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16 Easy Ways to Add Color to Your White Kitchen Without Painting All Your Cabinets
White kitchens are classic, albeit a little boring at times. Though white cabinets might not offer the excitement of ...
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Solved! Why Are Barns Painted Red?
Q: While on a weekend road trip through New England, New York, and Pennsylvania, I couldn’t help but notice how many ...
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Viva Magenta: 7 Ways to Work Pantone's 2023 Color of the Year Into Your Decor Style
Calling it "powerful and empowering," Pantone reveals Viva Magenta as its color choice of the year for 2023. Vivid an...
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5 Classic Wall and Trim Color Combinations—and 5 for Rule-Breakers Only
After choosing the perfect wall color, many default to choosing a white trim paint without giving it a second thought...
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Paint Brands Are Predicting Next Year’s Hottest Hues—Here’s What We Know So Far
Painting can be one of the easiest and most cost-effective ways to update the look of your space, whether it’s inside...
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Have You Heard of the 60-30-10 Rule? Here’s Everything You Need to Know About This Design Tip
Q: What is a 60-30-10 color palette, and how can I incorporate it into my home’s interior decor scheme?A: The 60-30-1...
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This Millennial Trend Could Hurt a House Sale
We all know the importance of curb appeal when it’s time to sell a home, but did you know that the color of your fron...
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20 Reasons Why Two-Tone Kitchen Cabinets Are Still Trendy
Two-tone cabinets are much more than just a passing trend. With the right colors, two-tone kitchen cabinets can be ti...
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21 Deck Color Ideas to Brighten Up Your Outdoor Space
Choosing a new color for your deck—whether you paint or stain the existing wood or change the color of the decking bo...
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How to Be Your Own Interior Decorator
Interior decorating is not complicated, but it certainly can be subjective. While some people favor filling spaces wi...
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This Color-Sensing Tool is a DIY Designer’s Dream
Color matching in interior design is relatively subjective, but a groundbreaking innovation from a Canadian brand cal...
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Very Peri: How to Incorporate Pantone’s 2022 Color of the Year Into Your Home’s Decor
Pantone, the global color-matching authority and developer of the Pantone Matching System used extensively by interio...
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Go Dark and Dramatic with Black Kitchen Cabinets
Black is back, and bolder than ever in a variety of stylish kitchens. Get inspired to use black with these 10 design ideas.
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8 Mistakes You're Making at the Paint Store
With a rainbow of colors to choose from, selecting paint can be overwhelming. Make the process easier and find a paint you love using these shopping tips.
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8 Paint Mistakes That Make Your House Look Dingy (and How to Fix Them)
A new coat of paint is a perfect, relatively inexpensive, way to refresh a room. Years of grubby handprints and paws ...
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This is the Worst Paint Color for Perfectionists
Red walls are daring, bold, and energizing—all at the same time—and when combined with contrasting trim and décor ele...
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6 Quirky Home Trends Only Etsy Could Predict for 2021
The pandemic has changed our lives in so many ways. And while there may be a lot of grim details to discuss, there’s ...
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These Earthy Color Palettes are as Breathtaking as the National Parks That Inspired Them
 It’s that time of year when brands are announcing their color forecasts for the new year, and one organization is jo...
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12 Calming Colors for a Serene Home
Your home is your refuge, so why not paint it in soothing hues? Create a tranquil, spaa-like space with these stunning paint colors.
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The Most Popular Paint Colors in America
See the shades that virtually everyone loves for their homes.
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The Best Paint Colors for a Home Office
Spruce up your work space and boost your productivity by coating the walls with one of these beautiful colors.
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9 Design Pros Share Their Favorite Shade of White Paint
We asked design pros to give us the scoop on their favorite kinds of vanilla.
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10 Porch Colors That May Inspire You to Paint Yours
A freshly painted porch can really pep up your home’s curb appeal. If you're thinking about a porch makeover, consider choosing one of these popular colors, or tr...
