This comes up at every consult. What the heck to do on the ceiling? Common practice says paint it in Ceiling White in a Flat finish. This technique guarantees the ceiling to be pretty much a non-entity. In some rooms, where there is a lot going on and one wants absolutely no distraction happening on the … More Ceilings – what to do?
A surprising number of people walk into the color chip part of the store and say something along this line, either under their breath or out loud, but always with feeling. Because of this reaction to the glorious spectrum of visible color, I have a reason to live and a job to do. What’s the … More “God, I hate this.”
I’m wearing all black, stripey socks, and orange earrings. The guys, Joe and Eric are truly embracing the Halloween vibe today. Eric is doing a version of Breaking Bad in a most subtle, brilliant way. Joe has gone full-on into the King of Paint thing this morning. I really like working with my paint guys. … More HALLOWEEN, Saturday at the Paint Shop Report….
In the rowhouse where I grew up, there were no chair rails in sight until my home-making mother added them to our dining room. I was little, but I remember liking that my mom had fancy style. Back then, it seemed the rule to always, always, always put the darker shade of paint below the chair rail. … More There’s more to chair rails than I could have imagined.
So many shades of White paint. There are a few people who scoff at this, but color is mystical and real, and the slightest change of tone in a pot of white paint makes a big difference. There are more than 120 white shades in the Ben Moore Off-White Fan Deck and that does not … More So many shades of White paint.
I’m so happy this blogger found me! A Paint Person in Bermuda is writing some wonderful articles. Here is one on Dark, Deep Colors that she wrote as Hurricane Joaquin was/is barreling down on the island. Hers is a blog worth following if you have walls to paint and/or are a design nut. I visited Bermuda in … More The Bermuda Paint Blogger
October in the northern hemisphere and the weather is shifting dramatically here on the east coast USA. The sun is lower in the sky and often behind clouds and rain. Gray gray gray!!! Many of my color clients have elegant gray shades on their walls. It can be a calming and meditative vibe. During long … More Please, no wintertime despair: gray with magenta, orange, teal, chartreuse….
Rejoice, Painters, the answer is right here at the online Benjamin Moore Paint Calculator. Fill in the blanks. Measure exactly or estimate your inches, depending on your personality. How many windows are in the room? How many doors? The estimate appears. Thanks, People Who Thought Up and Made the Paint Calculator!
Client Peggy arrived in the shop with a humungous floor tile in a sort of warm golden yellow-tan-beige shade, that was going into a guest bathroom. White tile on the walls. White tub, sink, etc. We tried out a few shades similar to the tile and after being bored almost to death with the matchy-match attempt, … More Floor Tile vs. Shower Curtain
When people come in to the shop seeking my advice about colors to paint on their walls, I always ask them “what direction do the windows face?”
Almost no one knows! … More “Which direction do the windows face?”
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