by Anne Cummins | Dec 30, 2017 | Colors, Design Tips, Interior Design
Each New Year brings new color forecasts or “Color of the Year” updates from paint companies such as Benjamin Moore, Sherwin Williams, and Pratt and Lambert. Although I don’t always embrace or follow “Colors of the Year,” I find 2018’s featured colors, color trends... 
by Anne Cummins | Sep 27, 2017 | Colors, Design Tips
Gray rules! Over the past few years, and for about 80% of the projects I’ve worked on, gray has been the preferred starting point for color schemes. Gray is everywhere – interior paint colors, cabinetry, quartz and granite counter tops, tile, upholstery fabrics,... 
by Anne Cummins | Apr 14, 2017 | Colors, Interior Design, Kitchen and Bath Design, Tile and Stone
Looking out my window, things are finally turning green. Leaves and flowers are starting to pop! Greens have been popping up in recent interior design projects too. It’s refreshing to specify green tones in materials such as granite for kitchens or baths, or green... 
by Anne Cummins | Feb 13, 2017 | Colors, Interior Design
I’ve been putting together some color and fabric schemes that include lots of red. I haven’t done anything with red in quite a while – blue, green and grays have been more typical the past year or so – and it was really interesting gathering all sorts of red fabrics... 
by Anne Cummins | Jan 2, 2017 | Colors, Interior Design
With the start of a new year, I’ve been mulling over new plans and goals. For much of my blogging, I’m planning to focus on color in design. Color plays such an important role in our lives, whether it’s in our natural and outdoor surroundings, our interior... 
by Anne Cummins | Aug 21, 2016 | Colors, Kitchen and Bath Design, Tile and Stone
On several new construction projects and renovation projects this summer, gray has been the prominent color selected for paint schemes and materials. For the past several years warm color schemes have prevailed (and are still very popular and beautiful) with lots of... 
by Anne Cummins | Jun 24, 2016 | Colors, Interior Design, Tile and Stone
Several residential interior design projects I’m working on include whole house paint color schemes. Clients are gravitating towards gray colors, which I put together in combinations from light to dark that flow well throughout the home. Gray then also comes into play... 
by Anne Cummins | May 6, 2016 | Colors, Interior Design
As we head towards summer, blue and off-white room schemes are popping up in several of this spring’s interior design magazines. I just put together several blue and white combinations for a living room, dining room and master bedroom for a Cape Cod client who would... 
by Anne Cummins | Feb 19, 2016 | Colors, Design Tips, Interior Design
Since late last year, there has been a lot of buzz (and a lot of blogging) about Benjamin Moore’s Color of the Year for 2016, Simply White. It’s inspired me to write my own blog about white and off white paint selections. Although I don’t spec white colors for... 
by Anne Cummins | Nov 6, 2015 | Colors, Interior Design
This is a fun, personalized color and fabric scheme for an office in a traditional Colonial home, for a client who loves bright colors and contemporary design elements. The fabrics we’ve selected for window treatments and accents are all fairly traditional, but the... 
by Anne Cummins | Oct 22, 2015 | Colors, Miscellanea
Wow – the color is beautiful out there in New England this fall. In the past few weeks, I’ve had the good fortune to travel through parts of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, upstate New York and Massachusetts, snapping photos along the way. Last week in the... 
by Anne Cummins | Oct 2, 2015 | Colors, Design Tips, Interior Design
Time for leaf peeping drives, mulled cider, mums and pumpkins! What would autumn be without pumpkins and the color pumpkin? It’s actually a great interior color year-round. It makes a beautiful backdrop for gray, beige, brown or black upholstery and accent pieces, and...