THE NEW COLORS FOR 2015 and help for Susan

BENJAMIN MOORE COLOR OF THE YEAR 2015

GUILFORD GREEN

My first thought was 'are we seriously going back to Sage again?'

but then I looked at some of the rooms that have this color...

and realized it has just enough gray in it to be a perfect neutral...

#1 is Guilford Green

It pairs really well with other colors...

with blush and pink

with blues

with other greens

with berry tones

with black (Guilford Green ceiling)

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with brown

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with navy

Guilford Green should be a great new staple to add to your neutral palette

2015 is projected to be a year of cooler neutrals

so far... its looking good

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I'm LOST in a SEA of COLORS! & in the storm of furniture Clutter Chaos.

Hi Claudine,  I love your posts and blogs!  

 I was wondering if you could help me in my paint color selections (and maybe furniture placements (decorating ideas)... I've attached some photos for your review as well... (Please don't laugh, I know it is a messy house with items piled EVERYWHERE! ;) Trying to find that "time" where I can go through everything and put it back in it's place (need help with organizing as well). Mother...

Hi Susan!

I'll address this area first

I see two focal points here.

The natural focal point of the fireplace

and the other one vying for attention - the t.v.

as far as furniture placement goes,

I would separate the two, placing the t.v. on the wall that holds the sofa

yup, this one...

and move your sofas so that they embrace the fireplace as focal point,

and give a little separation to this room and the kitchen and eating area

kind of like this...

 to unify this area, I would treat all windows the same - 

long draperies on all windows

since you have a desk in this room, I would use it as one

and dress it out nicely, and put the computer monitor here

and a nice chair

and lamps

and art above it

I'm assuming this is the formal dining room

and should have more of a formal table and chairs

so I would switch this out to the kitchen and put the wood toned ones in here

that are currently in the kitchen area

 (if you don't use this area very much, you could use this as a computer/video game area with extra storage added)

as for paint colors - I would make the change from room to room more subtle

using cooler colors to make it feel more spacious

 like these Benjamin Moore neutrals...

Since you don't have any non-neutral furnishings, you can choose from any of the above, or these three that I particularly like, below...

Benjamin Moore ARCTIC GRAY

(would look particularly nice in the kitchen/living areas)

Benjamin Moore GUILFORD GREEN

(their color of the year for 2015)

Benjamin Moore SHALE

As for the organization part - check out all the helpful hints on Pinterest!

Hope that helped!

Best wishes.

TYING IT TOGETHER and new wedding photos...

TRUST IS AN AMAZING THING
It allows you to join your life with another
to hold nothing back
to give freely

I loved creating this wedding because Stephanie and her daughter and bride, Brianna,
trusted me

You have no idea how fun it is to have free creative reign

and dream an event into existence...
with just a few parameters:

Lavender
Outdoors
English Garden
No mason jars or burlap.
Done.

And one more rule that is paramount in my book...
find out exactly what the bride wants
discover her style
make it her

 This wedding definitely had Brianna written all over it.

Trust and free reign means we dreamed these moments into existence

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Jason Barbiaux commented on your blog post Our carpet is a very light brown. We are looking at furniture and one of the sectionals that we really like is pewter. What color can we paint the walls to tie those 2 together? Gray and tan/brown is actually a good combination..  I would find a soft, lighter gray for the walls, and bring in the brown/tan in a combination of decorative pillows for the sofa.  You can add a blue or apple green to the mix if you want a little color.