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The 10 Best Accent Colors for Your Home Exterior
A good exterior accent color should complement the main house color and add to the overall aesthetics of your property.
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These Classic Vinyl Siding Colors Deliver Curb Appeal for Years
Boost your home’s curb appeal with one of these gorgeous vinyl siding hues, from classic neutrals to trendy bold colors.
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7 Nostalgic Paint Colors That Are Making a Comeback
Bring back your favorite decade—but with a twist—by coating a few walls with one of these 7 retro colors that have been remixed for the 21st century.
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20 Unexpected Spots for Accent Colors
When it comes to bringing new colors into your home, why limit yourself to the walls? Add accent colors in these 10 unusual places to brighten your living space.
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The Best Trim Colors for the Home, Inside and Out
Bring out your home’s best features—and hide its flaws—with these trendy trim colors.
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Solved! Here's Why So Many Homeowners Paint Their Porch Ceiling Blue
Q: Why do so many homes in the south have a blue porch ceiling? And what’s the best way to recreate the look on my po...
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The 14 Freshest Kitchen Cabinet Colors
Give your kitchen an exciting new look with one of these cool, clean paint shades, perfect for cabinets.
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14 Paint Colors That Can Make a Room Feel Instantly Cozy
If there’s one word you want to be able to use to describe your home—especially in the winter—it’s "cozy." To cultivate a comfortable and cozy environment, a good...
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10 Once-Trendy Paint Colors That Still Look Good Today
Seeking a bold accent color or a sophisticated neutral? Look to the past for inspiration—and insurance. When you pick the best color scheme for your home, you can...
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Experts Say These Paint Colors Will Dominate in 2019
Meet the new hues that paint industry pros have developed to make your walls wow right now! Whether you’re planning a large scale remodel or simply hope to perk u...
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How to Match Paint: Our Favorite Old School and High-Tech Methods
Over time, your home’s walls accumulate dings, nail holes, even random spots where some not-so-temporary tape pulled ...
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13 Reasons We Love Blue Bedrooms
Blue is one of the world's most popular colors. Taking its inspiration from the sea and sky, it represents peace and tranquility, relaxation and well-being; quali...
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15 Top-Rated Color Combinations for Your Home Exterior
Ahead, find inspiration for a whole new palette of exterior hues. Any of these attractive house color schemes will highlight your home's best features and increas...
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9 Bold Rooms That Will Make You Rethink Black Paint
Not so long ago, many homeowners steered clear of black paint, considering it too heavy and overpowering. But the dark shade has recently become a go-to interior ...
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9 Paint Color Trends You Might Regret
Few decorating tricks transform the feel of a room as easily, quickly, and inexpensively as a fresh coat of paint. Perhaps because painting is so easy—a bit incon...
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8 Colors You Didn’t Know Were Trademarked
Thanks to marketing and advertising, consumers often associate colors with a particular brand—think Tiffany Blue or Post-it canary yellow. Some companies trademar...
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18 Paint Colors You're Going to See Everywhere in 2018
When it comes to predicting the most popular paint colors of 2018, industry experts are seeing red—and blue, and black, and gold. Strong, saturated shades are poi...
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11 Crazy Colorful Homes We Love
Curb appeal takes on a whole new meaning when a house is painted in cheerful, unexpected hues! Whether you're considering a face-lift for your own address, or sim...
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7 Paint Colors to Avoid in the Bedroom—and Why
Choosing paint shades for your bedroom is an extremely important task. Not only does color contribute the overall design of the room, it also affects your mood an...
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19 Rooms That Prove Beige Isn’t Boring
Think beige is dull and dreary? Take a peek at the dreamy color palettes, flattering furnishings, and dazzling decor in these beige rooms, and you'll start seeing...
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11 Paint Colors Designers Pick for Their Own Homes
Paint can set a mood, open a space or make it cozier, and ultimately add that unique stamp of distinction that makes your home yours. No one understands the power...
