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More Paint Options

March 15, 2010 in Designing by Clinton | 2 comments

There’s a new paint line available in Atlanta. And for someone as obsessed with color as I am, I’m not sure that’s a good thing! Especially since I just repainted! On my way home today, I stopped into the Jerry Pair & Associates showroom at the Atlanta Decorative Arts Center (a to-the-trade complex open to design professionals and their clients) to pick up a fabric swatch I’m considering for two chairs I bought this past weekend at Scott Antique Market. While I was there, I ran into Jerry Pair Vice President Barbara Brown who showed me the new paint line they are representing called Stark Paint (it’s from the same venerable company that owns Stark Carpet). The palette is just gorgeous and is created in conjunction with London-based color specialist David Oliver. Since I literally popped into the showroom right at closing, that’s all the information I could gather. Oh, and that it is a low-VOC line. Click here to read more about it.

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Friday Favorites: Color

March 5, 2010 in Editor Picks by Rachel | 3 comments

Before spring comes and strikes us with vibrant colors like Pantone’s 2010 color of the year, Turquoise, I would like to make one last nod to the moody hues that I have been swooning over for the last few wintry months. There is something mysterious about dark rooms that I just love – they are dramatic yet calming and softly romantic.
I find myself pulled toward the stormy shades of these rooms…


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Photographed by Melanie Acevedo via Moodboard


(Image credits: 1. Erica George Dines via AH&L 2. Apartment Therapy
3. Erica George Dines via AH&L)

1. Heather J. Paper – Sherwin-Williams Sealskin SW7675
2. Clinton Smith – “The Veuve Clicquot Orange” like
Benjamin Moore’s Mandarin Orange 2018-20
3. Katy Wharton – Benjamin Moore Plum Royal 2070-20
4. Kate Abney – “Raspberry,” like Sherwin-Williams’ Cerise SW6580
5. Rachel Cardina Lasserre – Ralph Lauren Surrey TH28

Let us know what color you can’t get enough of! You can join Heather and me on the darker side or team up with the rest of the AH&L staff with their bright and bold hues.

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What Every Home Needs

February 17, 2010 in Designing by Heather | 6 comments

Fashion-minded Bob Brown used an Hermes-orange table in this dining room/library.

In his Alys Beach home, Bill Musso used Bauhaus-style arc lamps in a refreshing lime green.

In the March issue of AH&L, we introduced a new series–Design Dossier. Each installment focuses on a local tastemaker, sort of an everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know kind of piece. Amy Morris was our first subject (I was fascinated, for instance, to learn that she and I share a favorite wine!) and you won’t want to miss the ones coming up. But as I read Amy’s piece–in which she divulges everything from her favorite shopping spots to her must-have home accessories–I found myself answering the same questions we’d put to her.

For instance, Amy told us that “Every home needs…good window treatments.” If that same question were put to me, I’d say “Every home needs…an unexpected splash of color.” Two picture-perfect examples from our archives are the dining room/library in this Bob Brown-designed residence and a guest room in Bill Musso’s Alys Beach home. Both incorporate bold color which, to my way of thinking, ups the design ante several fold.

So, just one question remains: What do you think every home needs?

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