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Monochromatic Rooms, From Pale to Bright

Decorating with a single color can be tricky, and perhaps the most daunting part of the challenge is actually choosing the color itself. Monochromatic décor always makes a statement, but that stateme...

Color Palette Generators

Inspiration for decorating your space can come from unlikely places. Maybe it's the sun hitting the leaves of a tree or a piece of art seen on a favorite blog, but we often take a picture or save an i...

Bring the Outdoors in With a Dark Accent Wall

As you may know, San Francisco is an amazing place to garden. Our Mediterranean climate allows for a huge variety of plants, and our topography lends itself to interesting terraced landscapes. During ...

Good Questions: Color Suggestions for My Bedroom Wall and Bedspread?

AT:SF, We recently moved into a house built in the 1940s. The previous owners painted the guest bedroom in dark reds and stripes!!! Recently, I inherited a bedroom furniture set when my grandmother pa...

Good Questions: Color Help for My Bedroom?

AT:SF, I desperately need some color help! This past year we moved into a new home, and I've waited until the fall to conquer my bedroom. I have a few items I've based my decorating choices on such ...

Good Questions: Paint Colors for Shabby Chic Style?

AT:SF, I am in the process of decorating my house shabby chic. Most of the furniture I am using is in the cream or white paint. I was wondering if I could find out what colors would be good for my w...

Best White Paints

We're about to move into a new abode -- and we're planning to paint it as soon as we can. While we love color, this is a place that is definitely calling out for white paint, and lots of it. Since w...

Two Experts Who Really Know Their Color
Sunset

The two founders of Yolo Colorhouse live in a Portland farmhouse that is, not surprisingly, colorful. Earlier this year Sunset featured their home, and also asked them for their color picks......

Inspiration: Hodgepodge Chic

OK, so some of you seem to be over hanging plates, but this photo has so much else going for it we had to put it up. The tiles in the alcove, echoed in the facing wall, and the seeming incongruent par...

Factors to Consider in Choosing a Paint Color
San Francisco Chronicle: 09.27.08

Just in time for Colors Month, Saturday's Chronicle featured an article about the Color Institute recently held by House Beautiful in San Francisco. It listed the one color "that looks universally be...

Dorothy Draper Paint Chips from Benjamin Moore

Dorothy Draper is, by far, our favorite decorator. Her designs have constantly inspired us. Benjamin Moore put together a special palette of their colors that captured the style of Dorothy Draper a ...

Good Questions: What Color for Our Dining Area Walls?

AT:SF, My boyfriend just bought a place and is getting ready to work on it. What color(s) do you recommend for the walls? We're planning on putting up wallpaper on the back wall in the dining area (w...

Good Questions: Color Inspiration for Our Living Room?

AT, We just painted our living room in Benjamin Moore's Simply White (walls and ceiling), with one wall in Kensington Blue. The blue is really dramatic, without overwhelming the room, but now I need h...

Good Questions: Wall Color for Our Kitchen?

Dear AT:SF, My boyfriend & I live in a small 1927 bungalow in Portland, OR. Our next project will be painting the kitchen. I really like the pale minty/seafoam green countertop, but it's been tough fi...

Good Questions: Kitchen Paint Colors and Backsplash?

AT, My boyfriend and I are moving into a new place in two weeks, and we've been picking out paint colors. Unfortunately, we've been stuck on what to do with the kitchen. We both love to cook and plan ...

Good Questions: Paint Color Recommendations?

AT, I am having a paint crisis! We are mid-reno in our kitchen, and I hate the paint colour. It's called "English Apple" by CIL (I think). The rest of my 990 sq. ft. ranch is in a pale grey. The ki...

Inspiration: Even More Black Walls

Last month we blogged a bunch of black walls that we'd seen on AT, and then some more from 'round the blogosphere. Look what we've found since then......

Look!: Our Bedroom Paint Color

We've had a few inquiries regarding our green paint color as seen here and here. Rather than respond in comments, we thought we'd share the details in a post......

Good Questions: Colors for My Small Bedroom?

Dear AT:SF, Please help me select some wall/curtain/rod colors for my small (8x10) bedroom. I want to paint the walls (only Sherwin Williams paint is allowed) and hang long curtains. I prefer lighte...

SF Good Questions: Paint Color with Yellow and Burgundy Tile?

AT:SF, Our bathroom has yellow and burgundy tile (even the floors) throughout. The tile is in very good shape and we do not want to paint over the tile or have it stripped out. The tub, toilet and s...

Inspiration: More Black Walls

We hadn't really realized so many brave people have painted (or wallpapered) their walls black until we started searching... If these rooms weren't enough to talk you into moving on over to the dark ...

Roundup: Black Walls on AT

House Tour Update: Maria's "Oh So You" Bungalow On last night's episode of Design Star, one pair of designers painted the walls of a sitting room black. It reminded us that we've shown black walls h...

SF Good Questions: Help with Our Dogpatch Loft?

Sasha intentionally blurred the current tenant's stuff Hi AT:SF! I'm in dire need of some furniture and color advice to work with the wall colors in my new Dogpatch loft! My boyfriend and I are moving...

SF Good Questions: What Color to Paint My Wall in a Room With a Purple Rug?

Dear AT:SF, I love this plum Thomas Paul rug. I'm thinking of getting it for our living room. Our furniture is espresso brown. What do you recommend for a good wall color to paint our walls? Thanks so...

Modern Presidio Heights Kitchen

We like the black wall and the Metro shelving in this San Francisco kitchen -- although we're surprised to see it in a $4M house. What do you think about it?...

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