I’ll admit it. I’m a sucker for a good paint name. So, when the winning color from dozens of paint chips turned out to be Benjamin Moore Amazon Green, I was disappointed. I knew
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To me, nothing screams summer or Coastal French like navy blue and white stripes. Whether you’re on a pier in Chicago or St. Tropez, the stark contrast of those crisp colors signals sunshine and
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The brain doesn’t know overwhelmed until you try to buy some white paint. Who knew there were a 1,001 options?! If you need a true white paint — a goldilocks white .. not too
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After moving, we couldn’t afford to renovate our kitchen, so painting the cabinets was the way to make it more likable until we could. At the time, we were just starting toward Coastal French
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As we mentioned in ‘What is Coastal French Design?’, color is where a Coastal French look begins. In trying to meld the two interior design approaches, what makes any item work is its adherence
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I’d like to say after throwing every last dollar from the move into removing wallpaper and painting, I’d nailed the paint colors. But I absolutely did not. That’s what happens when you’re hurriedly pulling
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Nothing takes an ’80s child back like Twinkies, Michael Jackson… and some damn fine wood paneling. It was living. My grandma’s basement had it. Your grandma’s basement had it. In this house, it adorned
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BEFORE & AFTER PHOTO INDEX
