welcome back if you're looking for a
quick way to update your home without
spending a fortune why not try a new
paint color that's right from light to
dark there are so many options though it
can be overwhelming where do we begin
interior designer Marie Flanagan one of
our favorites she's back with her top
picks for any space and Marie I think
it's so true because people may want to
paint a room but then they get scared
that they're gonna mess it all up you're
so right and paint is really like you
were saying the fastest and easiest way
to transform any space but we've all had
that experience standing in front of a
million paint colors feeling frustrated
and you know the hardest part about
paint is that it's affected by so many
different things happening in the room
whether it's the artificial light or how
much natural light is coming into the
space so I'm here today just to talk a
little bit about tips actual colors and
techniques you can use in your home
we're looking at some before and after
photos right now by the way I highly
recommend Marie Flanagan comm check out
the portfolio link as you can see some
of these transformations but sort of
walk us through what we're seeing
obviously these are lighter colors yes
you know just starting with the basics
light and bright white is one of your
strongest tools and a home renovations
and you can you can see here how we took
an old outdated beach house and really
just brought it back to life with a lot
of bright colors and using white paints
there's so many different white paint
options out there and one tip I like to
tell people is use a cooler option with
cooler undertones when you're wanting to
work with bright vibrant colors or using
warmer undertones when you want to use
more neutrals so even a white so here's
your paint tips here like your samples
of what you would recommend right yes
for people who just really want an
actual color they can go home and try
here are some of my favorites I love
cloud white it's got a warm welcoming
undertone but I don't like using it with
a bright marble so in a bathroom or next
to a kitchen I would go with an all-way
from Pharaoh and ball or a decorators
white from Benjamin Moore and by the way
we should point out that even if it's a
Sherwin Williams paint or a Benjamin
Moore paint most of the places you go
well match it will match it in their
computer
right that's exactly right okay all
right so we did light and bright let
start dark and moody I like dark and
moody well dark is so in right now and a
lot of people are really reluctant to go
to dark because they're worried about a
space feeling confined so beautiful love
it thank you here you can see how we
went really really dark on the walls but
one trick was to keep the ceiling light
and bright to help counterbalance the
contrast nothing right you have some
dark accents in here let's talk a little
bit about some myths to memory because
people often will steer away from a
darker color and we're seeing the
before-and-after on our screen of this
beautiful dark room on the right before
it was much lighter but you say don't be
afraid of going dark this whole myth
about oh it's gonna close in your space
it's not really true right that's not
true because when you go to a certain
depth sometimes it can make the walls
feel like they go on for like infinity
right gives the illusion and if you
don't want to commit to a dark color you
could always do an accent wall or try it
out on a small area right exactly or if
you're struggling with low ceilings one
trick I often do is take the dark color
and paint it on the baseboard and the
crown and it helps you long gate the
wall and make the room feel a little
taller oh well that's interesting
please I love that okay so here's your
your picks for dark and moody yes I love
witching hour it's that beautiful
combination of navy and black
Haigh blue although on the screen right
now it looks black it's this beautiful
blue rich with green undertones I love
working with natural earth tone palette
it's a it's a nice way to go timeless by
using colors of nature I love deep blues
and deep greens Kindle charcoal if
you're looking for just a classic gray
for your walls that's a beautiful paint
so there's so many there's so many
samples out there this is a beautiful I
think it's great too if you just if
you're interested in it go to a smaller
space like a powder room a half bath or
something like that to kind of test the
waters exactly we love doing butler's
pantry powders room bedrooms are a
beautiful way any room that you want to
feel like a cocoon like a library or a
study even I have friends who just redid
a kitchen and they did mostly white
throughout the entire space but the
kitchen islands they did a darker Hale
Navy Benjamin Moore
with gold hardware and it's absolutely
beautiful is that a trend we will
continue to see through the fall I think
so I think you're seeing a lot of the
graphic pops of the light and dark and
with the antique brass out there it
looks so beautiful with the deep colors
mm-hmm the new brass would be back I
know we have here what are we looking at
on the set here okay so here are some
trends that we're seeing what's hot now
the first thing I want to point out is
this beautiful shinhwa's re panel
shinhwa's we've been seeing for the past
five years which is basically a European
interpretation of Chinese art yeah which
you typically see it hand-painted on
wall the wallpaper that can be a more
expensive application it's a one-trick
like so who provided the samples today
with segreto finishes here in Houston
okay and so we had them come and you can
see what you're seeing on the screen
here we had them come and paint chinoise
are-- like panels on the wall and it
really just became the art for displays
that's the same room that's crazy it's
beautiful but someone could create
something like this in their own home if
they I mean it seems like there would be
a bit of artistic skill required I think
I think this trend you might want to
work with a professional like segreto
but would be a kindergarten art okay so
what is this what do wheelies are
cabinet fronts right yes of this trend
we're seeing a lot of the blush trend
which i think is so beautiful you're
seeing it and all sight all different
types of spaces I like to pair it with
more rustic own organic tones to pare
down the femininity and this has a gold
sort of accent on it that's perfect the
next trend is actually metallic accents
and so with what is normally just kind
of a ho-hum regular raised panel door
you can isolate part of the trim and
highlight it with a metal accent to
completely transform the look okay just
about out of time don't panic folks
because Murray sticking around for the
whole show
you also have some interesting textures
here that seem also metallic yes you're
seeing a lot of different metallic
accents we're doing a lot of metallic on
the ceiling these happen to be leather
faux leather paint finishes
but metallic is so hot right now yeah
take it apart Alex who knew I love this
accent okay as we mentioned if you want
more design inspiration you can check
out murraysblog Marie Flanagan comm
click on that portfolio tab you will cry
these bathrooms are so gorgeous
so amazing okay she's not going anywhere
she'd be back later in the show with
some popular design trends do you have a
brick fireplace or a wall at home that's
sort of drab the tips are coming up on
how to dress that up