Upon hearing this question, our minds probably jump to white. It's a color commonly used in messy areas, given that it allows one to immediately notice dust and grime. But after two years of living in an all-white apartment, I realized that white kitchens and bathrooms also mean constant cleaning since white shows every molecule of dirt. More

I have something here that I've been saving for a rainy day, which it is, and I think this is also the first time in quite a while that I've used one of the new paints from Martha Stewart. More

Pia Richter is a NYC based architectural designer, now branching out and running her own agency after working with The Apartment (the team responsible for one of my favorite NYC interiors). She shared her complete source list for each room in this creatively colorful project; providing us with a one stop guide for fresh ideas for using pastel colors in a modern way - it's cool, unexpected and still unapologetically pretty... More

For years and years I've sought out on my winter hiatus a set of quintessentially Mexican colors in lovely Puerto Vallarta: Bougainvillea Pink, Margarita Green, Maize. This year I found myself drawn to something else entirely--the play of light and what defines colorful. More

I'm sure some of you understand: often, keeping up with my blogroll feels like a full-time job. With so many great sites out there (and only so many hours in the day), isn't in nice when you find one that always delivers? A blogger who leaves you feeling not just inspired, but smarter, too? For me, Maria Killam does just that. More

At last, it's January, which means that everything old is new again; and that it's time to look ahead to what trend-spotters are calling the ones-to-beat this year in color forecasting. Perhaps we'll forecast a few of our own. More

Late last year, Pantone pronounced that the color of the year for 2012 is a bright reddish orange called Tangerine Tango. In our post announcing the news, the comment thread included more cheers than jeers, so it looks like orange remains in place as an eminently acceptable dose of happy color to add to your interiors. We've gathered together some inspiration pics, paint color swatches and more - think of it as a 2012 color kickoff starter kit... More

I thought I'd kick off the New Year with this — a project I completed a year ago and just recently photographed. Here's what happens when someone lobs me the keys and says, "Ok kid, go nuts". More

I recently bumped into this project a year plus after I finished it, and was reacquainted with a question I had back then--would blue and orange wind up looking like a Holiday Inn? More

My final project of the outdoor painting season was this — a trompe-l'oeil balustrade in grisaille. The client wanted something to dress up this small deck on a post-war building and indeed it makes it seem like an additional room when you look at it from inside. More