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Sharing what is beautiful and transformational in our surroundings is my life's work. As a contributor to numerous publications and sites on the subject of color, interior design, and Feng Shui and as Color Expert for The Spruce, I created hundreds of articles reaching over 1 million readers. Creating dream spaces for amazing clients on the West Coast and beyond, is my passion. I was born to do this.
Bedside pendant lights are the ultimate bedroom multi-tasker. They provide light from above for reading and relaxing, but also remove the need for table lamps. We love the idea of creating more space on our nightstands - this is also the perfect opportunity to style your nightstand.
The entryway to your home sets the tone for your whole living space, but what about the effect it has on your career success? Feng shui suggests that black and other dark colors have an impact on your success.
When it's time to replace or purchase a new HVAC system, how do you choose the right dealer for you? A new HVAC unit is not an everyday or impulse purchase. It's important to do a little homework before you shop.
Cavern Clay is the Sherwin-Williams 2019 Color of the Year - and we are already falling in love with the possibilities. This unexpected, warm terracotta is a color chameleon with endless decorating opportunities. Cavern Clay looks like it fits with the heart of Southwestern decorating (which is making a comeback this year!).
Every room in your home has its own decorating opportunities and challenges. A color tip that might work for your living room probably won't work at all in a small bedroom. You can create a beautifully coordinated decorating plan that flows from room to room by treating each one as its own project.
The paint collection is available in two formulas. The Interior Paint is perfect for any room, especially with the choice of three paint sheens.
With an almost infinite roster of color options, it can be a challenge to winnow down a palette to the right hues. Learn how to develop your eye for color and pick out the best colors for your decorating with these designer tips.
Here are five ways to incorporate the hottest design trends for 2018 and update your home for the new year.
We love foyers that are filled with color and personalized accents. Your foyer is not just a welcoming transition into your home; with a little planning, you can give guests a preview of what's inside. Even if your home doesn't have a dedicated foyer, you can still create a designated space near your front door that is both beautiful and functional.
60-30-10 is a timeless decorating rule that can help you put a color scheme together easily. The 60% + 30% + 10% proportion is meant to give balance to the colors used in any space. This concept is incredibly simple to use. Your 60% is the main color for your room.
MYMOVE guest blogger Diana Hathaway is a color expert, lifestyle writer, and interior designer. Diana's color and decorating insight has been featured in The Spruce, HuffPost, BHG, and HGTV.com. She is the author of "Sell Your Home Without Losing Your
Sherwin-Williams just announced their 2018 Color of the Year. Drum roll, please... Oceanside SW 6496 is the "it" color for 2018. Sherwin-Williams Oceanside offers an intriguing mix of relaxation and excitement, in one color. Best described as a softened teal paint color, this laid back green-blue is more versatile than you might think at first look.
Pink and lavender are lovely choices for decorating a little girl's room. They are not only happy and pretty, it can make decorating easier because there are so many accessories available in those colors. But, when you were little you wanted none of that off-the-shelf princess pink.
Grays have dominated the interior design scene and are now in the midst of a warming trend. Here's how to mix up-and-coming neutrals into your home.
In our hectic lives, having a romantic retreat is crucial to keeping a relationship on track. The dishes may be piled in the kitchen, the dog may need a bath, but your romantic escape can be just on the other side of your bedroom door.
We've proudly been featured more than once in About.com Home's excellent articles on color and interior design tips, and we're huge fans of Diana Hathaway Timmons, About.com's Color Expert. Since Diana's got such a keen eye for color, and feng shui is so intimately linked, we thought we'd ask her a few questions and feature her!
Which color will dominate everything from runways to room walls come 2015? Well, it depends who you ask. According to Benjamin Moore, "a neutral that's natural" will dominate, as in the sage-meets-chartreuse hue called Guilford Green that the brand named its pick for 2015.
Packed with helpful tips from color experts, this guide will show you how to incorporate the rainbow of trending colors into your decor, while maintaining a look that's still classic and comfortable. Most interior designers will tell you that your color choices depend on who you are and what you're trying to accomplish in your space.
See how five creative bloggers used the HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams color palette. This is stunning real-world inspiration for your own home.
Your interior color scheme seemed so perfect when you first chose it. Perhaps you found a color scheme online or in a paint store, and recreated it in your own space. However color scheme came about, you carefully chose (what you thought) was the right one.
