Painting and Home Decor.

Are you planning any home renovations or DIY projects in the near future?? Spring is the perfect time to clean and freshen up our living spaces, and very soon I'll be painting the master bedroom. I'm having a hard time choosing a color, and woul'd love to hire a professional to help with that and some other changes I have planned, but it's just not in the budget this year. Here are a couple of 'before' photos. The wall color (from the previous owner) is a shade of taupe that's a bit too pink for my taste. I'll probably go with a warm grey that will complement the concrete ceiling. Of course I'll be posting the 'after' photos for you.

I can't help myself when I'm near paint color swatches. I just have to make collections of the colors that are inspiring me lately. I call this grouping 'Vegas Desert'

A grouping of some CIL greys that are in the running. Not sure if I'll end up choosing one of these, I've been changing my mind almost daily.

Style at Home and Beauti-Tone have a gorgeous paint collection that I've been admiring lately. Seen here at the Style at Home booth at this year's IDS show. Photo courtesy of Style at Home.

This is the Fresh palette from the Style at Home- Beauti-Tone brochure. Love the cool greens and blues here. I've been using shades of these colors in my paintings lately.

The Loft palette. Very sophisticated greys and blues. So urban and downtown.

Style at Home Colour Collection Brochure.

I finally picked up my copy of the new Style at Home Colour Collection brochure by Beauti-Tone Paints. I've been waiting for weeks to get my hands on this. I first heard about the collection from Margo Austin, Style at Home's senior design editor (I follow her on Twitter) and then from the Style Sleuth blog (thanks Brett). This same photo appeared here in the April 2010 issue of Style at Home magazine and that's my painting in the photo. It's available for purchase here at Art Interiors.
This painting has sold. Thank you.

Although I really like the brochure and all the color collections my most favorite one is "loft". I think I'll have to paint our new master bedroom either SD029 Grey Goose or SD030 Felted. Don't you just love the names that they give paint colours?

My second favorite is the "Fresh" grouping, and I'd love to see a room done with SD007 Wasabi, SD008 Granny Smith and SD010 Jet. It would be stunning.

So here's a sneak peek at our new condo. It's empty, clean and just waiting for us to move in and make it a home. This corner is going to be my new studio space. Yes, I do have a very easy commute.

This is looking from the west window into the kitchen area. There's tons of storage space and the10 ft. high ceilings make it very spacious. As you can tell I'm really excited to be moving in very soon. I'll be posting photos of the packing, the move out, the move in, and the transformation so stay tuned.