NEW WALL COLOR...

<div aid="toggleHeader" class="t_hov MsgPartGradient ia_hc" id="mp2_header" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; cursor: pointer; font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe UI Web Regular', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Helvetica Neue', 'BBAlpha Sans', 'S60 Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; overflow: hidden;"><br /><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><br></span></div><br /><div aid="toggleHeader" class="t_hov MsgPartGradient ia_hc" id="mp2_header" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; cursor: pointer; font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe UI Web Regular', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Helvetica Neue', 'BBAlpha Sans', 'S60 Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; overflow: hidden;"><br /> NOTHING DATES A HOME FASTER THAN COLOR......<br><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHzG6mgQPrhfeAuGirF1e2W4_Qml5zGihEAGUaDaV1hjy62akExGxj6Si0IJvNN40ZwObft_KtNn8yMCCx4QaHUxAZKpkA-tI5RkM33LC0GfxpEGDPu7b8pSf863uiSjcC_hkqCzKuP9UM/s1600/88aa3adc5d0d1b140e5cb31e6b7975d4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHzG6mgQPrhfeAuGirF1e2W4_Qml5zGihEAGUaDaV1hjy62akExGxj6Si0IJvNN40ZwObft_KtNn8yMCCx4QaHUxAZKpkA-tI5RkM33LC0GfxpEGDPu7b8pSf863uiSjcC_hkqCzKuP9UM/s640/88aa3adc5d0d1b140e5cb31e6b7975d4.jpg" width="640"></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />If I were to say forest green and mauve</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />you'd think early 80's</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />dusty blue and pink?</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />90's</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />gold, tan, green and red....</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />early 2000? </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8xw_WUHCmclhNhFayVaZJs6AXGrCr8dOhwpAiGJ73FRyuGjRU-j9gM9Q5esfpIaBG2CFLamScEestk4djmQI6RwXbu7le-Kw3sY9tVZrRDO63CqJBh-VxvTxFhQRb712SbYxcLYqVnf6H/s1600/7b5a052eb50d6be1a34b868f6d60e5fa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8xw_WUHCmclhNhFayVaZJs6AXGrCr8dOhwpAiGJ73FRyuGjRU-j9gM9Q5esfpIaBG2CFLamScEestk4djmQI6RwXbu7le-Kw3sY9tVZrRDO63CqJBh-VxvTxFhQRb712SbYxcLYqVnf6H/s640/7b5a052eb50d6be1a34b868f6d60e5fa.jpg" width="470"></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />so what color trend will our current decade be remembered for?</div><br /></div><a href="http://yournestdesign.blogspot.com/2013/09/new-wall-color.html#more">Read more »</a>

NEW WALL COLOR...

 NOTHING DATES A HOME FASTER THAN COLOR...... If I were to say forest green and mauve you'd think early 80's dusty blue and pink? 90...

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TRUE GRAY

<div aid="toggleHeader" class="t_hov MsgPartGradient ia_hc" id="mp8_header" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; cursor: pointer; font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe UI Web Regular', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Helvetica Neue', 'BBAlpha Sans', 'S60 Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; overflow: hidden;"><br /></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">NO UNDERTONES IN MY GRAY, PLEASE</span><br><br /><div class="MsgPartBody ClearBoth" id="mp8_msgPartBody" style="background-color: white; clear: both;"><br /><div bt="Part" fa="Forward" pfx="mps8_" ra="Reply" raa="ReplyAll" rfu=" InboxLight.aspx?n=583084985&Action={0}&AllowUnsafe={1}" sf="s"><br /><div class="ReadMsgBody" id="mps8_readMsgBodyContainer" style="padding: 16px 0px 0px;"><br /><div class="SandboxScopeClass ExternalClass PlainTextMessageBody" id="mps8_MsgContainer"><br /><pre style="color: #444444; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; white-space: normal;"> </pre><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFJrhM0T6ycuW31fXkrA9mmz2c_m2OpO9owa_dxcfbUgEKnFOnHrGgh_GJquij_aSn1hBZXUtD3S3_FaW5Q0uJL2kjUfcbbsH2E_pVYfPDzqQ4rCV6z48qL15TcJrzj2A_yXUO13P5jHE/s1600/legislupus+tumblr.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" pua="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFJrhM0T6ycuW31fXkrA9mmz2c_m2OpO9owa_dxcfbUgEKnFOnHrGgh_GJquij_aSn1hBZXUtD3S3_FaW5Q0uJL2kjUfcbbsH2E_pVYfPDzqQ4rCV6z48qL15TcJrzj2A_yXUO13P5jHE/s640/legislupus+tumblr.jpg" width="536"></a></div><br /><pre style="color: #444444; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; white-space: normal;"> </pre><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="" style="clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><br />Gray.<br><br />Bleak.<br><br /> <span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Gray Day. Stormy Gray. Misty Gray. </span><br><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Cement Gray. Concrete Gray. </span><br><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Gray Hairs. Cold Gray. Plain Gray.</span><br><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"> You're looking a little Gray.  </span><br><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Old and Gray.  </span><br><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Gray Matter.  Gray Area. Gray Cloud.</span><br><br />Gray seldom has positive connotations.<br><br /><br></div><br /><div class="" style="clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><br />Gray alone can be cold, hard, unemotional, sterile.</div><br /><div class="" style="clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><br />Kind of like concrete.</div><br /><div class="" style="clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><br />Or Rocks.<br><br />And yet, it is currently the most loved color in home decorating</div><br /></div></div></div></div><a href="http://yournestdesign.blogspot.com/2013/05/true-gray.html#more">Read more »</a>

TRUE GRAY

NO UNDERTONES IN MY GRAY, PLEASE     Gray. Bleak.   Gray Day. Stormy Gray. Misty Gray.  Cement Gray. Concrete Gray.  Gray Hairs. Cold Gray. ...

