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nature’s neutrals, the rug is done

Dear Diary,  Well the neutrals debate continued. I laid wool after wool on the leaves trying to decide what colour. At one point I had five, and at at every point I was tempted to add it in a limey tinted green, but lime cannot be neuter,. Unless you lie to yourself, which I sometimes do, about my height mostly. Choosing colour involves laying colour down on the mat. One colour than another. How do you like the way a colour feels? Colour is all about feeling. I was careful not to change the tone, by adding a non neutral, though there were moments when I wanted to jack it up a notch. You have to stop yourself and decide to stick with the original idea if you want your vision to … Read entire article »

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sing the reds, greens, yellow…not just the blues

Dear Diary, For years it seems that the only colour was taupe. Every magazine, every television show showed us various shades of taupe like each one was better than the other. Grey is now the new taupe if you follow the rules of taupe. I don’t. Though I have a little taupe in my life, after all it is a colour too. It seems that everyone’s shade of taupe was slightly better than everyone else’s. Well taupe might make sense for a timeless couch but really our homes and lives need a punch of colour here and there, whether it is in a pillow or a rug or even a whole room. Today I went upstairs to Stephanie’ s office above  the downtown studio. She and her partner Jason offer … Read entire article »

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