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The Rug Guide: How to Choose a Rug by Room Color
I'm often asked how to pair rugs together based on a color scheme. I love mixing and matching rugs throughout my home, and I want to help you with the selection process! So I'm using some of my most loved room colors in my house as a jumping board for which CLJ x Loloi rugs […]
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November 9, 2024
Design
Brown Paint Colors I'm Loving for Interiors
There was a 10-year-period where everyone (including me) was doing black or almost-black rooms or walls. These days, we want something moody and romantic, but we want warmth back in our lives. We want the "grown-up" version of that look. If you are craving a rich, moody paint color that's a warm, inviting neutral, then […]
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May 20, 2024
Design
Creating a Dark, Moody & Romantic Bedroom
From the very first house that we ever bought, I've always gravitated toward a moodier bedroom. I think they're just so romantic. But also, a dark, romantic bedroom feels more like a retreat space, and I think it's helped with sleep habits. Shop Our Bedroom | Paint Color: Farrow & Ball London Clay It's a […]
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February 22, 2024
Color School
In My Red Era
We recently painted the trim and hallway doors the most dramatic shade of red, and I find myself making excuses to pass through this part of our house. It's so rich and romantic and glossy and inspiring. It's like the hallway is wearing lipstick. She's feeling herself :) I can barely remember what it looked […]
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February 5, 2024
Design
Creating a Cohesive Color Palette With Paint
Designing an office space for our team was somewhat of a challenge because we had never designed a commercial space before! Something about me: I love a challenge. And picking a cohesive color palette is a great starting point before making other big major design decisions. And so, I grabbed my trusty paint deck and […]
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April 5, 2023
Design
7 Incredible Dark Green Paint Colors for Interiors
We recently painted our study a dark, moody green color. This is after we first painted it a muddy green, then repainted it a blue-gray. I guess what they say is true; third time's a charm! The journey was worth it, though, because I'm so in love with this glossy green in contrast with the […]
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March 20, 2023
DIY
We Painted our Bedroom Dark Brown and couldn't love it more.
I haven't been this excited to share photos with you in a while. I've been itching to paint our bedroom a rich, dark brown and after a rollercoaster of decision paralysis (you can see all the options we were considering here), we settled on one that feels so right. Our bedroom has been light and […]
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March 11, 2022
Design
Creating a Home Palette from Paint Colors at the MET!
I'm not saying I want my house to feel like a museum–I'm just saying I wouldn't mind having every paint color from The Met in my house. I'm specifically thinking of their European Gallery, which was re-painted a few years ago with Farrow & Ball paint colors. I thought it would be fun to guess […]
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November 18, 2021
Design
Our Painted Living Room With Pigeon by Farrow & Ball
You saw it in Casual Friday first. We painted the living room–like all of it. I chose a trusted color, one I've used before and recommended to many–Pigeon by Farrow & Ball. We first used Pigeon in our home office, 5 years ago and decided it was time for it to make a comeback. I […]
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September 27, 2021
Design
Taupe Paint Colors I'm Loving and Inspired By
There was a time when taupe paint colors, (brown, tan, and beige) were found in your grandparents' homes and not in a good way. Well I'm happy to say (and sorry if this is news to you), that it's back and trending. And Studio Interiors, Photographer: Nicole Franzen Taupe cabinetry started trending first and for […]
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September 13, 2021
paint colors
How I chose paint colors and palettes that flow and balance from room to room (and the first floor floorplan!)
Design
How I chose paint colors and palettes that flow and balance from room to room (and the first floor floorplan!)
Behind the scenes, we always have way more irons in the fire than we share in any given week. It's important to keep the projects and the business going, especially in these times where lead times are a lot longer. We have trim being ordered for one room, wallpaper being made for another, furniture on […]
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August 23, 2021
Design
Trend Alert: Mid-Tone Paint Colors!
For years now, we've been seeing a lot of high contrast tones in homes. Walls have been painted in either light and airy tones, or really dark and moody, and not much in-between. This trend has gone really hard and I've definitely happily been a part of that. In fact, I even remember painting the reading […]
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June 22, 2021
paint colors
All The Paint Colors in Our House (and why paint colors you see online might look different in person!)
Design
All The Paint Colors in Our House (and why paint colors you see online might look different in person!)
Have you ever spotted a paint color you love online and tried it in person and it doesn't look the same? There are so many reasons this could happen. We get asked several hundred times a day "What paint color is that?!," so we thought it would be fun to do a complete post with all the […]
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April 6, 2021
DIY
The Painting Projects we tackled over the break
One of my Christmas presents this year was getting our ceilings painted (finally!) in the entry and all down the hallways. All of the ceilings and walls in our home were painted a gray color (before we bought the home) and although most of the walls have been painted in the main area, there was […]
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January 6, 2021
DIY
The Playroom Makeover has begun + Mood board!!!
Excited to be back from a long weekend with family (and then a days of server issues! blergh!). We jumped right into a playroom makeover and I'm so excited about this direction. "Playroom" is a generous term, it's more of a toy room. Or play space. One of the very first spaces I organized when […]
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August 6, 2020
DIY
Our Almost-Black Painted Playset!
This week, we worked on a 3-day playset refresh in our backyard and we're all so excited with how it turned out. Our girls are always playing on this playset that was left here (and possibly built by) the previous owners. We gave the playset in our last house a refresh to match our home and we […]
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July 30, 2020
Inspiration
12 Dark Exterior Paint Colors We're Loving--In Action!
We're very close to choosing an exterior paint color. We have gone from wanting something charcoal to deep black and back to charcoal again. We're going to do a trial run of one of these colors today! But I couldn't keep all of our research to myself. Finding exterior photos (good ones!) with paint colors […]
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July 28, 2020
DIY
Painting the Guest Room Dark + My Paint Formula for Walls and Trim!
Last weekend, we painted the guest room a dark, inky charcoal--Farrow & Ball's Downpipe (this time we had it color matched at Sherwin Williams in an eggshell finish). I wanted to go for something dark in a blueish tone so the headboard would melt right into it and to be honest, the treadmill too. The […]
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July 27, 2020
DIY
Painting the Music Room + Jewel Toned Inspiration
We had a different project scheduled for this week, but the weather is so crappy (spoiler alert: it was an outdoor project) that we couldn’t carry it out. But I was so excited to check something off the list that I told Chris I’M DOING SOMETHING THIS WEEK. I HAVE to do something creative. To […]
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June 30, 2020
DIY
Our Freshly Painted Master Bedroom with Contrast Trim!
This post is sponsored by Lowe's Our bedroom had some WORK done over the past couple months. It was a lot! Like, at one point, the room had no walls and no ceiling because we ripped the tray ceiling out to add height to the room. But when we put it all back together, one […]
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January 16, 2020