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The 12 Paint Colors You're Going to See Everywhere in 2017
What's on the horizon for paint colors in the year ahead? Industry experts are predicting an embrace of warmer, more comforting hues that create a visual retreat ...
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The 8 Best Paint Colors for a Restful Sleep
You might think that any color you love will work well in a bedroom, and that may well be true. If, however, you're someone who has trouble falling asleep (or wak...
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9 Shortcuts to Picking a Paint Color
Choosing the perfect paint color for your living room, kitchen, or bedroom can take a ridiculous amount of time. What starts with a simple tour of the hardware st...
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13 Weirdly Awesome Ways to Paint a Room
A fresh coat of paint does wonders for a room, and because painting is something most homeowners are comfortable tackling, it's probably the most common DIY proje...
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14 White Rooms We Love
Alabaster, linen, bone.... As anyone who’s ever perused a display of paint samples knows, white paint is sold in an astounding variety of shades. That’s because t...
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9 Paint Color Rules Worth Breaking
Rules are made to be broken—this is as true for interior design as it is for anything else. Read on for 9 common rules about paint colors that merit some reconsid...
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The Best Paint Pick for Your Personality Type
Whether you're a passionate DIYer, an exercise enthusiast, or even a light sleeper, there's a paint pick that's perfect for your character. Continue on to find ou...
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If This, Then That: Your Guide to Pairing Paint Colors
It can be hard enough choosing one interior paint color you'd love to live with day after day, but what about the ultimate design challenge: Finding two or more c...
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Editors' Picks: The 9 Greatest Grays for Your Next Paint Job
Few colors in home design can be considered both fresh and traditional, but gray succeeds on both counts. It's been called the color of the season for more season...
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Experts Reveal the 9 Top Paint Colors for Fall
As the days become shorter and the nights become cooler, we often find ourselves inspired to make our homes more cozy and inviting. Adding a fresh coat of paint t...
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The Only Colors You Should Use in a Small Space
If you've got a small room that feels cramped and tiny, you may have tried opening up the space with a coat of white paint. Perhaps one of the most common pieces ...
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7 Ways Your Paint Picks Affect Your Mood
There's a reason why stop signs are attention-grabbing red and spas are swathed in soothing whites and pale blues. The colors we surround ourselves with can affec...
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7 Things You Need to Know Before Painting Your Walls White
The easy elegance of a white room is part of the enduring appeal of this decorating style. Finding the right shade of white, however, is anything but simple. With...
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10 Color Mistakes Everyone Makes
Step away from the paintbrush! You might just be committing one of the most common color mistakes. Before you decide on a paint color for the room you’re redecora...
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11 Reasons to Reconsider Pastels
While you might not have considered coating a wall in baby blue since your little boy left the nest, you'd be remiss. Pastels are often the underdog in the paint ...
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The New Neutrals: 9 Colors You Can Trust for Today's Home
Beiges, whites, and taupes will always have their place in home decor, but more recently, a spectrum of less-expected hues have been drafted for use as neutral wa...
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7 Crazy Paint Colors You Never Thought Would Work
It takes a bit of daring but, under the right conditions, painting a room a wildly unexpected color can pay off in a major way. From deep dark tones to eye-poppin...
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7 Cool Colors for Kids' Rooms
As they grow up, kids change their ideas about their favorite color about as often as they change their socks. So how is a parent to choose what color to paint a ...
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10 Color Picks to Set Any Mood in Your Bedroom
Painting may be one of the quickest and easiest ways to transform a room. Color affects our mood like almost no other design element. To that end, your bedroom pa...
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7 Classic Colors We Love to Live With
When it comes to the color schemes that decorate our homes, it turns out that there's a fairly consistent palette we turn to again and again over the decades. The...
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See the Most Highly Anticipated Colors for 2015
Each year, certain colors seem to capture the imagination of designers and homeowners alike, inspiring our choices in paint, fabric, wallpaper, and accessories. S...
