I’m finding myself doing more & more paint color consultations…
A typical color consultation client is someone who has already taken 10 trips to the paint store, has stacks of paint swatches, has samples painted on the walls and can’t make up their minds what to do.
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It is a client that has invested hundreds of dollars painting their home themselves or thousands of dollars if they’ve had it professionally done and they don’t like it… Usually, they hate it…
Why is it so hard to pick a color that you will like and will look good with all of your stuff???
The biggest problem with choosing paint color is people not understanding how colorants interact in the paint.
The two biggest mistakes that I see when I walk into homes:
It’s the WRONG neutral. Many people want to have a nice neutral background to flow throughout the house. Great..!! But what tone? What tint? What shade? Greige is the new beige, but when beige WAS the current neutral, I walked into so many homes that looked like Barbie doll skin… Beige with too much peach or pink can really make a person nauseous…
Next mistake – the color is too intense. Looking at the strips of colors at the paint store is impossible… Usually, people pick a color by process of elimination… This one is too dark; this one is too light so I think the one in the middle will work… But you CAN’T choose your color based on the colors surrounding it on the paint strip…
It’s an arduous process that sometimes takes a lot of time painting and/or selecting…
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Why worry yourself silly and possibly make expensive mistakes? You could just call ME.