How To Test Wall Colors
07/14/2008 12:20 PM by Gretchen Schauffler
When the color you imagine takes an unexpected turn and becomes a color you didn’t expect, disappointment and disbelief are sure to follow.
This happens most often with wall color. Wall color has the power to affect all other colors in a room, positively or negatively, through its sheer size and coverage. Because of this, it has the difficult task of balancing the subtle colors of enduring features like wood floors with the trivial colors of ever-changing items such as placemats, to make it all look beautiful.
You can expect disaster if you introduce a room to a wall color that fails to balance this well.
The best way to introduce a new wall color is to find a spot in the home where you can wrap your peripheral vision around the colors that already exist there.
Make sure you can see all the colors in the room, and in other rooms as well (like a family room where you can see the kitchen.) Stake out two places on a wall where you can test several paint colors in 1’x1’ squares. One place must have a lot of light. The other should have more shadow—in a corner, perhaps. This lets you see how light or dark the color can get, without having to wait days to see it in different light. Paint a white border around and in between your squares. (If the wall is already white, you are good to go.)
The reason is to keep the new wall colors you are testing from ‘changing’ as a result of being next to another color. Make sure the squares have a solid coat, so you can clearly see the color depth.
Test at least three colors that you think will work—people do better with multiple-choice questions. Using Mini-Paint Pouches™, or other paint jars on the market, can be an economical way to do this. Once you narrow you decision the one you think is a winner, either get Devine Color Paint Pages (our 8×11 color sheets) of paint, or paint a sample of the color on card stock.
You can then move the color from room to room to make sure that it continues to have the balance you are looking for.
Take the pages with you when you shop for more color so you don’t have to rely on your memory to recall and describe the wall colors in your home. Describing color can be confusing and with Devine even more so—they are complex. What I mean by that is that they cannot simply be described as “bright” red or “marigold yellow”. As an example, Devine Spice™ is a burnt golden-red color with hints of rich olive and a pinch of ground cinnamon. So it is best to have the actual color handy!
Gretchen Schauffler
Artist and Founder of Devine Color®
DevineColor: TREND WATCH
07/14/2008 11:47 AM by Gretchen Schauffler
Citrus Colors Make Their Way out of the Kitchen.
When we saw Reese Witherspoon out on the red carpet have her “stepping-out” moment wearing what looked like a delectable slice of lemon wedge as a dress, everyone went crazy over her fresh new look, and the color.
Why not try the same exciting color approach in your home with citrus squirts that embody ripe limes, sun-baked oranges, pomegranate purees, and sugary lemon drops. They might be the shot-in-the-arm your space needs to be revived and refreshed. We are enamored with them because they are a pure and rich concentrated shot of color that seems alive on its own.
With their bright vitality, they are confident and convey a sense of strength so powerful they can make your other senses believe they can smell and taste the look and feel of these ripe colors.
Tossing them in like a great fruit salad will add zest to the current trends and easily and affordably infect the personality of a home with a vivacious feeling. I would recommend to start with a dash of glassware, dishes, vases and flowers. Think crimson red wine glasses, grapefruit colored candles on black rod-iron with lime green cloth napkins on a cherry wood table or bright lemony pillows with chocolate stripes on chocolate sofas and buttery chairs. The right amount of these colors will make a big difference because these hues are unapologetically bold.
If you are ever so daring to cover large amounts of your walls with our new devinegreen™: flora-fauna™ colors such as
devinegreen Water Lily™, a soothing lavender, devinegreen Lobster™, a poached orange, devinegreen Cactus™ bog green, devinegreen poppy™, or devinegreen Flamingo™ hot pink, please remember to balance them against large amounts of icy whites and cool ecru’s to maintain the bright distinction that makes them exciting. Imagine them perfectly wedged in a kitchen, between white cabinets and white trim, a bathroom with subway white tile and a porcelain tub, or standing strong and solid behind milky blue and white bed linens.
And beware if you have earthy and muted color combinations in fabrics and art—These will quickly be overpowered and appear dirty next to strong and striking citrus hues. In such cases, what I call “natural accessories” that carry these colors in their original organic manner, such as flowers and fruit, are more effective in introducing the right amounts. With yellow Daffodils in a rustic Tuscan kitchen, or orange slices stacked up inside glass vases on a contemporary black table you can add and incorporate these fresh colors more harmoniously.
To have your “stepping-out” moment, all you need is to be start playing with these citrus colors, because they are ready to burst out whenever you are, from paint to pillows, to fruit.