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The Best Paint Colors for Low-Light Rooms
Choosing the best paint color for a room is tricky enough, requiring at the very least putting paint swatches up on the walls for a few days to make certain you k...
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How To: Tie Dye
A staple of summer camp (and of America in the late '60s), tie dye entertains and engages the young and young-at-hear...
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Tiny Bath? 8 Space-Smart Color Choices
With smart design choices, even a small bathroom can speak volumes. One of the easiest and most effective ways to amp up a bathroom's appeal is through the judici...
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Set the Tone: 8 Colors for an Inviting Dining Room
The formal dining room is an interior in flux. For decades it was a mainstay of the American home, but in recent years it has often found itself co-opted for a pl...
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In Living Color: 7 Tips for Brightening Your Home's Palette
Choosing the right color can be an overwhelming experience—just think of all the color options that you find when you visit your local home center or paint store....
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Beyond White: 11 Alternative Hues to Color Your Bath
The all-white bathroom is a familiar design icon: crisp white walls, marble vanity top, gleaming porcelain, plush white towels. But after years of being considere...
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34 Rooms in Ravishing Red
Red symbolizes strength, power, and courage, but at this time of year we associate it most with love and desire. Around Valentine's Day, it seems like red is ever...
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Decorating with Chocolate: 12 Ways to Soothe a Style Craving with a Delicious Color
Walk into any store or turn a page in almost any magazine this month and witness the very publicly celebrated relationship between chocolate and pleasure. As awar...
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Awesome Accents: 17 Ways to Make Any Space Pop with Color
Brilliant, bright, creamy, rich, dazzling color, whether used liberally or sparingly, can make a significant impact in a space. Much like a colorful scarf takes a...
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Hue Cues for 2014: 11 Color Trends to Follow
The colors we choose to surround ourselves with are a highly personal palette, and yet there is also an element of collective unconscious afoot. Each year there a...
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10 Welcoming Front Door Paint Colors
Whether you're trying to sell a home or just make one look uniquely yours, an attractive exterior can seriously boost curb appeal. While the overall color of a ho...
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I'm Dreaming of a White... Kitchen: 10 Bright Beauties to Behold
Ten beautiful kitchens employ all-white palettes to create stunning yet serene spaces.
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Winning Combinations: 9 "Can't Miss" Color Schemes
Whether your tastes run to neutrals or brights or something in between, you're sure to find a color scheme to your liking among these 9 go-to palettes endorsed by...
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What's the Best Color for Living Rooms? The Experts Weigh In
Design mavens reveal their favorite colors for living room walls—and why those hues work so well in this public yet intimate setting.
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Going Bold: 10 Kitchens That Pop with Color
Sure, white kitchens look clean and stylish, but they can lack personality. Here are ten beautiful reasons to be bold with color in your kitchen.
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5 Smart Ways to Fill the House with Your Favorite Color
Everyone has a favorite color, but not everyone understands how to use that most loved hue to full advantage at home....
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Color Quiz: Level 3
Test your color knowledge with our toughest quiz yet to see how much of a hue expert you are!
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Fail-Safe Colors
Are there really such things as fool-proof paint colors that will work well with your existing furnishings and be eas...
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Color Trends 2012: Top Forecasters Weigh In
Last year, Honeysuckle (18-2120), a rich, energetic pink, nudged out Turquoise (15-5519), the previous year’s darling...
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Historic Paint Colors: New Insights and Ideas for Owners of Centuries-Old Homes
The gasp was audible. On entering the dining room at Monticello in late 2011, the chatter abruptly ceased as the tour...
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How To: Select a Paint Color
The most personal decision involved in any interior or exterior painting project is color choice. If green is your fa...
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Choosing Interior Paint Color
Paint is the easiest and most economical way to update a room's look. Selecting the right paint color or colors is a ...
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For Every Hue, a Mood: Use Color to Make the Most of Every Room
We often choose colors we believe to be an expression of ourselves. But the science of color psychology suggests that...
