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The “Brown Phase” is Over – Please Don’t Go Back!

Home interior updating, no more brown phase, painting, trends, Paper Moon Painting, San Antonio

Most of us know by now that the “Brown Phase” of interior design is (thankfully!) over.  It lasted a good long while… through all of the 90’s and into the mid-2000’s.   White and gray are tied for the “new neutral”, and bright colors are back in a big way.  No more bronzes, golds, and […]

“Gadzooks, My Cabinets are Orange!!” – Updating Cabinets, Part 1

Updating Cabinets, cabinets are orange, blog

Seemingly all at once, everyone’s cabinets are outdated.   One day, everyone woke up, took a good look at their golden oak cabinets while brewing their morning coffee, and said to themselves, “Argh!!… they’re orange!”  Or  you realize that those “whitewashed” pickled oak cabinets are… pale pink.  Suddenly you find yourself staring at a massive design […]

Color Choice is Difficult – Know When to Delegate It!

color choice from Benjamin Moore Color Fan Deck

Over the past few weeks, some of my clients have really struggled to pick a paint color.   These people were decisive professionals in their business lives, yet when sifting through hundreds of colors in dozens of paint charts, they froze.   So many colors are SO similar.  And color choice seems so “permanent”.  After all, you’re paying someone to put […]

Wallpaper: To Remove or Not to Remove – Part 2

Wallpaper, to Remove or Not to Remove, blog

We’re back for Part 2 of the gripping story that had you all on the edge of your seats at the end of Part 1: “I tried stripping this *f#&$@%!!^ paper, I’ve realized that removing wallpaper is no joyride but it still needs to come off, now what??”   Okay, so you took a razor […]