Move Over Orange. There Are New Colors In Town!
Seeing a patch filled with bright orange pumpkins is such a cheerful sight that I look forward to at this time of year. In the past few years, a few other colors have elbowed their way into the patch...
View ArticleColor Marketing Group’s 2013 Color of the Year is Re-Blued!
Last week I participated in the International Color Marketing Group (CMG) meeting in the color-drenched South Beach area of Miami, FL. It was one of the best CMG summits I have attended. The big news...
View ArticleThere Is No Such Thing As Bad Weather
The weather isn’t good or bad. Your choice of clothing may be good or bad but the weather just is. That is what my friend Berit once told me. She said that in Norway they don’t judge things like the...
View ArticleMatch The Meaning To The Color For Valentine’s Day
St. Valentine’s Day has been associated with love and romance since the time of Chaucer. The day evolved into an occasion for sweethearts to express their affection for one another by the 15th century....
View ArticleBlack Magic: The Dark Side of Decorating
In November 2008 Domino magazine profiled J.Crew’s creative director Jenna Lyons in her Park Slope Brooklyn brownstone. Every architectural details and item furnishings the townhouse reflected her...
View ArticlePinks, Blues and other Pastel Hues
There was a time when I thought that when it came to home decor the only reasons to not leave pastel colors in the 50′s was when decorating rooms for those newborn to about age 15. For anyone above...
View ArticleViva La Ombré
The word ombré seems intriguing to me but it is the beautiful graduations of color that capture my heart every time. The light to dark or one color fading into another is sometimes referred to as a...
View ArticleColor Craving: Blue Raspberry
Nothing offers sweet relief from hot summer days better than an icy treat! Frosty cherry and grape or even lemon ‘n lime are yummy but on one of those sweat-drenching days nothings satisfies my craving...
View ArticleMasskara: The Festival of Smiles
The MassKara Festival is a three week-long festival held each year during October in Bacolod City, the capital of Negros Occidental province in the Philippines. The festival first began in the early...
View ArticleMove Over Orange. There Are New Colors In Town!
Seeing a patch filled with bright orange pumpkins is such a cheerful sight that I look forward to at this time of year. In the past few years, a few other colors have elbowed their way into the patch...
View ArticleColor Marketing Group’s 2013 Color of the Year is Re-Blued!
Last week I participated in the International Color Marketing Group (CMG) meeting in the color-drenched South Beach area of Miami, FL. It was one of the best CMG summits I have attended. The big news...
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