Gretchen Schauffler
Artist and Founder of Devine Color®
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Devine Color: YOUTUBE color collections
06/27/2008 08:04 AM by Gretchen Schauffler
We’ve created a video to tell you all about it.
To see it on YouTube in high resolution, click this link or go to
http://youtube.com/watch?v=yHdVlPSXnzE
(And don’t forget to click on “watch in high quality” under views.)
You can also see it here on the Devine Color Blog, but only in low resolution:
Is Devine Color Full-Spectrum?
06/24/2008 09:45 AM by Gretchen Schauffler
Our colors are often assumed to be full-spectrum because they are highly saturated and stunningly rich. This is a result of the colorants we use, the light refraction from our wall finishes, and the high quality of the raw materials we pour into our paint. Think of our paint as a high-thread count fabric, the better the paint, the better the color.
We are committed to have minimal metameric problems (color changing hues in different lighting and being unstable). Tinting our color to cover over 400 square feet without losing its trueness is no easy task.
As any artist will tell you, each of us has a unique approach to how we make colors achieve luminosity. I think full-spectrum colors work well in certain applications. However, when full-spectrum colors are the largest background color in a home, and are paired with the non full-spectrum colors in rugs, sofa fabrics, wood surfaces, and tile, they can become unpredictable.
We achieve the rich, luminous quality of color with a low
risk of the color misbehaving.
Gretchen Schauffler
Artist and Founder of Devine Color®
Devine Color: YOUTUBE about us
06/24/2008 09:20 AM by Gretchen Schauffler
We’ve created a video to tell you all about it.
To see it on YouTube in high resolution, click this link or go to
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3SoVhow_sQ
(And don’t forget to click on “watch in high quality” under views.)
You can also see it here on the Devine Color Blog, but only in low resolution:
Devine Color is cruelty-free
04/22/2008 11:22 AM by Gretchen Schauffler
SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 2008,
HOUSE PAINT IS EVIL
So I’ve been reading up on paint that’s been tested on animals (thanks to Michael for bringing this to my attention!). Apparently, a lot of house paints have been tested on animals. I had absolutely no idea. For example, here’s the safety data for Behr white paint #1050 — it lists all the animal tests that were done on this paint alone. They are REALLY appalling.
Unfortunately, the Coalition for Consumer Information in Cosmetics, my usual go-to source for 100%-animal-testing-free cosmetics/household products, does not certify paint products. It just certifies cosmetics/household products. So, this makes finding 100%-animal-testing-free paints a little tricky. Basically it means that there are no paint companies that make their suppliers pledge to give them animal-testing-free ingredients. Even if I find a paint company that swears it never commissions tests on animals, this doesn’t mean its products are 100%-animal-testing-free. It means the finished products have not been tested on animals, but the initial ingredients that went into those paints may well have been sourced from companies that do test on animals. So this makes those paints about . . . 50%-animal-testing-free by my reckoning. But I’ll just have to live with that. 50%-animal-testing-free is a heck of a lot better than Behr-100%-cruelly-tested-on-animals paint.
So, here are the bunch of brands of paints that are 50%-animal-testing-free!: Devine Color Paint (USA) (vegan) Anna Sova paints (USA) (not vegan) Ecos paints (UK) (vegan) Ecopaints (mostly vegan paints) (UK) Earthborn paints (mostly vegan paints) (UK) BioPaints — some vegan paints, some not (NZ) Amma Earth Paints (Australia)
(If you know of any other paint companies that don’t test on animals, please drop me a line and I’ll add them to this list. If you’ve tried any of these paints, could you please write a fully detailed review of that paint in a comment to this post? You know — how was dealing with the company, was the color selection good, did the paints appear to be high-quality, what did the paints look, smell, and feel like, were they overly expensive or a good value, did they last a long time or peel off the walls immediately, and, out of a possible five stars, how many stars would you give them? That sort of thing. I don’t intend to paint anything for at least another five years (or ever again, if I can help it), so I’m not going to write a product review of any of these in the near future, so I’d appreciate any information on these paints
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About contemporary color
04/17/2008 04:59 PM by Gretchen Schauffler
Great article written by Pat Curry.
Good designers can make nearly any color work
Many people believe that the color palette for a contemporary home consists solely of white, black, gray and red. Interior designers beg to differ. Today’s designers employ every possible shade to enhance the beauty of the contemporary architectural style’s clean, bold lines.
“Everyone’s favorite colors are different. It has nothing to do with architectural style,” says Ruth Mortensen, a designer with Chicago-based Susan Fredman & Associates. “You can have an all-white very contemporary home and an all-white very traditional home. You can also take every palette and put it in a contemporary home.”
Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute and author of Color Messages and Meanings, couldn’t agree more. Contemporary colors can run the gamut of the color wheel, she says. It’s all a matter of context. “Just as contemporary art utilizes all manners of vibrant colors – and we are all accustomed to seeing those colorful works – so can all the other elements of interiors, including painted surfaces, laminates, fabrics and anything else in the home,” she says.
As is true with other design features and trends, the most popular colors are moving targets. According to Andrea Piontek, senior color stylist for Olympic Paints, one hot color for 2008 is purple. The paint company’s newest color palette, Luxurious Contemporary, has a trio of three quiet, soothing colors – Lilac Gray, Pale Purple and Silver Service – all with a purple base.
Not surprisingly, contemporary colors also draw inspiration from current events. According to Eiseman, Asian themes will guide many of this year’s color schemes because of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The primary color of Olympic Paints’ new Asian Fusion palette is a strong, rich red called Rum Runner. Additional colors include a soft taupe called Bristlecone and a sophisticated silvery gray called Pearl Ash.
Gretchen Schauffler, artist and founder of Devine Color in Lake Oswego, Ore., believes people have “strong feelings about contemporary color.” In her experience, those who are drawn to the minimalism of contemporary architecture and furnishings treat color as either a huge focus or something to avoid.
The trick to using color in contemporary design, she says, is to make it emotional. In her own contemporary home, she created a “strong feeling” by contrasting gray walls and black living-room furniture with a bold orange carpet and a striped pattern on the stairs.
Schauffler’s views debunk yet another misconception about color in contemporary homes: It doesn’t have to be monochrome. She says that younger buyers, in particular, appreciate the simplicity of contemporary design but want a wider array of color. They may use it in dramatic and distinctly different manners from room to room.
Brooke Ziccardi, principal of Ziccardi Designs in Costa Mesa, Calif., says her young customers are drawn to wallpapers with big, bold prints in all rooms. One room might feature massive orange birds and the next, black and white stripes. “Color is a big thing,” she says. “We’re bringing back the sunset colors of the ‘70s.”
That’s because buyers today want the temperature of contemporary to change, says Schauffler. “People crave the warmth of yellows, reds, oranges and the warmer blues,” she says. “We’re seeing warmchocolates and coffee colors taking over the neutrals … for a feeling that black, white and gray don’t offer.”
http://moeninsight.com/issue22/article1.html
How to pick your Devine Window Dress colors
04/10/2008 12:25 PM by Gretchen Schauffler
PERSONAL CUSTOMIZATION COMES WITH ULTIMATE FLEXIBILITY.
What is essential about our home fashion is the ease with which it lets you create, play, and add your own flair. Our collection of lined, sampled fabrics, in smooth and spun finishes, along with sheers, in our design clutch, makes it effortless to mix, and mingle, window dresses with accessories. Devine Color Window Dresses can move from room to room—they can borrow and interchange accessories to give you an instantly fashionable lifestyle. ORDER THE CLUTCH ONLINE OR BORROW FROM YOUR LOCAL RETAILER.
PICK YOUR COLOR PALETTE: How to use the design clutch
•Select 2 to 7 fabrics that coordinate with the overall color palette of your home. For example, if your wall colors are Devine Macadamia, fabrics such as Smooth Devine Cocoa, Spun Devine Truffle, and Spun Devine Pebble will look fantastic. You will find several fabrics coordinate together, not just for one room, but for your whole house.
•From the palette of colors you have selected, choose the colors that would be perfect as Window Dresses and/or Corset Valances.
•Next, select colors for interchangeable accessories, such as belts, buttons, and sheers
Have fun selecting which windows get to dress up in long Window Dresses or short Corset Valances, and don’t forget you can always change it up!
HOW TO DRESS YOUR WINDOW:
Hang the dresses and/or corsets on your window rod. Scrunch and gather evenly, as wide as you desire. Apply any accessory by snapping on Sheer Overlays or Corset Valances. Then, add belts, buttons or jewelry to create your personal style, or let the dress drape naturally. The possibilities are endless and afford you the fashion flexibility to go from casual to fancy in less than 5 minutes.
Bad Color: The dark side of energy-efficient light
04/09/2008 10:41 AM by Gretchen Schauffler
The right kind of light bulb makes the difference between light and death! Light affects our mood deeply. Living in the Northwest, with gray skies for most of the year inspired me to create an alternate world of rich color so I could cocoon inside over the winter months. Your world of color, inside your home, should look like a great, big, piece of eye candy!
