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Just the Right Paint Color: Sign Up for My Class!

May 21, 2012 By Kristie Barnett 1 Comment

Have you ever gotten excited about painting a room of your house, only to drive to the paint store and be confronted with this:

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Maybe you thought, “I’ll go pick out a pretty yellow” only to find there are umpteen zillion yellows to choose from. It can be a bit overwhelming, to say the least. What if, instead, you walked in to find your friendly neighborhood Decorologist ready to assist you with your painting dilemmas and help you choose “the perfect color” for your rooms?

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Kirkland Floor to Ceiling in Franklin, TN

This will be the site for a class I will be teaching the evening of June 26th called Just the Right Color: How to Choose the Perfect Paint for Every Room of Your Home. You will learn how to choose on-trend colors that will make your home feel current rather than dated, how to tie in your paint color to your existing finishes, and how to add color to all the right places to make your home come alive.

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This class is perfect for a homeowner who wants to learn how to make the right choices in paint colors, the home stager who needs to choose the perfect colors that sell homes in today’s market, or the decorator/designer who may need a fresh and practical perspective on how to select the best colors for their clients.

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You’ll walk away with knowledge and confidence to choose colors for the home, as well as lots of valuable goodies from Benjamin Moore – I’ll share the details of those once I get more information. This event will be fun and interactive. And of course, hors d’oeuvres will be served!

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Seating is VERY LIMITED and walk-ins will not be allowed. The cost for the class is $99 per participant – I promise you will save untold money in costly color mistakes! This class will be held at Kirkland Floor to Ceiling Design Showroom at 100 Cool Springs Blvd, Franklin, TN 37067 on June 26, 2012 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Click Here to Get Tickets

I am giving my readers first dibs before Kirkland Floor to Ceiling advertises the class to the general public. If you sign up before June 10, The Decorologist readers can purchase tickets at a special price of $150 for 2 attendees. Bring a friend to save $25 each! Click the button above to reserve seats and to insure that you will be able to attend this exclusive event.

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Sherwin-Williams Color of the Year 2012 & A Color Consultant’s Tangent

May 18, 2012 By Kristie Barnett 16 Comments

Sometimes I like to get the reactions of The Decorologist’s Facebook followers to new trends and design news. This week, I posted a link about Sherwin-Williams 2012 Color of the Year and asked my followers what they thought about it.

Here are some of the responses I got after posting:

3 Ways to Freshen Up an Older or Historic Home

April 27, 2012 By Kristie Barnett 18 Comments

This week I got to stage a beautiful historic property to sell. It was a Bed & Breakfast for years, and formerly served as a girls’ academy in the early 20th century. Staging a home like this is a challenge. While you want to make it appeal to the widest audience possible, you have to realize that most of the people interested in buying that type of home are attracted to historically-decorated interiors.

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Staged Historic Property

So, a balance must be struck. I’m going to share 3 things that were important to freshening up this older home. These tips are applicable whether you are selling your home, or you just want to update without losing the character of your older home.

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Turn Your Builder-Grade Bathroom Into a Spa In One Simple Step

March 19, 2012 By Kristie Barnett 18 Comments

Who wouldn’t want to spend every morning in a bathroom that feels like an oasis of calm?

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So you have a drab, neutral bathroom. It’s your typical builder-grade bathroom – the cabinets and hardware are fine, just nothing special. You’re tired of it, but you don’t have the budget for a major rehab.

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Bathroom Before

Want to make your bathroom feel like a hotel spa without the expense of a weekend get-away? Is that even possible?

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Builder-Grade Bathroom Before

What this bathroom needed was the right paint color, which was then repeated in the accessories to create a calming, spa-like feel.

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Bathroom After The Decorologist

The best color for a spa-like feel is a blue with a hint of green, like the one I chose for this Nashville bathroom. There’s no one perfect color that will do the trick for everyone’s lighting conditions and existing elements – you have to try several in that color family until you find just the right one. Some good ones to try are Benjamin Moore Beach Glass or Gray Cashmere, or Sherwin-Williams Sea Salt.

If you need helping choosing paint colors, contact The Decorologist for a Color Consultation that will change the way you feel about your home.

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Haint It Lovely? Using Haint Blue on Exteriors

March 12, 2012 By Kristie Barnett 12 Comments

If you live in or have visited the deep South, you may have noticed a popular color on historic houses called Haint Blue.

