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Hot Tip: Behr's Virtual Color Center

We've seen other virtual paint tools before but since we have been looking for a new color for our bedroom, this one has consumed a great deal of our time. Hate second guessing yourself when it come...

Christmas by Color

Manchester-based Raw Design Studio asked "what's your Christmas color?" and got a whole spectrum of answers from the public. Check out their Pantone-inspired poster with colors like "soggy mittens" an...

The Cutting Edge: Four Northwest Color Entries

Name: Sandi Location: Portland, Oregon Type of Home: Small 60's ranch >> Sandi's Happy Danish Modern Clown Colors If you don't already know about our Fall Colors Contest, I want to peak your intere...

Inspiration: Where to Find Fall Colors

Viewing the entries in the Fall Colors Contest got us thinking about actual fall colors and where to find them. In the Northeast, it's easy to find spectacular beauty right outside your front door, bu...

Color Pulse 2010 Recap

We may have missed the Color Pulse 2010 presentation here in Portland, but that doesn't mean you're left without a recap. Doty Horn, Director of Color and Design for Benjamin Moore, came to town to...

Roundup: Colorful Small, Cool Homes
San Francisco

Click on any of the images above to view these posts Do these colorful homes look familiar? They were entries from the Northwest in this past spring's Small Cool Contest... an...

House Tour Roundup: Colorful House Tours
San Francisco

Click on any of the images above to view these posts This morning we were thinking of all the colorful homes we've shown off in our House Tours. We pulled a few from our arch...

Inspiration: Pops of Color

Wow. These photos blew us away when we first saw them -- we'd been looking at a lot of black-and-white interiors, and the jolt of color was refreshing. What a great reminder that color can be used i...

Good Questions: Color for My Curtains?

Hey AT, My boyfriend and I are moving into a new apartment--we're thrilled, but have some decorating concerns. To the left of the wall/hallway in this picture is a wall of blah-brown doors which I w...

Pantone's Colors for Spring 2009

We're always intrigued to see the color trends for each season from Pantone. It gives us a glimpse into what the future holds for retail decor, and also gets us thinking about what colors we'd want to...

Casa Fegh Shui

With our Fall Colors Contest right around the corner, we're finding that we're starting to really notice colorful interiors. Casa Fegh Shui, for instance. Designed by Matali Crasset, the small apart...

Color Chips: Yellow and Lavender

The yellow and gray trend has been all over the place lately, and while we still think it is a great combination, we like to switch things up a bit and think lavender or mauve is a great substitution....

Favorite Colors: Yellow

When we were pint-sized little rascals and everything was new to us, we would declare a new favorite color every day. We went through the pink phase, the blue phase and in our "dark period", the bla...