article at www.boston.com/lifestyle

Some of David's advice:

Test your shade: 'Don't just look at paint colors on a flat surface. Paint the inside of an old shoe box. That way you can see where shadows fall or how light behaves with color in a room.

Tart up hidden spaces: Paint the inside of linen closets and cabinets!

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This is a great article with some great ideas! Check it out!

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Posted by Margaret Innis - We Stage New England on 12/28/2007 09:40 AM

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8 Comments on Ugh! The Pain!

DEC

2007

That is a great idea, I never though of a shoe box, I have always painted a small spot on a wall or board.

Take care!

RJH

Great post. Thanks for the link!

Great idea about the shoe box! I have NO training in color, other than when I was in art school a couple of decades ago. I helped a friend choose colors for her dining room, master bedroom and bath. She was thrilled with the result. So, I decided to take on a paying client. I met with her, got a good look at her home, and made my recommendation. She said the color I chose for her family room looked like baby poop! We came up with a color more to her liking and she said she would have her husband paint and call me when it was done. I never heard back from her, even after leaving messages with her husband (who told me NO painting had ever been done). I decided I had no expertise in that area, and took it off my list of services!!! ;)

Margaret, I love working with color but only know it from a Feng Shui perspective. And I didn't know about the shoebox, just to check it before you paint at different times of the day to see how it looks in all lights. I need to find out more about color because I work with it often and love to use a variety. Thank you for the article.

DEC

2007

Robert - I have painted on the giant square also - the shoebox takes into account the shadows and angles - I am looking forward to trying it. I will let you know the results. Thank you for stopping by!

Cindy - thank you!

Elaine - I love your attitude! Color can be a challenge - So many colors so little time! Dewey Color really makes it easier! Thank you for stopping by!

Carole - So good to hear your voice! Color fits right with Feng Shui! It is all about the energy! Thank you Carole! I would love to learn more about Feng Shui!

JAN

2008

Wow! What a great idea, a shoebox! Brilliant. I will have to start saving ALL those show boxes to give to my clients instead of a sheet of poster-board. Thanks for the info ;-)

JAN

2008

Great article, thank you for the link. Quite a few great ideas were provided by David Oliver!

Lisa Sherman ~ Interior Aura

Margaret Ann,

I hope that you're getting a commission on this book because I'm going to order it tomorrow.

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