Synopses & Reviews
Some people have a natural affinity for coloreverybody else has to be led into the light.” COLOR Saves the Day is for both the color adventurous and the color shy, offering inspiration for trying new ways with color and for learning how to use it as an effective cost-saving solution. Like its sister book, PAINT Saves the Day, this book presents and solves a series of problems and perplexing design situations along with the latest color choices as offered by a number of leading paint manufacturers. View author Lucianna Samu discussing her design ideas and the book here:http://www.thebalancingact.com/story/?id=2001
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COLOR Saves the Day is for both the color adventurer and the color shy. Author Lucianna Samu offes advice for trying new ways with color and shows you how to use it as an effective, cost-saving decorating solution for design dilemmas.
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This books explains how to use color to solve a decorating problem.
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"Color Saves the Day" highlights different ways to introduce color (it's not all about the walls) with accessories and accents, containing foolproof color pallettes and actual color names from leading paint manufacturers.
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According to paint and color expert, author Lucianna Samu, some people have a natural affinity for colorthey love living with it and instinctively know what ones work best. Everybody else has to be led into the light.” COLOR Saves the Day is for both the color adventurous and the color shy, offering inspiration for trying new ways with color AND ideas for using it as an effective and cost-saving solution for design dilemmas. Like its sister book, PAINT Saves the Day, COLOR presents a series of problems and solutions, showing readers how to "make it work," along with updated palettes and real paint colors. * How to solve decorating missteps or dilemmas using color* How to update a room in an instant* How to choose a palette that works for your space* More than 250 color photos of interiors accompanied by actual paint colors* How to introduce color using accessories and accents--it's not all about the walls* What color is that? Here's the paint chip.
About the Author
Lucianna Samu is the author of
Can't Fail Room Makeovers. She has spent 10 years as a decorative painter in the New York Metropolitan area working for some of the best and brightest designers and architects in NY. She put away her paint brushes 5 years ago and moved to Saratoga Springs, NY, to become an Interior Designer, Space Planner, and Color expert.She spent several years creating projects of Benjamin Moore Paints and has been a frequent contributor to many magazines and books. She currently lives in the 200-year-old farmhouse house she and her husband recently renovated just outside Saratoga on the Hudson River. She is currently designing the barn to bring her horses home.
Mark Samu is the principal photographer for a number of CH books, including the most recent Can't Fail Room Makeovers. He has been an architectural photographer for 25 years, working all over the country for architects, designers, and magazines. He is a graduate of the School of Visual Arts in New York, NY.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. To Know Color is to Love It! A nontechnical explanation of color and its properties
Chapter 2. Getting Touchy Feely with Paint and Textures A discussion of different types of paints, finishes, and textures and how that relates to color
Chapter 3. Wow New Looks for Outdated Spaces Many examples of how simply changing color updates a look. Learn how to spot the difference between the various tones and shades of the same color. Plus a visual comparison of each colors dated to updated version in the same room. (For example, greenexchanging hunter green walls for Kelly green walls updates a room, bringing it from the 1990s to 2010.) Also includes multiple problems/solutions
Chapter 4. A Cure for the Architectural Blahs No special architectural features about your home? Heres how color can add the personality you crave. Also includes multiple problems/solution situations
Chapter 5. Fix My Crazy Space How to use color to visually alter space or compensate for design flawsAlso, multiple problems/solutions
Chapter 6. Extreme Color How to deftly use bold color or unconventional colors. Also includes multiple problems/solutions
Chapter 7. For the Color Shy How to dip into color, one toe at a time, using barely there hues and neutrals, or limiting colors to either an accent wall, trim, or accessories. Also includes multiple problems/solutions
Chapter 8. Todays New Palettes Up-to-date color swatches that you can bring to the paint store
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