Carina Ngai created this informative and well-crafted SlideShare presentation on “Design for Aging”, LinkedIn. She exposes stereotypes about seniors and focuses on who the population really is today, what’s important to them and how we create objects and services to meet their needs and desires. As a color designer, I’m learning how to become more […]
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Staging makes the most of that valuable ‘first impression’ of prospective home buyers. We used much of the homeowner’s furnishings and accessories here to create an inviting living room that prospective buyers find appealing. Editing out clutter and creating clean, attractive spaces potential buyers can imagine themselves in is key. Please note: I no longer […]
These homeowners felt lost in the vaulted spaces of their entry, front living and dining rooms. We added warm clay accent to the dining room ceiling, pepper gray to emphasize the architectural features. In the living-entry areas, we continued the harmonizing neutral and painted the ceiling a rich, nutty brown. The effect is inviting, modern […]
The right ‘value’ (lightness or darkness) is often as important as the ‘hue’ (color) when selecting wall color, especially when considering how to best showcase art and collections. In this case, the rich yellow-orange painting showed weakly against the background white wall. We chose a deep teal for this accent wall, paired with a soft […]
Exterior color is seen in the context of its surroundings. This Lyons home, perched high and visible on a hilltop, is surrounded by red rock and Ponderosa pine. When first built, a light ‘default neutral tan’ paint color was applied. Because of its light ‘value’ (light to dark scale), it contrasted too much with its […]
We livened up the color palette for this exterior, creating warmth and distinctive personality. (The owners declined to have the front and garage doors painted. I would also suggest shutters for the upper left window.)
Adding a quilt made by the homeowner put the finishing touches on this cozy, vintage style guest room.
Recently I had the pleasure of working with Cathy Rivers of RiversColorworks+Design on choosing colors for my home. Cathy asked all the right questions and listened attentively to my answers. The result is a beautiful color scheme that reflects our personality. Cathy also provided advice on decorating using items we already owned. It was a […]
I just wanted to say how much I enjoyed working with Cathy during the organization and staging of our home. I believe our efforts had much to do with the full price offer we received last month. Thank you, thank you, thank you! Working with you was fun and educational. I felt we worked well […]
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Cathy really connected to what we like.
We would not love our home so very much AND have so enjoyed the process of making a new house our home if we had not worked with Cathy. What an expert, and what a joy she is! Her depth of knowledge about color and light is amazing. Cathy really connected to what we like […]
It’s like we have a brand new home.
We didn’t know we needed a color specialist until my husband and I spent over 4 weekends choosing colors for our office. The time, effort and money spent picking a color we thought we liked, painting the room, and disliking the outcome was incredibly frustrating. When a neighbor recommended Cathy, we decided that it would […]
Busy, Young Family in Lyons, CO
We needed help updating both the interior and exterior of our home. My husband and I tend to be drawn in different directions, and then we don’t like either of our choices once they are installed. Cathy was able to quickly pick up on what works for both of us, and develop color palettes that […]
