Color & Light
The 60-30-10 Color Rule: Why It Works and When to Bend It
Sixty percent dominant, thirty percent secondary, ten percent accent. The most useful color formula in interior design, the reasoning behind it, and how to adapt it.
Design Journal
Color & Light
Paint, palettes, light bulbs and layered lighting, and how to make the most of North Idaho’s light in every season.
Color & Light
Layered Lighting: Ambient, Task and Accent
One ceiling fixture can’t light a room well. Designers layer three kinds of light, and the result is rooms that are practical by day and beautiful at night.
Color & Light
Choosing Paint Colors: Undertones, LRV, and Why the Swatch Lies
That perfect greige turned lavender on your walls? Blame undertones and light. How to read undertones, use Light Reflectance Value, and test paint like a pro.
Color & Light
Color Temperature and CRI: Choosing Light Bulbs Like a Designer
The wrong bulb can make a beautiful room look cold, flat or yellow. What Kelvin, lumens and CRI mean on the box, and the bulbs designers actually choose.
Color & Light
Designing for North Idaho Light: Making the Most of Gray Winters
Around the winter solstice, Coeur d’Alene gets well under nine hours of daylight, much of it overcast. How to design rooms that stay bright, warm and cheerful from November to March.