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ColorTherapy: Haus Interior

There’s a smart new shop that just opened in NoLita, and for which I was in charge of decorative painting. I had hoped to scoop this one for myself, but the media blitzkrieg was so instantaneous ...

ColorTherapy: I Love Lucy

Paint Names: Ralph Lauren Loft Living UL41, Bardsley Grey RM30, Fine Paints of Europe H00750 A few months ago someone posted a comment on my Zig Zag column that it reminded her of the Lucy episode ...

ColorTherapy: Simple Painting Projects

Color Name: Sweet Pear 389 Brand: Benjamin Moore For a simple summer weekend project to color your world, why don’t you try one of these simple painting projects ? In this beach-side house, colo...

ColorTherapy: The Standard Hotel & The Highline

To All ColorTherapy Posts I see by yesterday’s news that the new Standard Hotel in the Meatpacking District has won a MASterwork Award from the Municipal Art Society for excellence in urban archit...

ColorTherapy: "Dear ColorTherapy..."

To All ColorTherapy Posts Name: Modern Loft Brand: Ralph Lauren UL32 “I live in a small bright white alcove studio and want to paint it dark — blue, dark teal, charcoal — but my frie...

ColorTherapy: The Worst Colors For Interiors

To All ColorTherapy Posts I walked past a storefront dentist office in Brooklyn last week, which was painted bright pink. Not coral, not dusty rose, not salmon; but bright, bubble gum, Peptol Bismol...

Finnish Design at MPD Design 09

As design month here in New York builds momentum, I stopped into the Meatpacking District for MPD Design 09, hoping to find something colorful to write about. Designers from Finland were featured t...

ColorTherapy: Kip's Bay Decorator Show House

I poked my head into the 37th annual Kip's Bay Decorator Show House — for starters, the site this year is the much talked-about former home of Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, on the market for a ...

ColorTherapy in Film: Le Samouraï

click thumbnails for larger pics It’s been years since I first saw this film in re-release, and I’m a sucker for all things Alain Delon, so when I caught a few moments of Le Samouraï at a lo...

ColorTherapy: A Screen Lattice

To All ColorTherapy Posts Name: Railings 31, Shaded White 201 Brand: Farrow & Ball Alas, my Haus tour of the past few weeks must come to a close. This is the last wall in this decorative paint proj...

ColorTherapy: Pinch Pleat Painted Stripes

To All ColorTherapy Posts Name: Shaded White 201, Slipper Satin 2004, Hardwick White 5, James White 2010, Charleston Gray 243, Clunch 2009, Wimborne White 239 Brand: Farrow & Ball For the third ...

ColorTherapy: Zig Zag Volume 2

To All ColorTherapy Posts Name: London Clay 244, Railings 31, Hardwick White 5, Mahogany 36 over Shaded White 201 Brand: Farrow & Ball This week, I’m taking last week’s zig zag idea one step...

ColorTherapy: Zig Zag

To All ColorTherapy Posts Name: London Clay 244, Shaded White 201 Brand: Farrow & Ball How hot is this? I’ll forsake color this week ever so slightly in favor of line and graphic gravitas. Fi...

ColorTherapy: A Moorish Treillage

To All ColorTherapy Posts Last week, I gave you a peek at this pattern — ColorTherapy: The Ocean Room. I think of this as a trellis pattern with indeterminate Mediterranean influences. The bas...

ColorTherapy: The Ocean Room

To All ColorTherapy Posts Name: G20510 Brand: Fine Paints of Europe The color is Fine Paints of Europe G20510 — one of the most beautiful blues to come down the pike in a long time. It’s in...

ColorTherapy: RLW Cabin

click thumbnails for larger pics To All ColorTherapy Posts It was my great pleasure last winter to be involved in a project that I thought was rather special — a cabin in the woods designed by...

ColorTherapy: Unexpected Color

To All ColorTherapy Posts Name: E1-6 (Dusty Lilac) Brand: Fine Paints of Europe Why don’t you paint your closet soft pink? The possessor of this beautiful clean loft is a fine artist, who requires...

ColorTherapy: Decorative Painting & Pattern

To All ColorTherapy Posts For a little splash of color, why not try one of my bold retro patterns in your powder room?...

ColorTherapy: A Winter White

To All ColorTherapy Posts Name: Old White #4 Brand: Farrow & Ball If last season was my “off-black” period, this might be my time to go “off-white,” and I’ll start by going through the li...

ColorTherapy: Color Me Memphis

To All ColorTherapy Posts I promised last week to shock you out of your winter blues with a few volts of bright color. For a quick fix of color inspiration, let’s take a little run through Chelsea...

ColorTherapy: Black Stripes

To All ColorTherapy Posts Name: Tea Kettle Black Brand: Ralph Lauren VM156 I’m still not through with my “black is beautiful” phase (nearly half my columns from last fall) and I promise a colo...

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Maison&Objet 2009

click for more pics Ah, the City of Lights. I just returned from a whirlwind trip to Paris for the trade show Maison&Objet, plus a few pastries, pâtes champignons and a trip to the Louvr...

ColorTherapy: Color Forecast 2009

Benjamin Moore's Peony 2079-30To All ColorTherapy Posts It’s color forecasting season again, and I have a report back from up top about the direction of Color for 2009 from a range of sources, incl...

ColorTherapy: House Proud at the Cooper-Hewitt Museum

To All ColorTherapy Posts I have a “pretty pictures” post this week, whilst a run around the globe in search of peace of mind, and the next big thing. Meanwhile, why don’t you pop into the Coo...

ColorTherapy: 2008 — A Year In Review

To All ColorTherapy Posts During our AT winter break, I had time to reflect upon the year 2008 (dreadful, but much growth) and realized that I should be making a top 10 list like everyone else. This...