Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Nice Neutrals from Benjamin Moore

I helped one of my former students [Amber Beall] get a job at a local Benjamin Moore store here in town. We have become great friends and recently met for dinner. She said “I get so tired of hearing, ‘I just want a nice neutral, because there is no such thing’”. I have trained her well :)

image Yellow Beige - Image from Cote de Texas

So I know you want the perfect neutral, but unless it relates to the already existing undertones in your house, it won’t be nice. In fact, that’s when it will really scream “apartment beige” or “boring beige”.

imagePinky Beige - Interior by Suzanne Kassler

If you pick a yellow beige for your walls when your broadloom is actually a pinky beige, you will wonder why your carpets look dirty and blame it on the ‘boring beige’ you’ve picked. If the undertones in your house are already pink, you have to work with it—you cannot ignore it no matter how much you dislike it because trust me, if you hate it now, you’ll really hate it later.

imageGreeny Beige - Image from Cote de Texas

If you choose a greeny beige (like in this post) but your finishes and sofa are pinky beige? It will not work.

Your beige or neutral, needs to relate to other beige tones in the room (including furniture if it's beige) before it looks pulled together. 


Otherwise it can look like you’ve tried to match it and failed. That’s the bottom line. If you would like to see a list of Beige's click here to subscribe to my free newsletter.  When you get to the archives read September's Newsletter; The Insider Secrets to Seeing Colour like a pro.

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How to choose the Right Beige
What Everyone should know about Beige
Colour & Condoms (so you think I’m looking at something besides wall colour?)

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