Link Time: Minty Fresh Rooms and Innovative Decor Refreshers


Updated 04/30/12 10:35 AM · Posted by CasaSugar · 0 comments

Mint Green Paint Home Decor Pictures

Give rooms a minty coolness with these paint colors. — House Beautiful Make modern updates to traditional furniture with these finds. — Houzz  Create an eye-catching vignette by wallpapering books. — Real Simple It's hard to pick a favorite from these cool decor finds under $50. — Country Living Have you stayed in one of these 50 best hotels? — California Home + Design Did you Read more

Celebrate Spring With a Multitude of Green-Hued Rooms


Updated 03/28/12 12:56 PM · Posted by · 1 comment

Green Painted Room Pictures

The color green has much to recommend it. As a cooler color, green helps to make a space appear bigger when it's used to decorate a room. It's thought to have a calming, and even healing, effect. And this nature-based hue is associated with rebirth — perfect for Spring. Whether you're determined to paint a room green in your house, or you're still on the fence, these shades — from mint and Read more

Introduce Color in Unexpected Places With Paint


Updated 03/01/12 5:30 AM · Posted by · 1 comment

How to Decorate With Accent Colors

My favorite rooms always seem to be inspired by whatever colors I'm currently obsessing over. While I could happily reside in a space that's drenched in color, I realize some people prefer to use it more sparingly in their design. When we think of adding pops of color, though, the obvious route always seems to lead back to a throw pillow or accent chair. I'm preferring more innovative versions of Read more

Have You Painted Your Ceiling in a Surprising Color?


Updated 02/15/12 4:05 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Painting Ceiling Contrasting Color

This room is so dreamy, thanks in large part to that delicious blue wall color. But the effect is also aided by the lovely lighter blue on the ceiling. To be perfectly honest, when I've repainted my living and dining room this past time, I've skipped the ceilings — they were in fine shape, and it seemed like a major hassle, especially when I was doing all of the work myself in between Read more

Link Time: Cozy Home Tips, 25 Ways to Use Paint, and a Lovestruck Pencil DIY


Updated 02/06/12 12:56 PM · Posted by · 1 comment

Painting Ideas and Projects

25 orange paint ideas. — Stylelist Home Decorate your walls in two minutes. — Real Simple Sleep in soothing, nearly neutral bedrooms. — Houzz See how a piece of wood was turned into a lampshade. — Craft Seven steps to a super-cozy home. — Apartment Therapy Tips for making an old kitchen feel new again. — House Beautiful Create lovestruck pencils. — The Crafts Dept Source Read more

Would You Ever Paint a Piano?


Updated 10/11/11 6:23 PM · Posted by · 2 comments

Painted Pinaos

In Saturday's episode of Home by Novogratz, Rob and Cortney decided to paint a piano white to add more style to the aged instrument and to match the feel of the hip bachelor pad they were designing. I think the finished piano looks amazing. Truth be told, I'm generally not a fan of painting perfectly nice solid wood furniture — or pianos, for that matter — unless they're already damaged or Read more

Before and After: A Dining Room Trades in a Punchy Yellow For a Cool, Moody Gray


Updated 09/08/11 11:31 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Benjamin Moore Vale Mist Paint Color Photos

This weekend, I finally tackled our dining room's much-needed repainting project. After sharing some gray options with you on Facebook and carefully observing the color at all times of day and night, my husband and I decided on Benjamin Moore's Vale Mist, in the company's no-VOC Natura line. Vale Mist provided a cool, elegant gray that I thought would look great with our artwork. I also wanted Read more

Love It or Hate It? High-Gloss Ceilings


Updated 06/30/11 10:53 AM · Posted by · 5 comments

High-Gloss Ceiling Paint

The glossy white ceiling of this Coogee Beach, Sydney, home is by no means subtle. It's flashy and reflective, snazzy and arresting. But it works because the home — complete with a dreamy interior courtyard — has been designed to the nines. An "unfinished" room could not pull this off; it'd be like wearing a khaki shirtdress with rhinestone Louboutins. I would consider this effect in a Read more

Decor Don't: Choosing Paint Colors at the Store


Updated 03/29/11 11:50 AM · Posted by Shelterpop · 0 comments

Tips For Choosing Paint Colors

I'm excited to present a post from one of my favorite sites, ShelterPop! It's tempting to pick a paint color on a whim, but don't do it! Here's why. You've been on the hunt for that perfect shade for your bathroom walls, and you finally think you've found it -- in the paint aisle, at your local hardware store. Word to the wise: Don't do it. "Lighting has a huge effect on the appearance of Read more

The Bathroom Sees Red!


Updated 04/02/11 12:54 PM · Posted by · 1 comment

Photos of Red Bathroom

Here's a post from CasaSugar Community member MashiaraQCS from the Su Casa group. I recently redid my bathroom. Unfortunately I don't have any before pictures. Not enough foresight. It used to be a calming and boring shade of misty green. As I'm sure you've already guessed, it's been entirely made over with a vibrant shade of red! I love it. The old shower doors, which were getting stained and Read more