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You’ll will find these blue and green tints on windowsills, mullions, shutters, doors, and/or porch ceilings of many historic homes. [Read more...]

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Are You Living In Color?

February 27, 2012 By Kristie Barnett 21 Comments

Do you love color, but are afraid to use too much of it in your home? Are you scared that it’ll be too chaotic, or make you feel out of control?

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The makeover I am sharing today involved an adjoining living room and dining room. The dining room was already painted a fresh green which my client loved during the day, but hated at night – poor lighting had much to do with that. The adjoining living room’s yellowy-tan walls fell flat in comparison to the vivid color in the other room. [Read more...]

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Paint Your Paneling, Change Your Life

February 13, 2012 By Kristie Barnett 55 Comments

There is simply no reason you must live perpetually with a dated wood kitchen if you don’t want to. Or live in a dark, wood-paneled den just because your home contains one. And, no, you don’t have to rip the wood paneling out.

Pull Up a Comfy Chair and Read This Post

You need to paint it. I know, I know: your husband says “No way, Jose!” Men have lots of reasons for leaving wood in its natural state as I expounded upon in my post, “Why Men Fear Painting Wood.”

Men Think Wood Paneling is Sexy, But It’s Not

My clients spent 16 years with dark, dated wood cabinets and wood paneling in their kitchen and adjoining den. Because their Nashville home is a 1970′s ranch, they honestly believed that they had no other choice but to live in that era as long as they lived in that home. Not true!

Before of Kitchen with Dated Wood Cabinetry

Honestly, it took a bit of convincing to reassure my clients that my plan would work and not result in a half-baked result. They thought they needed to rip out all their cabinetry and start over, which would have been prohibitively expensive. They were paralyzed by fear and lack of vision. Once I gained their trust, we began moving forward towards an amazing outcome. The proof is in the photos. Get ready for the transformation . . . [Read more...]

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A Child’s Room Design with IKEA & The Decorologist

February 6, 2012 By Kristie Barnett 21 Comments

After giving birth to her 4th daughter, my client (and long-time friend) needed to rethink her home’s floorplan. The former den was about to get a makeover – with a little help from The Decorologist and IKEA.

Design by The Decorologist

The idea was to convert the former den into a bedroom for the two oldest daughters so the baby and toddler could each have their own rooms (very necessary for successful naptimes!). They already had twin beds and wanted to make a list for the upcoming trip to the modern decor mecca, IKEA, in Atlanta. We took measurements and worked up a solid furniture arrangement, determining what the girls needed and what would fit into the new space perfectly.

IKEA Malma twin bed in birch

The kicker was determining the perfect color for the room. In the end, the color scheme was a compromise that met the desires of both daughters and momma.

Before – Room as Den

You see, momma is NOT a pink kind of girl. Of course, that’s the paint color the daughters were begging for! Initially, everything was pretty much beige on beige – beige carpet, beige walls, beige sofas. Here’s the “before” of the area where the beds would ultimately be placed: [Read more...]

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Going to School with The Decorologist

January 30, 2012 By Kristie Barnett 25 Comments

DSC 3690 1 Going to School with The Decorologist In the part of the country where I live, there are many families who decide that homeschooling is the best option for their children. I have had multiple clients over the last few years who homeschool and have particularly challenging decorating dilemmas.

This particular family has been successfully educating their 5 children in their home for many years, but their surroundings had been less than inspiring. This is the front room of their home as it was before The Decorologist stepped in:

Before – Homeschool Room

It was lined with bookcases full of books and curricula, a few tables and chairs (most of which were too small for their growing children), and various toys and other items.

Before – Homeschool Room

Pantone’s 2012 Color of the Year Announced: Tangerine Tango!

December 8, 2011 By Kristie Barnett 15 Comments

As a Nashville based Color Consultant, it’s my job to pay close attention to the color trends coming down the pike. Those trends affect what we will see in the stores in the coming year and what options you will have in fashion and home decor. Scant hours ago, Pantone announced that Tangerine Tango is the 2012 Color of the Year!

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Following on the heels of a vibrant and uplifting color like Honeysuckle Pink, Tango Tangerine is a vibrant, exciting choice for the new “it” color in fashion and design. It’s a reddish-orange, like a beautiful sunset. [Read more...]