How To Add Color To Your Home
If you've ever wanted a more colorful home but had no idea where to start, this is the place. This is the process I wish I'd had when I started. It covers everything: how to get comfortable with color, how to build a palette, and how to find your colors in real paint.
Color Confidence
Color is exciting-- and also, if we're being honest, a little intimidating! This is the section for that feeling. We're going to talk about why it's less scary than you think, why you don't have to go as bold as you think, and why the worst case scenario really isn't that bad. It's a great place to start!
Color Confidence
It's Not As Much Color As You Think
If you've ever looked at a colorful room and thought "I could never pull that off", this one's for you. I'm breaking down our living room piece by piece to show you just how little color is actually happening. It's less than you think. It always is.
Color Confidence
Baby Steps To A Colorful Home
You don't have to do it all at once. This article is about starting small-- a lamp, a pillow, a painted frame-- and letting those small things add up into something that feels completely and specifically yours.
Color Confidence
When Choosing A Paint Color, Go Quieter Than You Think
The biggest mistake people make when adding color is reaching for the loudest, most obvious version of a color. Here's why the quieter version is almost always the better one-- and the two colors that taught me this.
Color Confidence
It’s Only Paint
Scared to commit? Here's the thing: worst case, you repaint it. This is the article I wish someone had handed me years ago. It's about giving yourself permission to just go for it.
Color Palettes
This is where you figure out what colors you love! We're talking about pulling colors from things you already own, building a palette, and understanding what your taste actually is.
Color Palettes
Why You Need A Color Palette
Not sure what a color palette even is or why it matters? Start here. This is the article that makes everything else make sense.
Color Palettes
The Easiest Way To Build A Color Palette
Have a rug, a piece of art, or a fabric you love? Start there. Here's how to pull a palette from something you already own.
Color Palettes
How To Use Canva To Build A Color Palette
A simple, practical walkthrough for building your palette digitally, no design experience needed.
Color Palettes
How Many Colors Should Be in Your Color Palette?
Not too many, not too few. Here's how to think about the size of your palette and why getting this right makes everything easier.
Color Palettes
Our Home Color Palette
A look at the color palettes we use throughout our home-- one for upstairs, one for downstairs-- how we chose them, and how they work together across the whole house.
Color
How I Actually Used My Color Palette in Our Living Room
How I took our palette and applied it to the living room-- decision by decision, color by color.
Paint
Now that you know your colors, let's find them in actual paint. This section covers undertones, how to pick a white, how to test a color properly, and everything else you need before you pick up a brush.
Paint
When Choosing A Paint Color, Go Quieter Than You Think
The biggest mistake people make when adding color is reaching for the loudest, most obvious version of a color. Here's why the quieter version is almost always the better one, and the two colors that taught me this.
Paint
Understanding Undertones
Every paint color has a second color hiding underneath it. Here's what undertones actually are, why they matter more than most people realize, and the simple trick that makes choosing the right white so much easier.
Paint
How To Test A Paint Color
Testing a color properly is one of the most important things you can do before committing to a full room. Here's exactly how I do it and why you'll never paint a swatch on your wall again.
Paint
Paint Finishes
Matte, eggshell, dead flat-- what the finishes actually mean, how they look on walls vs. trim, and which ones I use in our home.
Paint
Why I Use Farrow & Ball
I've only ever used one paint brand. Here's why, and what makes their colors work the way they do.
Get Inspired
Sometimes you don't need instructions-- you just need to see it in action. This is the section for that. Real rooms, real color decisions, and plenty of ideas that will inspire.
Finding Art
Art & How I'd Style It: Man in the Yellow Hat
Starting with a single print by Harrogate House Interiors, here's how I built a complete room palette-- paint colors, furniture, and accessories that all work together beautifully.
Our Home
Our Home, Room By Room
If you've ever looked at a colorful room and thought "I could never pull that off", this one's for you. I'm breaking down our living room piece by piece to show you just how little color is actually happening. It's less than you think. It always is.
Color
It's Not As Much Color As You Think
If you've ever looked at a colorful room and thought "I could never pull that off", this one's for you. I'm breaking down our living room piece by piece to show you just how little color is actually happening. It's less than you think. It always is.
Finding Art
Art & How I'd Style It: Slow Mornings
One colorful piece of art. A complete room palette. This is how I use something I love as the starting point for every design decision-- paint colors, furniture, accessories, all of it.
Color Palettes
Our Home Color Palette
A look at the color palettes we use throughout our home-- one for upstairs, one for downstairs-- how we chose them, and how they work together across the whole house.
Color
How I Actually Used My Color Palette in Our Living Room
How I took our palette and applied it to the living room-- decision by decision, color by color.