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Color Marie: June 2012
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A Passion For Color, Design and Architecture. Saturday, June 30, 2012. Color and Other Random Inspirations. Hope yours is off to a colorful start! It's an ideal time to let thoughts (and feet) wander. What's inspiring you? Making you visually happy? So many things are inspiring me right now. Here's just a few, pardon the randomness:. 1 My new office color. Benjamin Moore's Rocky Coast:. 2 130 years of Vogue color. 3Using color to instill pride and a sense of well being. Project Color Corps. This orangy-r...
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Color Marie: December 2011
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A Passion For Color, Design and Architecture. Monday, December 12, 2011. How Flowers Can Be the Perfect Addition of Color for Your Home. The busy rush of the holiday season makes blogging a challenge to fit into the hectic days. As a treat, I'm happy to have London based florist, Patricia Hall. And enjoy this lovely post from Patricia! No matter what the decorating style of a home is, adding the touch of flowers. Brings a new feeling of freshness, cheerfulness and peace. Do you want to keep in style with...
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Color Marie: March 2012
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A Passion For Color, Design and Architecture. Tuesday, March 27, 2012. My New "Big Girl" Office! Confession time; I have very busy with a new adventure these last 6 weeks! The fun started when I began looking at fresh ideas for different ways I can offer my color services as well as the baby steps towards another little side business. With commercial rentals being at an all time low, it occurred to me that I could take my business in a whole new direction. I was so excited to find this, my mind raced at ...
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Color Marie: November 2012
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A Passion For Color, Design and Architecture. Sunday, November 18, 2012. Beige Buildings Make Me Cry. This post has been rattling around in my head for so long, I thought it was about time to commit it to my blog. Obviously. Eige gets a hard knock as being boring and bland . This is not original news. In all fairness. T certainly has it's place in architectural. Point of view, it's somewhat cheaper to maintain buildings with less of an assortment of colors. Can al so be overlooked or under appreciated.
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Color Marie: Happy New Year and Happy Thrifting!
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A Passion For Color, Design and Architecture. Thursday, January 31, 2013. Happy New Year and Happy Thrifting! Now that we are one month into 2013, I thought I'd start a new blogging year with. Another passion of mine . thrifting. There are now blogs, websites and even songs devoted to thrifting! Out of one company's catalog. Anyone can do that! My personal taste runs to mid-century modern which, sadly, is very sought after these days! Here are just a small sample of some of my favorite finds:. I've been ...
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Color Marie: The Sweetest Goodbye
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A Passion For Color, Design and Architecture. Thursday, February 28, 2013. Do you ever feel like a kid in a candy store? Well, lately I do! I feel like there are new opportunities coming into my life adding to the other ones that are already so sweet. Named after my first little office in Alameda). View from my current window. So much good stuff but something's gotta give! Blogging is for many designers is nearly a full time occupation. And so many in the color/design field are brilliant at it! Some of m...
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Color Marie: September 2012
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A Passion For Color, Design and Architecture. Monday, September 17, 2012. Back in March I made the bold step of signing the lease on a small office out at the Alameda waterfront. It had a lot going for it which won me over, including low price, flexibility and location. While most colorists only work on site with clients, I wanted a space where I could potentially meet with clients as well. This little office also works double duty housing my little fledgling clothing business. Posted by Marie Brady.
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Color Marie: October 2011
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A Passion For Color, Design and Architecture. Wednesday, October 12, 2011. Orinda Mid-Century Modern Jewel. I know Mid-Century Modern is The Bomb. These days, but I've been a fan long before it was the current flavor of the design world. Through the tunnel, as we locals say, lies the small town on the other side of the Oakland Hills known as Orinda. I usually think of cute 60's and 70's ranch houses and newer "executive" homes when I think of Orinda. I said pulling into the round driveway. The homeowner ...
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Color Marie: July 2012
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A Passion For Color, Design and Architecture. Tuesday, July 31, 2012. Color as a Super Power? Art by Jimmy Turrell. While we've known about color blindness in the human eye for decades, there appears to be research that some humans have the ability to see more colors than the average person. I guess you can say they have super human color powers! Sorry guys, this looks like it's mainly a superpower for the ladies. Is a mild color vision defect in which an altered spectral sensitivity of red. Retinal rece...
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Color Marie: Black Dining Rooms and Why I Took the Plunge
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A Passion For Color, Design and Architecture. Thursday, December 27, 2012. Black Dining Rooms and Why I Took the Plunge. Back when we moved to Oakland 12 years ago this month, I was 7 months pregnant with a 2 year old underfoot. After getting outbid on house after house, w. E purchased our adorable cottage style home here in Montclair Village. Montclair Village during weekly farmer's market. I wanted to do right by this home. What do they do? Because it does not self level well and shows brush strokes.