But when colors go sickly-looking on you, due to bad lighting, they look like they have the stomach flu, and it will feel contagious, to you and everyone. As long as you have eyeballs, you have color chemistry happening, and, the sooner you accept color causes emotional reactions, even if you don’t want to react, the sooner you will want to run towards the light—the right kind of light.
CFL fluorescent light bulbs save energy, and money, and that’s what they do for you and the environment—but what they do for your home is another story. Unfortunately, they can, and will, emit a functional, utilitarian glow that drowns out color ranges and kills warmth. While they are a terrific eco solution, their technology, regarding color correction, is not quite there yet—but they are working on it. There are different kinds of CFL “color correction lights” or “full spectrum lights” that allow you to control part of the outcome. They range from warm whites, to full natural light, to some-what versions of incandescent. When you research CFL lights, find out what color correction lights are available in your particular model. I am not a lighting expert, so talk to lighting specialists in your area and find out more. Please share your information.
Meanwhile, I will do the only thing I do when I can’t control the weather, or now, light bulbs—create more alternate worlds of color, now one for the new “green world”. We are coming out with a new palette of colors for Devinegreen™, one that can also be used in with our other eco-friendly paint products. Our new, additional 43 colors will be a fantastic solution to the color-limited world of green surfaces. Be looking for the new line, launching in the Northwest, in May!
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Customers Comments about Devine Color!
03/29/2008 09:40 AM by Gretchen Schauffler
I hope these email “sound-bytes” give you a glimpse of what it’s like to play, experiment, and experience our color palettes, color tools, and paint products. These are not our words, but the words of those who took a chance on our company…
message: i want to sincerely thank you for making things simple for me. i struggled for several hours and 3 trips and several hundred dollars in the paint section of homedepot- only after finding a store with your stuff did the confusion begin to subside, you helped us make not just good but excellent choices with your products, we are truly grateful.this may sound corny but i feel like you guys are making a real contribution to peoples lives by what you do. may God bless you & your family.
I painted my sister’s whole downstairs in Issaquah, WA. We were so relieved to not have to put two coats on every wall. She kept saying, “ No, you don’t have to end at a corner or seam if we stop and get a latte”; you can just start up where you finished. I couldn’t believe you could do it or that you could touch up. We could.
Thanks, but I can’t find the samples on your website. Can you send me a link to those colors? Also – you might like to know your paints are AMAZING to clean up. I foster dogs for the pound and I had one visiting me for a weekend. She was home alone and decided she wasn’t feeling too well, and decided to use my bed as a place to rest and well, continue to be ill. Unfortunately, she tried to hide her “accident” by burying it and sending it all over the newly painted wall – that is painted the lovely “feather”. I came home from a movie to find an abstract painting of doggie “mess” on my gorgeous walls. Poor pooch was hiding under the bed. I scrubbed the walls worried it would never be the same and it looks FABULOUS.
My cousin introduced me to Devine Colors when we bought our first home in March 2005. We’ve been slowing upgrading each room since then (including the walls!). The first Devine color I tried was Honey. Having moved from Southern California, the bright sunny color has made a world of difference to the mood of our home and all the people inside. Your story is very inspiring. Thank you for following your passion!
I have had all the color pallettes in a binder for several years. It has become worn since I loan it out on a regular basis and have sold gallons of your paint, via my binder and referral to my favorite paint store, BJ’s in Tumwater, Washington. I live in a 3 year old development that still has 500 homes to build, already having 560 built. I have even shown the contract painters here how wonderful the paint is when they come to repair their punch list items and defects and see how easily the paint is able to be touched up without redoing the entire wall. They wish the builder would change the spec paint to Devine. We are huge fans of Devine and I appreciate your help and reply.
My husband has finished cancer treatments and I want to make this a room that he can relax in and heal. We sold our large home and downsized to something that would afford us to be debt free. In turn we had to do some remodeling and updating. We used Devine paint in every room and I even have fellow colleagues at school trying your paint! What I love so much about it is that it seems to even update the wall surfaces. And the colors are so rich and warm. Thank you for your creative venture in bringing this paint to us all. It is wonderful that you take time to give advice for colors…a blessing for those of us who have to wing it!
I carry your like and sell alot of your paints as they work so beautifully and everyone that uses the paints love it. I am not just putting this down to sell myself, but I love your paints personally, have most of my house in your paints and your line is usually the first one I bring out to show my clients. I’d say around 50% of my clients know your paints or have heard of them, and the other 50% are completely unfamiliar with your brand and paints. For me, it’s a very easy sell.
My love for Devine colors started with ‘Glass’. We had just moved into our mid century ranch home and I wanted to paint everywhere.* I stumbled on your colors and chose ