homecolorschemes.com http://homecolorschemes.com/blog Mon, 02 Apr 2012 20:33:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Go Jayhawks! http://homecolorschemes.com/blog/?p=77 http://homecolorschemes.com/blog/?p=77#comments Mon, 02 Apr 2012 20:32:55 +0000 Emily http://homecolorschemes.com/blog/?p=77 I switched my background blog color today in honor of the Jayhawks….

]]> http://homecolorschemes.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=77 0 Sustainable Design http://homecolorschemes.com/blog/?p=54 http://homecolorschemes.com/blog/?p=54#comments Wed, 28 Mar 2012 20:33:05 +0000 Emily http://homecolorschemes.com/blog/?p=54 Today I attended a continuing education presentation on genuine stone…a natural choice for sustainable design. Quarry collection was the presenter. One of the interesting tidbits I learned was that by 2030 all the world’s landfills will be totally full. What will we do with our trash? Send it to the moon?
If you would like to see some of their products please go to www.quarryc.com

]]> http://homecolorschemes.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=54 0 Color Forecast for 2012 http://homecolorschemes.com/blog/?p=47 http://homecolorschemes.com/blog/?p=47#comments Tue, 25 Oct 2011 20:12:00 +0000 Emily http://homecolorschemes.com/blog/?p=47 Attended the Sherwin Williams Colormix 2012 seminar last week. The forecast has a back to the beginnings color theme that is inspired by our natural surroundings.   Red, blue, green and neutral are everything you need to know.

]]> http://homecolorschemes.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=47 0 Paint Samples http://homecolorschemes.com/blog/?p=37 http://homecolorschemes.com/blog/?p=37#comments Thu, 19 May 2011 17:45:23 +0000 Emily http://homecolorschemes.com/blog/?p=37 I just recently finished reading a book by Lisa Scottoline….not her usual mystery but a compilation of her newspaper column.  She made a comment  that paint decks and color chips are the S & M of home decor….they simultaneously hold so much pleasure and pain.  The pleasure of imagining all the wonderful colors and the pain of not knowing which one to select.  I thought that was a perfect commentary for how most people feel about selecting paint color.

]]> http://homecolorschemes.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=37 0 Top Window Covering Trends for 2011 http://homecolorschemes.com/blog/?p=20 http://homecolorschemes.com/blog/?p=20#comments Sun, 01 May 2011 17:49:29 +0000 Emily http://homecolorschemes.com/blog/?p=20 The three most popular window treatments continue to be

1. Fabric Roman shades
2. Woven wood blinds
3. Plantation shutters

All very simple and elegant ways to cover windows. Each one is very pragmatic and decorative at the same time.

]]> http://homecolorschemes.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=20 0 Stripes http://homecolorschemes.com/blog/?p=27 http://homecolorschemes.com/blog/?p=27#comments Sun, 01 May 2011 17:32:50 +0000 Emily http://homecolorschemes.com/blog/?p=27 Check out my interview in the Kansas City Star House and Home section…all about stripes in home decorating.

]]> http://homecolorschemes.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=27 0 2011 Color of the Year http://homecolorschemes.com/blog/?p=25 http://homecolorschemes.com/blog/?p=25#comments Fri, 29 Apr 2011 19:23:05 +0000 Emily http://homecolorschemes.com/blog/?p=25 Pantone’s color of the year is Honeysuckle….magenta or hot pink in laymans terms.   What a color to inspire good feelings and happiness.

]]> http://homecolorschemes.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=25 0 Latest Interior Design Collections http://homecolorschemes.com/blog/?p=10 http://homecolorschemes.com/blog/?p=10#comments Thu, 04 Nov 2010 20:55:23 +0000 Emily http://homecolorschemes.com/blog/?p=10 Went to KDR Designer Showroom in Lenexa, Kansas today to view some of the latest collections from over forty different furniture, fabric and window covering manufacturers.  Seeing a clean geometric trend going on in a lot of the fabric patterns and furniture styles.  A big resurgence of linens…you have to love the inviting wrinkly feel that linens add to a room.

]]> http://homecolorschemes.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=10 0 Did you vote? http://homecolorschemes.com/blog/?p=7 http://homecolorschemes.com/blog/?p=7#comments Tue, 02 Nov 2010 19:26:34 +0000 Emily http://homecolorschemes.com/blog/?p=7 You can’t complain about the state of the world if you don’t vote.

]]> http://homecolorschemes.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=7 0 Incandescent light bulbs I will miss you! http://homecolorschemes.com/blog/?p=5 http://homecolorschemes.com/blog/?p=5#comments Mon, 01 Nov 2010 19:56:11 +0000 Emily http://homecolorschemes.com/blog/?p=5 Did you know that in 2012 the United States will phase out the traditional incandescent light bulb?  As an interior designer it will cause some new challenges to only have halogen, compact fluorescent and LED light bulbs to shed some “light on the subject”.   Yes, they are creating better, more cost effective versions of all of these but they just are not the old favorite.  I know that compact fluorescent is so much more ”environmentally” friendly but I have to be totally honest and admit that the ones that I personally have used have not been disposed of properly.  My other question is  what about the rest of the world?   The only countries so far to ban incandescent light bulbs are in Europe, Canada and Latin America.

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