sex and the city * carrie’s old apartment
This chic space was rebuilt to look exactly like Carrie’s apartment in the first film.
For this look we suggest, walls CC-846 Lazy Sunday and trim OC-117 Simply White both by Benjamin Moore
In the living room, chairs upholstered in fabric from Wolf Home surround a glamorous mirrored cocktail table from ABC Carpet & Home.
The super-girly closet of Carrie Bradshaw’s former apartment, it’s like a treasure chest…filled to the brim with bright colors and bold patterns. Rug-Margherita runner by the Rug Company.
To see photos of Carrie’s new apartment, click here.
boy + girl paint colours
As we all know, when it comes to kid rooms…paint colour ideas are endless.
Here are a few carefully selected Benjamin Moore paint colours that will work with many fabrics and accessories in trend right now.
From left: CC-966 Wizard, 370 Yellow Finch, 2125-50 Sweet Innocence, 2055-50 Fairy Tale Blue, 2121-20 Steel Wool, 2072-50 Lavender Lipstick. All by Benjamin Moore.
it’s amazing what paint can do…
We love this creative idea, why not use a fun stenciled pattern on a concrete porch?
a bright orange bedroom…
Orange can be one of the most fun colours to paint a bedroom. Paired with white it is modern and edgy. For a similar look to these bedrooms, try 2011-10 Orange.
If a bright orange isn’t for you, try a muted orange tone (see above bedroom) try CC-98 Prairie Lily.
Looking for more of a citrus shade of orange, we love Benjamin Moore’s 2016-20 Citrus Orange.
Try bringing in orange in an all white room, a perfect focal wall. Try 2167-30 Harvest Moon.
Orange is a fun accent to throw in with soft pinks + lavenders. Perfect for a little girls bedroom, focal wall, behind bookshelves, etc…
Try 2010-20 Warm Comfort.
chocolate wallpaper
We love getting feedback and “after” pictures from customers.
Your basement family room turned out great Diana, thank you for the photos.
If you would like more info regarding these papers, come into the store and we will show you.
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Looking for a professional wallpaper hanger in Oakville or Mississauga?
These rooms were done by one of our fav guys, David Ottenbrite from Doctor Decor.
a tudor transformation with BM exterior paint
Create a monochromatic base for stucco by matching the tone of the angel stone (we suggested CC-490 Stone Hearth). Find the right colour for the strapping on the tudor, it may be as easy as matching the grout colour (we suggested AF-155 Weimeraner).
For this home Meg from Spaces Design was inspired by the charcoal window griding, so the window trim will match that with a deep colour (CC-542 Willow). She also suggested this deep colour for the garage doors too, so it will balance nicely with all the taupes. Willow is a great colour, because it’s a mix of charcoal and chocolate, since the roof of this home is chocolate…it works well.
Q&A- A unisex nursery
Question: Any trendy paint colours for a nursery, needs to work for boy or girl.
Nursery furniture + colour inspiration
This bedroom is a perfect example of how paint colours for nurseries are really branching out. This charcoal colour with red accessories is perfect if you don’t know the babies sex.
Other options would be charcoal walls with pink or purple accessories for a girl. For boys, charcoal walls with light blue or green for a boy.
* This modern nursery furniture is by German company, Paidi, they offer such a large varitey.
an exterior job done with BM paint from our store…
One of our in-store designers Meg from Spaces Design recently shared with us the before/after pics of a home she chose paint colours for a few years ago. The paint colours on this home were dated and boring. The homeowners wanted to go for a classic look and bring in some colour tones from nature, as their home backs on to a ravine.
Meg chose a Benjamin Moore tone in a muted green taupe for the stucco CC-540 Stampede, the trim and garage are a shade or two lighter CC-530 Brandon Beige. She had to work with the existing soffits & fascia which were in a yellow tone, so the green/brown worked great. For an elegance look, the front doors and shutters were painted in the darkest chocolate you will find in the Benjamin Moore colour preview collection (2114-10 Bitttersweet Chocolate). It gives the look of a rich and dark stained wood.
Don’t forget, one of the most important components of this project was the amazing paint crew that brought it to fruition.
Many thanks to McConnell Painting from Oakville,ON.
wallpaper murals…
It looks like a full size window on the far side of this bathroom, but it’s a wallpaper mural.
Open up a space in your home, come into our store and browse our mural books…
A blue/gray living room…
The perfect living room colour, a slate blue that sets off beautifully with warm neutrals.