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Bob Vila Radio: Exterior Paint Color
Choosing a paint color for your home’s exterior can be intimidating: This is a big, expensive job, and whatever color...
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Bob Vila Radio: Historic Paint Colors
What comes to mind when you hear the phrase “historic color”? Do you envision a rather limited palette of muted grays...
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Trending Now: Classic Red
The color of the year may be emerald green, but in February—it's undeniably red. Browse ten classic products forever linked to the bold and powerful color of love.
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45 Ravishing Red Rooms
With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, we're seeing the color red just about everywhere—in our homes perhaps mo...
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New Year, New Color
Pantone, the global authority on color for the design industries, has announced the Color of the Year for 2013: Emera...
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Color Quiz: Level 2
How color savvy are you? Find out with our Color Quiz!
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Color Quiz: Level 1
How color savvy are you? Find out with our Color Quiz!
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Pantone: The 20th Century in Color
While I’d always been interested in history, it wasn't until I got to college that I fell in love with it. A special ...
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Eve Ashcraft's "The Right Color"
If you're anything like me, standing in front of a sea of paint colors at the local home center can be an angst-ridde...
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Bob Vila's Guide to Historic Paint Colors
Consider these paint color options to preserve the historical accuracy of your home.
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Remodeling Before Baby and Insulating the House
Bob talks with homeowners Nick and Maggie Beasley, who are remodeling, babyproofing, and insulating their home before the baby is born.
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Applying Decorative Painting Techniques
Bob meets with faux-painting expert Kim Sweet, who is applying a gold parchment effect on the master bedroom walls. Bob tries his hand at applying some color.
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Painting with Historically Accurate Colors
Architectural conservator Brian Powell helps Bob do some detective work to discover the original exterior paint color scheme. They then look at historically appro...
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Color Staining a Concrete Floor
Tom Moorad joins Bob to satin a concrete floor.
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Interior Design for a Florida Home
Bob tours the finished house and learns how they developed the design scheme.
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Seeking Design Ideas for the Miami Condo
DD Allen shows off her updated 600-square-foot retreat in downtown Miami. By removing interior dividing walls, Allen has converted her one-bedroom into a studio. ...
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Decorating the Master Bedroom
Bob and designer Leslie Curtis take a quick tour through the master bedroom. Here, Curtis has chosen Autumn Wheat from the Bob Vila Signature collection paint line.
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Picture Framing
Interior designer Leslie Curtis shows off another of her decorating ideas in the dining room.
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Discussing the Hallway Walls
Bob highlights the long curved wall in the loft's hallway. The wall provides a great deal of storage, and serves as a divider between the private and public space...
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Selecting a Paint Color and Painting the Exterior Stucco Walls
Bob meets with painting contractor Pat Estevez to discuss exterior paint selection and application techniques.
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Interior Paint Selection
Bob chats with painter Rick Snyder in the dining room of the Federal-style home, while Rick experiments with color on intricate wood detail.
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Interior Design and Touring a Fabric Store
Bob shows the beach house to interior designer Robyn Peterson, who takes Bob shopping for fabrics. She suggests natural materials and earthy colors, as well as hi...
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Bob Visits Oak Bluffs in Martha's Vineyard
Bob takes the ferry to the island of Martha's Vineyard, MA, where he tours Oak Bluffs and soaks in the town's Victorian history.
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Staining the Exterior
Painting contractor Mike Suarez sprays water-based stain on the home's exterior, while Bob, accompanied by paint consultant Sherry Hiller, tours the island with a...
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Touring the Designed Interior
Bob tours the furnished, decorated Martha's Vineyard Victorian project house. The designer has sourced pieces from antique stores, salvage yards, second hand stor...
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Final Tour of the Interior, Part 1
Bob continues his final tour of the complete Wayland project house with the interior designer, who explains the thought process behind the furniture and color pal...
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