The “Brown Phase” is Over – Please Don’t Go Back!
Most of us know by now that the “Brown Phase” of 1990’s interior design is (thankfully!) over. It lasted a good long while… through all of the ’90s and into the mid-2000s. White and gray are tied for the “new neutral,” and bright colors are back in a big way. No more bronzes, golds, and […]
White Painted Cabinets Transformed this Small Kitchen!
We wanted to show you one of our favorite examples of how white cabinets will transform a space! This small kitchen, in a lovely hundred-year-old home in a historic neighborhood, was completely transformed when Paper Moon Painting refinished the cabinets in a lovely soft white. The previous owner had “modernized” the kitchen in order to sell […]
“Gadzooks, My Cabinets are Orange!!” – Updating Cabinets, Part 1
Seemingly all at once, everyone’s cabinets are outdated.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!
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 […]
How to Remove Wallpaper – or Should You? 4 Scenarios Your Might Encounter, and What to Do for Each
So I walk into one of my jobs the other day and what do I see but one of my painters making a massive rookie mistake: trying to remove wallpaper that didn’t want to be removed. Ugh! There goes an extra day of prep and many hundreds of dollars right out the door. We were preparing […]