Colormoxie

With a heavy heart I am putting away the sundresses till spring. 😥

I would live in them if I could and mark the calendar by the first time and last time I wear them in a year.

Do you have a seasonal clothing item that you feel the same about?

Did you know that color trend cycles are typically around ten years long? In the 2000’s we had Tuscan, 20-teens we had gray domination, and now we are warming up with another earth tone trend and taupe as the preferred neutral.

This is a great time to be painting with trend cycles in mind, because interiors and exteriors are also painted every ten years on average.

One of this weeks projects was a commercial exterior. It was a bit of a challenge because of the earthy orange stone and not-earthy gray roof.

The refresh with cream and taupe adds much needed contrast and will look current for the next decade. ✨✨

Are you stumped over a wood stain color? There’s a consultant for that! 🤓 Colormoxie helps select stain colors, too.

Yesterday I met with Mary Lu who was in a stain quandary. We game-planned her primary bedroom and bathroom remodel in the MCM home she and her husband built in 1953. She had found a granite she fell in love with that has lots of mossy green tones and chose off-white tile for the shower. The vanity will be custom made and she was stumped about which stain color to use. Because the values in all the other surfaces are light, we need the wood to add contrast and visual weight to keep the room from looking washed out or bland.

This is an opportunity for one of my favorite woods, walnut. 😍 Natural walnut is a beautifully balanced soft brown that doesn’t lean red or yellow. Since it’s perfect as it is, we don’t need a stain, just a clear coat. The second image shows an example I found for her to show the cabinet maker. We want him to select wood with a uniform, clear grain to pair with the more visually busy granite.

Finally, for wall colors we selected a pale gray green for the bathroom to keep the space airy and light. For the bedroom we chose two options a step darker for coziness. Mary Lu will test both to see which appeals to her the most.

Once finished, the primary suite will be a restful sanctuary that fits seamlessly within her mid-century style home.