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Inspirational video on interior design to get your creative juices flowing: As part of an overall interior design and decor plan, we consider color and lighting to be the unifying thread that brings all the other elements together. When doing a preliminary design mock-up, we usually start with great photos of existing spaces that are…

Initial Consultation Matt and Julia were crazy for color. They had booked a color consultation with me at their newly remodeled Craftsman in north Seattle. They wanted to create a warm and inviting color scheme – where each room had its own identity, personality – and yet all flowed together. During our first discussion we…

Small Space, Big Design! Marble Mosaic Flooring, Marble Slab Wainscoting and Trim, Lighting Fixtures, Plumbing Fixtures, Wallpaper, Styling Designing A Small Room: It’s all in the details The Powder Room is a VIP when it comes to spaces on the main floor. We knew both the client and guests would love the attention that the…

Lighting functions as it should while looking great! In today’s world of unlimited choices and advancing technologies, designing a comprehensive lighting plan rapidly becomes another one of those things – simple at first, quickly becoming complicated. Hoping this small guide takes you back to simple. Consider the Architecture Whatever lighting fixtures you select, always keep…

Naples Yellow – it’s a Mellow Yellow Color Classic Color Series Modern Paint Brands Modern paint brands manufacture “Naples Yellow” […]

Schoolhouse Lighting is still popular! Although, humble in looks with clarified lines and ample proportions, schoolhouse style lighting is iconic, becoming a benchmark for other similar products with designers and manufacturers alike. Schoolhouse is a true American classic, and lends itself from Retro to Modern style, and is just as popular as it was in…

Malachite The color verdigris comes from malachite, which is the oldest known green pigment having been used since antiquity. The mineral was crushed and ground, and used by the Egyptians as paint, jewelry, and eye shadow. In Egypt the floors of the temple were painted with green Malachite pigment. The Greeks introduced Verdigris, Basic Copper…

A rich and luxurious blue color Lapis Lazuli Ultramarine is one deep and gorgeous color.

Cinnebar Vermilion was originally made from the powdered mineral cinnabar, a name originating from the Persian word for “Dragons blood” خون اژدها It was a dense and opaque pigment with a clear and brilliant hue ranging from bright red to a duller bluish-red. The highest quality vermilion stones were chosen for colorant, and the finer…

From antiquity Rose Madder has adorned the interiors of tombs and was procured to dye cloth and leather in Asia and Egypt. Ancient Egyptian mummies (1500 BC) were found wrapped in Rose Madder cloth, a color deemed powerful and associated with the blood of Isis, the goddess and protector of Nature herself. A Rose by…

Get “In the Mood” with these lighting ideas: Interior design is often a winding road.. and with lighting it can go anywhere. Here are some ideas to change the mood in a room, adding atmosphere – a particular ambience. Here is a creative use of lighting to create atmosphere or ambience in an interior space.…

The following is from Dr. Watson’s biographies of his friend Mr. Sherlock Holmes: We had been called in to investigate the strange occurrence of changing paint color in an 1890 Victorian stick-style-home. There was a bit of haze and the moon shone down on the entry. As my friend, Mr Sherlock Holmes, entered, his deep-seated,…

House Hardware Heaven! – Local, National, Online and Brick & Mortar Old door knobs, pulls, levers and knockers are all the rage now. My fellow hardware buffs and I have been known to come unhinged while talking about our latest find in a vintage hardware store. Dust covered bronze or brass, iron and steel jewels…

Victorian to Atomic – 1860 to 1960 Victorian Style – 1860-1900 Victorian Era door hardware is lavish – with complicated and swirling floral patterns in relief. At the peak of the American decorative hardware industry, there were new and inexpensive casting procedures emerging, innovative finishing and plating techniques – this developing into an overall hardware…

Mood Lighting!! .. warm colors and soft lights, inspirations from Thailand The world comes alive at night in Thailand. Read More »

Faux Your Information: florapompeiiThe act of painting walls precedes even architecture. As a fundamental human experience it reveals a natural human response to our environment. From the Paleolithic cave paintings through the evolution of the decorative arts; we have adorned our walls with colors and pattern, flora and fauna. Decorative techniques are used to alter…

Timeless Colors in Every Sense of the Word Many modern paint companies have developed historical paint color lines and I use these valuable resources to try and help you maintain just the right level of authenticity in your home. We’re looking for the perfect colors, rich in history, yet fitting seamlessly into the modern world.…

Sherwin Williams & Benjamin Moore – Undertones to be Reckoned With To design with all white often translates to color. For the most part, our “whites” contain multitudes of undertones and the interiors we create using shades of white are full of color, subtle as they are. The palette above shows a few selections of…

Remember “A River House” color Palette from Belltown Design?! This video illustrates how we created a beautiful, metallic wall finish, bringing this Nature-inspired color scheme together. The entry impact wall is the first thing you see upon entering this home. We used Modern Masters metallic copper paint, and it was a pleasure! Rich and creamy,…