work of color consultant

This is what I have been doing for the past few months
 

Sherwin Williams' color mix event with Phoenix ASID was amazing this year
Me, Arlene,Laurie Clark, Erin,Kimberly

Next, this is just one of the many color consults I worked on, this one I was able to capture a couple of shots

before

I only snapped a few pictures of this lovely home

before

warm color!

I have worked on a handful of color design boards and this is the only one I took a picture of

The following is a cute little "urban villa" in the heart of Phoenix that is a fixer-flipper

before

before

before

after !

after

Urban Villa realized

I have had plenty of color emergencies and so many consults. I work with all kinds of clients, even some who email me from far away places. This beauty is considered a camp and I hope to have a picture when it is pretty all clad in it's shingles and stone with rich color applied.

nature's beautiful sunset colors while visiting out of town

I have really great clients and get some lovely thank yous.
So this is what I have been up to and really so much more.
 
If you need help establishing your own color palette, contact me to help you create flow in your home. Admitting you need help is the first step in transforming your home and life!

Nail Head Trim for retro chair

another in progress project

enter nail head and new fabric like this

gimp and nail head are going to make this gorgeous

 
If you need help establishing your own color palette, contact me to help you create flow in your home. Admitting you need help is the first step in transforming your home and life!

 

 

Day in the life of a color consultant

 some bits and pieces of projects I have worked on over the last few months......

first-this lovely home got new floors,paint and a banquette built by the homeowner's hubby

before

 

 

 

after-don't you love built in banquets

next a color consult to restore this mini GRACELAND

 

next,this commercial bathroom was done in a pink to be more inviting to the female patrons

Sherwin Williams quartz stone- stried in a circle relief pattern plotted with the help of a laser level

stencil applied in center of relief

Paints all Sherwin Williams 

walls-quartz stone insightful rose

stencils sw#6271 expressive plum & 

#7699 rustic city

there are always color boards to do for HOA's and others

another home I worked on was a pseudo Tuscan style that went more transitional for a cute young family

yes,this is the before! 

in progress

 after, this home was leaving behind it's trumped up Tuscan style and going more sleek

TO BE CONTINUED.........

 If you need help establishing your own color palette, contact me to help you create flow in your home. Admitting you need help is the first step in transforming your home and life!

Color ideas in an emergency!

I'm a color consultant and I deal in color emergencies everyday.

great combination

  Often the emergency is the painter is hired and will be on site in just a few hours and colors have not been selected. Sometimes the emergency is just that one can not decide or that one just doesn't have a sense of what colors are right or needed to complete the look.

  Other times the emergency is that clients just don't want to pick, they want someone else to do their work.

brown is passe at this point

Many people seeking color advice don't seem to know that good ideas known as color schemes, are not created by magic. There is a  process in developing them, it is a skill that can be learned, taught and practiced, and, like a muscle, gets stronger the more it is used.

greige is very in

 Chip it! is a new Sherwin -Williams color tool that can generate a palette from any online computer image. Pretty useful tool to start the search for your perfect color. But, I did say the key word- "start".

another beautiful gray

HGTV_® HOME by Sherwin-Williams 

is another tool to use in the case of a color emergency or just for inspiration. Check it out here.  BTW there are 8 palettes- one is sure to work in a last minute color emergency.

 Getting your best wall color is a process. Again there is no real magic, just good developed color sense and how to apply it. This is what I do...help people with their color emergencies. If you need help establishing your own color palette, contact me to help you create flow in your home. Admitting you need help is the first step in transforming your home and life!

Why You Should Hire a Color Consultant for an HOA

Countless Home Owner Associations need to renovate their color palettes when it comes to their exterior paint schemes.

this house has so much potential!

Many times members of the association want to put together the color palettes themselves, Do you think this will work?

nice accent colors

In a word: NO! Here's why:

Exterior color schemes can be an HOA's biggest asset.

 A new color scheme should be done thoughtfully since the results, good or bad,  will live on for many years. A neighborhood color scheme is originally put together by the builder who had a design firm provide these original schemes.

 

 In designing the plan, there are several critical considerations:

• style of Architecture
• roofing colors
• landscape style
• ease of maintenance

Notice I did not mention what colors are on trend. When selling a brand new neighborhood, trend colors may have played an integral part but that might be what necessitates the color update. A good selection of classic colors with perhaps an on trend front door color makes a lot of sense. I also feel that a lot of options should be available so that repetition is at a minimum and homeowners can feel like they are a unique individual. Hiring a professional color consultant is a great way to diffuse what can be a volatile subject among board members and homeowners.  A color professional will provide knowledgeable choices that will offer curb appeal and individuality to homeowners through accent front door colors and numerous combinations that suit the neighborhood’s architecture and style. It is crucial for a neighborhood’s market value that these color decisions be handled by a professional color consultant that knows what is going on in the market place and the color world.

Most every day I work with clients who make terrible decisions about color simply because it is not their area of expertise. A lot of people get hung up about color and choose unsuitable schemes over a suitable one simply because they “love” it. The wrong one is never a smart choice. Clients are getting married to colors with little thought or direction especially about the complex big picture of how this will all flow in a neighborhood. This is just one of many scenarios that steer consumers into a bad color choice. I can’t recommend enough how valuable a professional color consultant will be to the HOA!

 

If you need help establishing your own color palette, contact me to help you create flow in your home. Admitting you need help is the first step in transforming your home and life!