The Perfect Palette: Fifty Inspired Color Plans for Painting Every Room in Your Home - Hardcover

Bonnie Rosser Krims wrote The Perfect Palette for those brave souls ready to try something that has daunted many an interior designer: painting the walls something besides white. Even though paint is one of the least expensive ways to change the look of a room, most people find those little cards of color chips too intimidating. Krims's 50 color plans are foolproof combinations based on the aesthetics of certain places and familiar objects, with very specific details to help you plan which palette to use with your furnishings. Each page describes a palette of three Benjamin Moore paint colors, though Krims provides a cross-reference to two other brands and urges readers not to feel limited to a particular brand. Accent and trim colors are suggested, and three adjectives are used to describe the mood of the palette. "Meet Me in Miami," a soft orange/blue/green palette, is "fun, easygoing, peaceful" and "works well in ranch houses, deck houses, and 1950s contemporary houses;" Krims suggests it specifically for brightening a basement or family room. "The Emerald Isle," a green/yellow/violet combination with accents of dark orange and white trim, is "sassy, lush, luminous," and will make darker wood furniture "look lovely." Color Palettes is both intensely practical and utterly lovely, and will almost certainly inspire some brave experimentation. No more boring white rooms!

There's nothing like a fresh coat of paint and a well-chosen color scheme to make interiors not only original and attractive, but places that make us feel good. Picking and combining colors usually means hours agonizing over a pile of paint chips. No more! Talented artist Bonnie Krims has done it for you, and here is her unique approach to making your home lovelier through color.

There is no other decorating book quite like this one. Each of its fifty exquisitely illustrated recipes offers a perfectly matched set of five colors--three main colors for use on walls, furniture, and accessories; an accent color to use on pillows, flowers, and lamps; and the recommended trim color. Paint rerference numbers from the major manufacturers are included--so you'll never stand glassy-eyed in front of a paint chip display or make a mess trying to mix paint color again.

From the indigo Grape Basket to the red Iceland Poppy, The Perfect Palette's color schemes were inspired by art and nature and were chosen to evoke tranquillity, excitement, and pleasure--all the many moods that color can express.

Over fifty beautiful four-color illustrations, glorious color photos of interiors, and quotations from the arts allow the reader to visualize each suggested color combination and reveal how important color can be. And you'll find indispensable guidance on choosing furnishings, fixtures, and accessories to go with your new walls...and make your room work as a uniform whole.

With practical advice on how to paint a room, a cross-reference color chart to three major paint brands, and a special section on "tuning in" to color, this book is an effortless guide to selecting the Perfect Palette: your key to a visually splendid home.