P4D Book Club! ~ Add Some Color to Your Library

Jonathan Adler, known for his bold use of colors, has written a book to inspire our use of bold color choices with the know-how needed to always keep it chic. Jonathan Adler on Happy Chic Color is one book of a new series of books that Adler is releasing (as per the reliable sources at Elle Decor). Also available is Happy Chic Accessorizing. We'll let you know when his other books hit the shelves.

Happy reading!

Design Tip of the Week (9.13.10): Easy Makeovers

A fresh coat of paint can change a room dramatically. Its amazing what a difference a new color will do to a space without changing any other element. Furniture and complementary colors will take a new form. Its a fast and easy way to completely redo a room's look and costs nothing more than a gallon or two of

Check out last spring's Primed4Design{er}changed the look of two rooms with a simple change of wall color.

Laura took her guest bedroom from a yellow hue to a warm brown.
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To rework the living room, the ragged paint effect was replaced with a fresh blue to bring a new feel and style to the room.

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Throughout the Fall, P4D will share some tips on easy ways to makeover a room. You too can be a weekend warrior.

Dandy Chandy Tuesday ~ Miami Chandelier Month!

Well Helloooo P4der's! I (Jen) am blogging live from the heart of Miami Beach! Chrys is still running P4D from DC, and I've taken us down the East Coast & am now living in Miami!

I thought it would be fun this month of June to feature fabulous hotels and the chandy's in them every Tuesday. There really are some wonderfully designed hotels down here, including the Viceroy that was decorated by the one and only Kelly Wearstler. Check out the photos above from the Viceroy, so fun & fabulous!

She also has a GREAT book called Hue. I suggest you guys check out, chock full of inspiration!

Design Tip of the Week (2.22.10) ~ Technorate

In this wonderful era of apps and software for anything you can think of there are some very cool decorating/designing tools out there to help you plan out, lay out, furnish, and paint (just to name a few). Here are some fun techie design options to help you "technorate" your space.

Pick your perfect paint colors with the ColorSnap app for Iphone by Sherwin Williams. This free application lets you identify a color palette, get help determining complimentary colors, and save your color combos as you work through your house projects.


Design a very customized floor plan with a huge variety of architectural options, color choices, textures, furniture and very exact measurements down to the centimeter (even the furniture!) to help you think through every detail with Floor Planner. You can do a one shot deal for free or buy a package for as low as $29 a year. You can also go demo the site and have some fun designing your dream home!


Or go for the gold and redesign the whole house virutally! HGTV Home Design and Remodeling software allows user's to create designs from scratch or upload pictures of their current spaces and completely remodel them.