I was recently asked, “What color should I paint my house?” Oh, that’s such an easy question to ask, and it’s such a hard question to answer! Here’s what I said: Picking external house colors is the trickiest thing I... Read More

This House Beautiful article, “This Is Officially the World’s Ugliest Color,” was sent to me by Dawn Sakamoto at Watermark Publishing, who’ve published three of my books. (Many people have commented to me about how professional and lovely my blog... Read More

Painting one or more walls an accent color can be great or horrible, from a design viewpoint and from a feng shui perspective. Remove the possibility of “horrible” results by following two rules: Pick your accent color from the bagua... Read More

Wall color is a subject that is near and dear to my heart. There are only two rooms in our house that are white—the bathroom and the library. The library has so many shelves that not much wall is seen... Read More