Design By What Matters

 

 

Benjamin Moore has come out with a new way for
you to find your dream colors.

 

Design By What Matters

is an interactive tool to help you become inspired!

 

You can start by which room you want to design,

your living room, bedroom, kitchen or dining room.

Next you can choose what styles/things inspire you

 Who will live in your home,

What your dream view is.

 

 

 

 

 

All these will leave you with a custom interior,

judging what matters most to you!

 

You can add your own image or choose to be surprised

 

 

 

All these questions add up to a beautiful living space!

Designed by what matters to you.

 

As well as color schemes

you can see what's popular in paint finishes.

Choosing to do a colored ceiling,

 using a High Gloss wall finish to add light reflection and glamour,

or choosing two different colors for upper and lower cabinets.

 

 

You can select through different schemes
and see what colors work best for you.

 

Even if it's not what you want to paint,

it can inspire you to get ideas and lead you in the right direction in choosing.

 

 

Also very realistic touches are added,

if you chose that you have a dog in your household,

a bone or dog bed will be displayed.

If a child will be running around,

toys or a rocking horse will be around your home.

 

 

 

In the end you can run to your closest Benjamin Moore
and see the color swatches in person!
Also you can share it on Facebook or other social media
And add it to (one of our favorites) Pinterest!

Try it out for yourself
http://www.designbywhatmatters.com/#/

This is defiantly one of the coolest new home décor tools

Keep Inspired! 



Picking Favorites Part 2

Part 2

Our "Best of..." List

The most loved colors in their field

 

 

'Brown'

 

CC-510 Buckhorn

HC-72 Branchport Brown

2114-10 Bittersweet Chocolate

 

*2114-10

 

'Spa Blue'

 

HC-144 Palladian Blue

CC-700 Smoky Green

2123-50 Ocean Air

 

*HC-144

 

'Blue'

 

2061-40 Electric Blue

CC-740 Labrador Blue

AF-530 Lucerne

 

*2061-40

This was also the color used in Carries apartment in Sex and the City!

 

'Green'

 

2147-40 Dill Pickle

HC-115 Georgian Green

CC-634 Herbes De Provence

 

*2147-40

 

'Yellow'

 

CC-200 Vellum

HC-4 Hawthorne Yellow

OC-108 Pale Moon

 

*HC-4

 

'Pink'

 

2081-40 Pink Blossom

2079-30 Peony

2076-20 Royal Flush

 

*2079-30

 

'Purple'

 

2068-40 California Lilac

CC-36 Peerage

2117-40 Tropical Dusk

 

*2117-40

 

 

'Orange'

 

CC-98 Prairie Lily

2015-10 Electric Orange

2168-10 Fall Harvest

 

*CC-98

 

 

Stay Inspired!

 

 

 



 

 



Picking Favorites - Part 1

 

Finding your perfect color can be stressful for some

but just come naturally with others.

Paint colors should be a backdrop to your scheme

and flawlessly be the finishing touch. 

 

Sometimes tried and true is best,

 

Here is our list of "The Best..."

 

'White'

CC-40 Cloud White

OC-65 Chantilly Lace

OC-117 Simply White

 

*CC-40

 

'Gray'

HC-169 Coventry Gray

AF-700 Storm

HC-168 Chelsea Gray

 

*HC-169

 

'Warm Gray'

HC-172 Revere Pewter

CC-518 Escarpment

CC-546 Metropolis

 

*HC-172

 

'Taupe'

CC-490 Stone Hearth

HC-87 Ashley Gray

CC-460 Inukshuk

 

*CC-490

 

'Beige'

CC-90 Natural Linen

CC-338 Bluffs

HC-45 Shaker Beige

 

*CC-90

 

Stay Inspired

And Stay Tuned for more of 'The Best..'!

 

 

 



A Fun Summer Project

 

Sometimes adding extra color into your yard can be difficult. Aside from flowers and garden décor there's not a lot of other choices.

 

A great project is painting Adirondack chairs!

 

 

If you wanted a classic color

or a fun pop of color

 You can choose any color!

 

We have pint sizes of a product called

Arborcoat

it's a solid stain, so there's no worry of priming the wood

one pint can do one chair

With two quick coats your chairs can be singing a beautiful new tune.

 

 

 

Left: HC-166 Kendall Charcoal

Right: R-9974 Viceroy

 

2048-40 Poolside Blue

 

2003-10 Million Dollar Red

 

Stay Inspired!

 

New Completed Project

Our newest project has had a couple different revamps

 

In its original form

It's first paint job

A little piece like this could make a perfect bench for a small entry, you can sit to put on your shoes and has room for a storage basket or a shoe rack.

Or would make a nice end table.

Feeling it needed a new life and with the buzz of chalk paint we got to work!

 

We made our own DIY chalk paint

and with a little paint and some distressing

 

This bench has a new (old) look

 

 

The curves of the wood seemed almost meant to be distressed

 

 





 

 

For more information on what we used to make our Chalk Paint,

come visit us in store

 

*Update - we have now finished the piece with

Howards Citrus Shield Wax in Dark Oak

this has protected the finish, still leaving the rough look

and added a light amber color.

 

 

 

 



Joanne's Living Room

We love seeing what our customers are doing,

and how color can make a space perfect!

 

Our customer Joanne sent us pictures of her living room that was transformed with Benjamin Moore!

She came to us when she was getting new carpet and wanted to change the wall colors as well

 

The colors she chose were

 

HC-172 Revere Pewter

on the picture wall

CC-500 Ranchwood

as the rest of the living room

2112-40 Stone

at the front entrance and pony walls

 

 

 

 

Thanks Joanne for sharing your beautiful living room with us!



Bring On The Sunshine

*Door painted in HC-143 Wythe Blue

Soon.... it's coming,

 

 

SPRING!

 

 

 

With this winter slowly coming to a close,
it's nice to day dream about green grass and sunshine.

 

But it's also nice to day dream about
fun colors that remind you of the season to come!

 

The quickest update to bring into your home is to repaint your front door!
A quart is all you need for a new fresh spring coat.

(coat of paint, hopefully not rain coat)

 

Inspiration is still hard to find right now
considering the gloomy skies and faded yellow grass.

 

To help here's some exterior door color ideas

Use 2005-20 Hot Apple Spice

Use 2015-10 Electric Orange

Use 2056-50 Baby Boy Blue

Use 2154-30 Buttercup

Use 2171-10 Navajo Red

Use 2068-30 Scandinavian Blue

Use 2039-20 Emerald Isle

Use 2055-30 Caribbean Blue Water

Use 2007-10 Smoldering Red

Use 2031-10 Neon Lime

Use 2065-30 Brilliant Blue

Use 2023-40 Sunburst

 

 

Have your home welcome your guests even before you open the door

 

 

Stay Inspired!