If you love global style, you'll love the Sherwin-Williams Unbounded paint color palette. Unbounded is anchored by warm neutral brown colors, with vibrant yellow and red accents, and two pops of cool beach-inspired color. You can use the dark brown of Sherwin-Williams Sealskin as a paint color, dark cabinetry or flooring tone, as an anchor for your color scheme.
I'm so happy to welcome Diana Hathaway Timmons today! Diana is sharing a Shop This Room post with us today, showing us how to create an interesting accent wall. I've never thought about using white as an accent wall, but after reading her suggestions I'll have to try it.
Interior designer, Mikel Welch runs his own firm, Mikel Welch Designs and is also the set designer and on-air design expert for Steve Harvey, where he shares his innovative design advice and 'Luxe for Less' makeover tips with the show's 2.2 million viewers.
“This was the era of color TV, so when armed with this powerful new visual tool, designers and appliance manufacturers marketed everything with that in-color angle,” says Diana Hathaway Timmons, about.com color expert and design consultant.
There is more to choosing an exterior paint color for your home than choosing a "nice" neutral and a white trim color. Today's homeowners have embraced the curb appeal trend, and have given the exterior style as much attention as the interior.
Fall decorating and entertaining go hand in hand. Using the best of fall's beautiful colors for your tabletop and decor creates a perfectly warm welcome for your guests. In her gorgeous book Hamptons Entertaining: Creating Occasions to Remember, Annie Falk - domestic diva and entertaining expert of the Hamptons, Palm Beach, and New York elite- celebrates the aura of fall with those who do it best.
Drumroll, please. This year's Pantone Color of the Year is ... we have a tie! Rose Quartz (PANTONE 13-1520) and Serenity (PANTONE 15-3919), step right up. The crown is yours to share. Even Steve Harvey couldn't mess this one up, because both of these beauties are winners, the first two-color selection in Pantone's history.
Choosing paint color could be near the top any list of stressors. Buoyed by good intentions and hours of decorating shows on TV, you head to the paint department in a hopeful mood. Hopes are slightly dimmed when faced with thousands of paint color choices, but you press on and choose the color you believe will be just perfect for your space.
There is so much buzz around Marsala, the Pantone Color of the year for 2015. This deep wine red has hints of brown, that make it uniquely easy to incorporate into your existing decor. Marsala is not a color that will make a brief appearance then disappear, the warmth and likability of this earthy red makes it an enduring color choice.
Spring is the perfect time to give your home a new look or refreshed décor. Don't miss this season's top design trends.
There are some colors in our homes that cannot be changed, or not changed right now. You may buy a home with extensive tiling in an outdated color, or in a color that you'd never choose for yourself. Your problem color could be carpeting, or even your own furnishings that suddenly look out of place in the new home.
Sell Your Home Without Losing Your Zen - A Month of Encouragement for Stressed-Out Home Sellers - Diana Hathaway
Whether your home has a grand foyer, or simply a space inside the front door to set down your mail, that space sets the tone for your entire house.
Coral in 2015 will bridge the gap between yellow and red, offering an equally sunny and warm color that is at home in the simplest styles, to the most contemporary. Coral is surprisingly versatile as a main or accent color.
I was so fortunate to have a conversation with Michael Murphy, the Interior Design and Trends Producer for Lamps Plus. What began as a talk about lighting color and finish trends for foyers, became a fun and illuminating tell-all filled with hot decorating and lighting tips that you'll definitely want to use in your home.
Micro-Trend Alert: Navy Blue In a sea of yearly color forecasts, and top 10 lists, I'm always on the lookout for micro-trends in color and interior design. Like 2013′s Charcoal + Gold Trend Alert here on the MyPerfectColor Blog, there are trends and micro-trends that can only be found by keeping your eye on social media, decor magazines, and advertisements.
Gold as an accent comes and goes in home decor. Though gold is a design staple, it's the finish that changes each season. The hottest gold right now is tempered with a matte or antique finish. This is not the shiny brass that graced lighting fixtures in the 1990s.
I admit it. This is my favorite time of year. While friends and family are unabashed lovers of the summer, with its long sunny days, barbecues, and vacations, I wait impatiently each summer for autumn to arrive. This is decorating season. My season.