The Red Kitchen, Before & After

Before

After

Here is an example of how a little paint can completely change a room. It was a case of change everything or change nothing. There was not a budget for everything. We hardly spent any money on this space but the outcome was huge. The space went from worn out and tired, to crisp and on trend. The paint color is Sherwin Williams 6607, Tomato Red.

You can imagine the seller's raised eyebrows when we proposed it. Are you sure? In the end we all loved it so much we used red as the color thread that we pulled through the entire house. The results were stunning they got an offer the FIRST week it was on the market.

Color trends

Check it out, some excellent suggestions for paint colors courtesy of the Canadian Benjamin Moore site. If you are staging to sell then lean toward the lighter versions, it's all about the buyer. If you are staging to dwell then go for it, it's all about what you love.

Colours for Your Home 2008 Click to go to their site.
Modern Tranquility
Home is an oasis of renewal. Haven, sanctuary, refuge - home is a wellspring of replenishment, a soothing respite from modern day clamour. A gossamer palette of hushed neutral hues evokes a sense of spaciousness with its quiet suggestion of colour. Clean lines, sumptuous textures and translucent elements that capture and reflect light, bestow spaces a luminous weightlessness that is both calming and expansive.Colours:OC-87 capri coast • 2133-60 sidewalk gray • CC-518 escarpment • HC-78 litchfield gray

Organic Comfort
The repetitive cycle of nature comforts through its rhythmic essence. Environmentally astute, we seek to create spaces that shelter and integrate us within the environment, rather than from it. The tactile qualities of raw silk, linen, bamboo, and stone engage our senses with an organic aesthetic. The colour palette is a celebration of nature’s own; earthen hues with golden, sunlit undertones, deep, rich bark with fresh sprigs of green peppered throughout.Colours:thousand islands CC-308 • great plains CC-334 • sulfur yellow 2151-40 • metropolis CC-546

Pure Opulence
Deep within the earth’s core lay the elements for some of its most vibrant palettes. Rich, mineral hues polished to gem-like brilliance. These are colours that make a statement, whether tucked in a wall niche or announcing their presence in a grand entrance. Equally dramatic and playful, these colours seamlessly showcase stunning architecture and room accents as easily as they can perform as a design element in their own right; a daring vision of breathtaking colour splendour.Colours:rockport gray HC-105 • black raspberry 2072-20 • cork 2153-40 • lemon ice OC-114