Category Archives: color and design
Color & Light to the Rescue
Fawn Chang Color & Light to the Rescue Understanding the link between light and health, designers and engineers around the world are taking a good look at how paint colors and lighting systems can be made to nourish our bodies … Continue reading
4 Tips for Using the New Complex Colors
Fawn Chang Many of us think of light and color as static and stationery. In fact, both are constantly changing. It is this subtle but constant change in light and color that is vital to our body’s ability to stay … Continue reading
Color secrets
The Biggest Color Secret You’ll Want to Know Posted on April 24, 2012 by: Fawn Chang Color is one of the first things we notice about a room. Color speaks to us and moves us to particular behaviors. Marketers know that … Continue reading
working with color
5 Secrets to Successful Color Blocking Posted on April 28, 2012 by: Fawn Chang Back in fashion and home décor is Color Blocking but you can get it wrong! 5. Remember the ceiling Many of us think because the paint can says “Ceiling … Continue reading
color blocking
5 Secrets to Successful Color Blocking Posted on April 28, 2012 by: Fawn Chang 4. Keep it to 3 ‘Colors’ The key to color blocking is to have blocks of color in some geometric layout, even if you do use blocks … Continue reading
working with color
5 Secrets to Successful Color Blocking Posted on April 28, 2012 by: Fawn Chang 2. Use less embellishment Accessories and ‘house jewelry’ should also be bold so long as they are not overly fraught with flourish. In this photo, the bedding … Continue reading
color blocking
5 Secrets to Successful Color Blocking Posted on April 28, 2012 by: Fawn Chang Back in fashion and home décor is Color Blocking but you can get it wrong! Color is BACK and one thing we are seeing quickly on its heels is … Continue reading
Contrasting colors
Contrast: The Attention Getter Using color to draw attention toward something or away from something is a trick as old as the animals. (Think of the brilliantly colored males of many species luring predators away from their nests and families.) In … Continue reading
Living with color
TIP: How to Use Color to Create Calm by Fawn Chang A Monochrome Home? Not Necessarily In the book by the same name, Monochrome Home, Kelly Hoppen creates soft, sensuous spaces simply by using different values of the same color. She creates a sense of peace … Continue reading
Custom drapery sweepstakes
Win the window treatments of your dreams, AND free total room design consultation by Michael Payne, HGTV celebrity interior designer! Enter online to win the $5,000 E xciting Windows! Makeover Sweepstakes! Imagine how gorgeous your rooms can be with magnificent custom … Continue reading