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How to Choose Paint Colours for a Room with 2 Exposures

North, East, South, West – what to do when you have 2-3 exposures! Just when you thought picking a paint colour couldn’t get any harder, you have to deal with your room’s exposure.  And if you have a room with windows on different walls, you won’t just have one exposure, you’ll have two or even […]

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Colour Review: Sherwin Williams Accessible Beige

  E-Design Consultation / Colour Review: SW Accessible Beige When you’ve got an open layout, it can be tricky to find that PERFECT neutral that accommodates different spaces, functions AND exposures. So, when my e-design client was looking for a flexible, warm neutral colour for her open layout, I came up with 3 gorgeous options […]

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The Best Neutral Paint Colours to Update Dark Wood Trim

  Dark Wood Trim:  The Best Neutral Paint Colours to Coordinate While this blog post refers to the wood trims of the ’70s & ’80s, the colour ideas are also FAB for older homes with dark trim work. With a focus on updating the oaks and maples of the ’90s, it’s easy to bypass the dark wood trims and doors […]

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The Best Colours to Paint the Inside of Your Front Door

  The Best Paint Colours for the INSIDE of Your Front Door (partner post to ‘The Best Paint Colours for the Outside of Your Front Door’ ) Other than ceilings and bodies, doors are often the most ignored paintable surface in a home. Now I’m not talking about bedroom/bathroom doors, I’m talking about main doors – […]

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Paint Colours and LRV: The Ultimate Guide You Need to Read

  How to Choose a Paint Colour – LRV and Why it Matters Partner Blog Post: LRV, Paint Colours and YOU Have you ever painted your walls only to discover they looked lighter or darker than you thought they would? Or maybe you’ve rolled it on and then 2nd guessed the person who actually mixed the […]

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The 3 Best White Paint Colours for Cabinets: Benjamin Moore

  The Best Whites for Cabinets: BM Via my E-design, I hear a lot of, ‘I want white but I don’t know what white to choose, can you help?’ Unfortunately, not every Benjamin Moore will do an ‘off-the-shelf’ white – ie: shake it and take it, so you have to ‘choose’ a white…and that’s where things get […]

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The Best Paint NUMBER for Your Home: 62 (LRV)

  Game Changing Advice for Picking YOUR Best Paint Colour Paint number you say? Yes, paint number. And let me tell you that this magical little number is going to save your life, or at least the small thread of sanity that you have left after trying to find the ever-elusive perfect paint colour. You […]

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Colours of the Year: Real People & Real Homes

  Kylie M’s Colours of the Year – FOR THE REAL PEEPS! So, how do you feel about the ‘colours of the year’ for 2018?  Ya, me too. While I can see some of them working, there’s others that I just don’t get. The colour of the year should be something that people are inspired […]

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The 4 Best White Paint Colours: Sherwin Williams

  Sherwin Williams 4 Best Whites – Undertones and More!  After my blog post re: The 8 Best Benjamin Moore White Paint Colours, I received TONS of emails and comments asking for the same thing in Sherwin Williams. Oh, you are a demanding bunch (and that’s why I love you…)!  Seriously though, it’s via your comments […]

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Benjamin Moore Caliente: 2018 Colour of the Year

  A Colour Review of Benjamin Moore Caliente Well HOT DAMN…literally. I did not see this one coming! It turns out that Benjamin Moore is throwing down the gauntlet with another ‘game-changing’ colour of the year… Not familiar with it? Well, if you haven’t visited Paris’ fashion shows (oh pshaw!), painted your front door or […]

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Colour Review: Benjamin Moore Simply White

  All About:  Benjamin Moore Simply White Check out my video at the end of the blog post… BTW – please excuse the lack of photos. I am transitioning my blog to have ONLY photos that are of my E-design projects. However, the info is 100% valid, so please keep reading!  Simply White is definitely […]

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2018 Colour of the Year: BEHR – In The Moment (Colour Review)

Pay close attention to my blog post title… 2018 Colour of the Year:  Behr – In the Moment Usually I would say… Behr’s 2018 Colour of the Year – In the Moment There is importance in the order of those words as not only is this BEHR’S colour of the year, I think it is […]

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The Best Benjamin Moore Green Paint Colours

The Best Green Paint Colours Partner Post to The Best Blue-Green (teal) Paint Colours Many homeowners get the chills when they think about painting their home in a cool colour like blue, purple or green. And while there are many cool colours that will give you a ‘cool and crisp’ feeling – particularly lighter versions of cool […]