Living in small spaces with style takes some simplified work.This post started out about dorm rooms but it's really inspired by the latest IKEA catalog and their cover, "A home doesn't need to be big, just smart." I'm all in agreement of that statement. I'm realizing this in real time as I help my son shop for items for his first apartment and choose things that Continue Reading
Mellow Yellow?
Taking Friday's Post on yellow one step further, yellow is anything but mellow...Some things never change in that yellow tends to evoke the same psychological effects in most people as described by Leatrice Eiseman, color expert for Eiseman Center for Color Information and Training and executive for Pantone Color Institute. Some thoughts in summary from her book Continue Reading
How Would You Describe Yellow?
How would you describe yellow?For me, describing yellow is difficult because there are so many shades of yellow; the pale color of an onion skin, the refreshing look of an iced glass of lemonade, the morning sun, the golden wheat field, a swallowtail butterfly, a daffodil.The dictionary defines yellow as: the hue of that portion of the visible spectrum lying Continue Reading
Bringing you Fireworks!
Happy Fourth of July! We are bringing you fireworks and we hope you have a very All-American celebratory day.In keeping with fireworks, we're bringing you some of our own - a new Collection and a new Contest.We've just officially launched The Mary Douglas Drysdale Signature Color Collection.You can go to our press room for more information and see more Continue Reading
Seasonal Shifts with Results
Before we talk about seasonal shifts with results, we want to mention a couple of things. We had a contest last week and are looking forward to running it again so we can get more participation.We had quite an interest in our newly launched Mary Douglas Drysdale Signature Colors, our Katherine Collection and our Faux Glass Mosaic Tile with order placements but not Continue Reading
