Many homeowners have resigned themselves to the yearly ritual of staining their decks—but it doesn’t have to be that way. Know how to protect your deck by learning about the various types of stains. Though they vary slightly by manufacturer, there are specific categories, each of which has its own characteristics and longevity expectations. [...]
How Traditional Color Pairings Continue To Evolve
May 17, 2017Some fashions are meant to go together: the little black dress and high heels, Italian suits and silk ties, oxford shirts and pullover sweaters. The same is true of home fashion. Some color combinations—blue and yellow; green and pink; purple and brown; red, black, and white—are longtime partners that show no sign of splitting [...]
How Nature Is Influencing Color Trends
May 17, 2017When Pantone revealed that Greenery, a “fresh and zesty yellow-green shade,” was its 2017 Color of the Year, we knew that the pronouncement was indicative of a broader decorating trend: bringing the great outdoors inside. Nature’s hues have inspired consumers’ home decorating choices for decades in ever-evolving ways. Recall the earth tones of the 1970s, [...]
6 Ways to Welcome Spring into Your Home
May 1, 2017The warmer weather is here! What better way to celebrate welcoming the new season than by inviting it into your home? Spring offers great potential for a wide variety of home décor ideas. From big projects like paint, to simpler ideas like fresh flowers, you can embrace new colors, themes and prints into your home. [...]
How to Choose the Right Painting Tools
January 13, 2017Paint Tools in New York Are you ready for your next interior painting project? Once you have decided on your overall vision for your home’s new aesthetic, you will need to make sure you have the right tools to finish the job. Without the right tools, your paint job will not have that professional quality [...]
Design Trends for 2017
January 12, 2017Whether you are redesigning your home this year, need a new paint color on your walls, or want to pick out some on-trend furniture pieces, now is the best time to start! The beginning of the year paves the way for beautiful design trends you will enjoy for all of 2017 and longer. At Wallauer’s [...]
Color Matters: Summer Purple
July 8, 2016he purple color pallet can add an array of color options in both modern, contemporary and traditional interior spaces. Purple is also the most powerful wavelength of the rainbow and is considered rare in nature. Light-hues of purple can often symbolize something light hearted (love, floral, etc) while dark purple aligned more with royalty and [...]
Color Matters: April Blue
April 11, 2016Blue, a primary color, suggests truth, constancy, sincerity, and tranquility. Blue is universal due to his familiar associations with oceans and the sky. Blue’s calming quality make it great and often primary choices for bathrooms and bedrooms. Commonly, monochromatic schemes are used with variations of blue in shades, tints and tones combined together. The range [...]
Color Matters: January White
January 19, 2016Designers use White as there go to color; a clean, fresh canvas that works with any combinations of colors or can stand alone and be the star. The color of a wall makes the biggest impact on a room’s visual appearance. There are a lot of important issues when tackling a room such as scale, [...]
Color Matters: December Red
December 3, 2015The holiday season inspires every shade of red; from a deep, robust red to a rich, bold, ruby red. A color of passion and power, red adds a new dimension and explosion to your living space. Red is a demanding color that stimulates appetites; a reason why it is used in dining rooms. Dark, wine [...]