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Mary Hoffman knows color ~”As a third generation employee with Benjamin Moore & Co, Mary Hoffman has experienced paint from a diverse perspective.” from Sunset Magazine. So when Mary says, “embrace color’ she means it.

My good friends Mary and Randy at the Kravet event

Photo courtesy Sara Coe

As a Seattle interior designer, I soaked in her message at a presentation at the Kravet showroom. We’re all still mostly neutral but we want some pops of color to punch up our furnishings and walls to set our room and home designs apart.

Enter purple with grays, beiges and a touch of yellow.  One stellar fabric on a pillow, headboard, small chair or ottoman adds the punch that sets an otherwise dull setting apart, thanks to Pollack Fabrics.

Stellar stripe adds a punch to home furnishings

Mary Hoffman noted that current fashion = current design and the Fall runway made shades of purple important this season.  Purple is the color for royalties. It stands for luxury, wealth, and sophistication. It is also the color of passion, romance and sensitivity.

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I love reading and seeing the images of Fashion Week and I like to translate them into a Fall color forecast… from this Seattle interior designer’s perspective. Our Seattle weather, sadly, is often sunless… so I like to imagine that color adds some ‘sunlight’ to our interiors. So the colors below offer ideas for accessories like throws, pillows, an ottoman or rug. Perhaps a lone or pair of chairs for some pop in your home.  All colors are from Benjamin Moore.

My favorite Fall Fashion colors from Benjamin Moore

Vintage Wine -A warm, coffee-like color is perfect for Seattle

Wasabi – A crisp accent color

August Morning – Add a touch of sunshine all year long

Deep Ocean – Appealing and vibrant blue-green

Hawthorne Yellow – More sun to warm up a room

Merlot Red – Perfect for WA wine lovers

Etruscan – A warm, useful neutral for a cozy interior

Deep Caviar – Lush, rich brown for anchor pieces and wood accents

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Last week I spoke to a group of leading realtors about design trends from my perspective as a Seattle interior designer.  The title of my presentation was ‘Deconstructing Design Trends’.  With great support from Benjamin Moore, I shared the hows and whys of the development of color and design trends.

This year the theme from Benjamin Moore is balance. Quoting Doty Horn, Director of Design for Benjamin Moore, “color reflects your mood – color exposes how you feel.” Hear Doty in a presentation at Hirschfield Paint this past November.[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCayrIy6bo0[/youtube]

The familiar  provides balance as does structure.  Seeing the unity in our global communities makes us feel more comfortable and connected. What colors do you like that speak to your mood?  Please share.

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It’s everywhere in the news for the past weeks-design trends for 2011. This Seattle designer dives into these stories eager to hear from design gurus about the ‘next’ thing.  Then it occurred to me to look back… and I located a Benjamin Moore Color Pulse, 2010.  The research for the information in this Color Pulse came from data and travel in 2008-2009.  And since it’s now 2011, I was curious to re-read the predictions.

Doty Horn, Director of Color and Design for Benjamin Moore

Before the color predictions comes the overriding theme that guides the color direction.  In 2010, the theme was authenticity-the new counter culture.  ”Known materials unite the real with valued expressions = grounded creativity – a quest for what’s true”.

Quickly I am reminded of my trip to the High Point Furniture Market April, 2010. Visible indications of ‘authenticity’ such as ‘refined graffiti’, old finishes, reinterpreted materials.  Some companies do this extremely well, Phillips Collection.

The Phillips Collection using reclaimed seat belts

Phillips Collection - stick wood wall decor

Image courtesy Bellapatina.com

And about those colors for 2010?  From Doty Horn and Apartment Therapy

Greyscale: Carbon and whites that are creamy…”chalk, milk, alabaster.” Louise Nevelson textural black. And “stay tuned for ombre.” Clinically white kitchens and Valentino laser-cut white surfaces.

Naturals: “Beige competes with grey.” Parchment, cardboard, muslin and hay.

Yellows: Fresh, citron with carbon, banana, mustard, gold, sheer, gilded.

Orange: Copper, pumpkin, clay.

Reds: From pinks to crimson, brick, and a red so orange you aren’t sure if it isn’t perhaps orange. “Rouge with blue-ing, blacking. Russian red.” She called the blackened reds the most “livable” (and “wearable”). Strawberry.

Purples: “Periwinkle, grape (almost shocking), aubergine and lilac,” with the lilac neutralized so it almost reads as grey.

Blues: Soft, celestial blue, and deep “worker” blue, ink and indigo (“reflecting denim lifestyle”). She called out the deepest midnight blues for special attention.

Green: “Fresher, truer, less sage, cleaner greens to yellows. Grass is vibrant. Menthol green.” “Succotash colors: peas, corn, carrots.”

The only color missing is turquoise…which was the Pantone 2010 color of the year.

Pantone Color of the Year -2010 Turquoise

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As an expert Seattle interior designer I attend many events at the Seattle Design Center.  Last week Leatrice Eiseman, leading color expert, spoke about color trends.  She is the person who designated turquoise as the color of 2010.  Some other tidbits about other colors came from Q & A.  The power of green from the lime shades to old venerables, like olive green, continues after banishment in the 1970′s. So I share this image below to welcome olive green to your color vocabulary.

Image from Stylemonger

Designers Fisher and Weisman of San Francisco upholstered tufted sofas in olive green linen velvet.  The key to the success of the olive green is mixing it with golds, yellows, soft oranges  and browns. What a beautiful setting.

Faith’s Favorite Olive Green from Benjamin Moore 2140-10 Fatigue Green

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