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THE COLOR YOU CRAVE: BEIGE

<br><br /><div aid="toggleHeader" class="t_hov MsgPartGradient ia_hc" id="mp1_header" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; cursor: pointer; font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe UI Web Regular', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Helvetica Neue', 'BBAlpha Sans', 'S60 Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; overflow: hidden;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>WHAT IS YOUR SIGNATURE COLOR?<br><br /><br><br />When I first moved to California - many years ago - I worked for the beige lady. <br><br /><br><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><br /><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIfUJZ49omQ9b9iWVnBsyBKq5tJcYFdESCUDSZ8_hL91XY_tL__yToenzRzKguwA79BVNVK8V-As74zSQu0qFpE-7_uyx5AprKtF2BbiQj4zJL470p2EkZUx9_BOdA79AAqhc6cdvEONg/s1600/bm+grant+beige1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIfUJZ49omQ9b9iWVnBsyBKq5tJcYFdESCUDSZ8_hL91XY_tL__yToenzRzKguwA79BVNVK8V-As74zSQu0qFpE-7_uyx5AprKtF2BbiQj4zJL470p2EkZUx9_BOdA79AAqhc6cdvEONg/s640/bm+grant+beige1.jpg" width="640"></a></td></tr><br /><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Benjamin Moore GRANT BEIGE<br><br /><a href="http://www.houzz.com/">Houzz</a></td></tr><br /></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">She had beige blond hair, beige tanned skin, beige shoes, beige handbag, she wore her favorite beige always, she even drove a beige car.  She was very wealthy.  She was very elegant.  Her only accessory was jewelry - gold - lots of it.  Life for her was pretty simple.  She knew what she loved.  She loved beige.  She surrounded herself with it.  It was her signature.</span></div><div class="MsgPartBody ClearBoth" id="mp1_msgPartBody" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe UI Web Regular', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Helvetica Neue', 'BBAlpha Sans', 'S60 Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><div bt="Part" fa="Forward" nr="nr" pfx="mps1_" ra="Reply" raa="ReplyAll" rfu=" InboxLight.aspx?n=383383029&Action={0}&AllowUnsafe={1}" sf="s"><div id="mps1_bodyHdr"></div><div class="ClearBoth" style="clear: both;"><div class="WideMessageBarContainer" id="mps1_wideMsgBarPlaceholder"></div></div><div class="ClearBoth" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="ReadMsgBody" id="mps1_readMsgBodyContainer" style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 16px;"></div></div></div><a href="http://yournestdesign.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-color-you-crave-beige.html#more">Read more »</a>

THE COLOR YOU CRAVE: BEIGE

WHAT IS YOUR SIGNATURE COLOR? When I first moved to California - many years ago - I worked for the beige lady. Benjamin Moore GRANT BEIGE Ho...

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GRAY PALETTE

<br><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />CREATING COLOR SCHEMES</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgshZHYTIJMEYfeT_bTx4JQX9Bgc1DS3tRRkHWlk86UQUCsYr7pkdpOKJIwfE7_KSr6ZTSj8yOgZBCJ4OhqvD0Rdj_-4Kq-Mh657UNr-hH2mmfZBxIbapQodwVkKQ7Pyt4SXZf8ypPjRSrU/s1600/fieldandsea+tumblr.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgshZHYTIJMEYfeT_bTx4JQX9Bgc1DS3tRRkHWlk86UQUCsYr7pkdpOKJIwfE7_KSr6ZTSj8yOgZBCJ4OhqvD0Rdj_-4Kq-Mh657UNr-hH2mmfZBxIbapQodwVkKQ7Pyt4SXZf8ypPjRSrU/s640/fieldandsea+tumblr.jpg" width="466"></a></div><br /><br><br />Choosing a color palette for your home may seem daunting, but doesn't have to be all that difficult to achieve.  Just remember you are creating a backdrop - one that will compliment, but really fade to the background once you have furniture, rugs, draperies, pillows, lamps and accessories in place.  The best wall colors do.  They should sit softly in the background, supporting the overall design, but not trying to grab your attention or upstage your furniture.  Unless that is your design - but that's a whole other story...  Remember the word 'backdrop' and relax....  it's only paint....<br><br /><a href="http://yournestdesign.blogspot.com/2013/04/gray-palette.html#more">Read more »</a>

GRAY PALETTE

CREATING COLOR SCHEMES Choosing a color palette for your home may seem daunting, but doesn't have to be all that difficult to achieve.  ...

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