Interior Painting Atlanta – What Colors Are Right For You?

When it comes time to decide which paint color to use to paint your room, choosing the right color can be a challenging decision. Knowing where to start may seem incomprehensible when you look at the many choices that are available at your disposal. There are a few tips that will make your [...]

2011-09-15T11:00:00-04:00September 15, 2011|

Interior Painting Color Ideas To Make Your Home POP

Successful Interior painting can be a difficult and an occasionally frustrating process. A process that involves understanding the personal and creative connection between your imagination, your conception of domestic ambiance and the physical character of your home. Choosing paint color schemes that not only express your personality, but cater to [...]

2011-08-13T11:00:00-04:00August 13, 2011|

Picking Colors for Small Rooms

While many of our clients have decorators who help choose room colors, Atlanta’s Paint Doctor is often consulted for its expertise on choosing colors, even for small rooms. We’ve found through research and experience that there are several schools of thoughts. A lot of what it boils down to is [...]

2011-06-20T17:13:26-04:00June 20, 2011|

Another Color App

Olympic Paint introduced ColorClix, a free mobile application (app) to help users select paint and décor colors on the go. With the app, the user can take a photo with a mobile device, select any color displayed, and match it to one of the company’s interior or exterior paint colors, [...]

2011-05-16T20:59:33-04:00May 16, 2011|

Colors of renewal

The Renewal Palette When times are good, “out with the old, in with the new” would seem to be the prevailing philosophy. In today’s challenging economic times, however, design professionals, contractors and consumers often face the reality of working with what’s already there to revive and reinvent spaces. Following this [...]

2011-05-06T12:11:55-04:00May 6, 2011|

New Color App

The Paint Quality Institute recently launched its Color Décor application that is available for free download. You can access the app by visiting www.paintquality.com and clicking on the Color Décor app. This app can help you understand the basics of color and assist in selecting paint colors. The app includes [...]

2011-04-20T00:47:08-04:00April 20, 2011|

Forget honeysuckle says Sherwin Williams. Think Indigo Batik.

So, this spring we all heard a lot about how fabulous the color honeysuckle is. We even blogged about it. Well, we have a new color to tell you about. Forget honeysuckle because ‘Indigo Batik’ represents American culture and is the favored hue for 2011, says Sherwin-Williams. This denim like [...]

2011-04-13T13:37:04-04:00April 13, 2011|

National Survey Shows What Designers Are Cooking

From dark natural finishes to green color palettes, from the Shaker style to quartz materials, a newly issued survey identifies the hottest design trends in the kitchen and bath marketplace for 2011. More than 100 member designers of the National Kitchen & Bath Association (NKBA) participated in the survey, which [...]

2011-03-28T15:40:59-04:00March 28, 2011|

Color trends for spring and, really, honeysuckle?

Many of you enjoyed The Paint Doctor’s blog post about Honeysuckle as the color of 2011, but just as many of you asked us how color forecasters picked it, and some of you wondered what colors are ‘hot’ for spring. Before we help answer those questions, it’s important to keep [...]

2011-03-17T16:50:37-04:00March 17, 2011|

Honeysuckle

While planning your 2011 painting projects, take note of “Honeysuckle,” (a vibrant, dynamic reddish-pink) which Pantone, LLC has selected as the color for next year. The color marks a shift in mood from 2010, when a turquoise shade was given the color of the year designation, and “served as an [...]

2010-12-15T21:30:30-05:00December 15, 2010|