Welcome to Home in the Hemlocks!
Hi, we’re Alex & Elizabeth!
A few years ago, our house was just… beige. It was safe, fine, and totally boring.
Then we started adding color, one small project at a time, and something clicked. Not just “oh, that looks nice”– more like “WAIT! We can actually do this ourselves!?”
So we kept going. Room by room, mistake by mistake, until our whole house turned into the colorful, joyful place it is today.
And we’re so glad you’re here!
Here’s What We Figured Out
Colorful rooms that feel calm and put-together aren’t luck, and they don’t take a design degree. They start with a color palette– a short list of colors you love– and one space at a time.
We turned it into the Color Palette Method: five simple steps we use in every room of our house.
1
Audit your space
Get to know what you’re working with.
2
Dream it up
Figure out where you want it to go.
3
Build your palette
Settle on your colors.
4
Pick your pieces
Paint, art, big pieces and little things– all checked against your palette.
5
Put it together
Place everything, style it and fill the last few gaps.
And through it all: always leave room for the little things you love.
How We Help You
If you love color but freeze up in the paint aisle, or you have a room that just feels off, that’s exactly where we come in. Our workshops walk you through it step by step, using real rooms from our own house:
Build your palette
Find the colors that feel like you, and use them everywhere.
Pick paint colors
Choose paint for walls, trim and more– without the second-guessing.
Find & hang art
Find, frame and hang art you love (gallery walls included!).
Pull a room together
Bring it all together, one wall at a time.
No design degree required. Just you, the colors you love and a little courage to start.
P.S. You’ll hear us call you a silly goose a lot. It’s a compliment, promise!
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Tour Our Home
A room by room look at our home, every source, every decision, and the real story of how it all came together.
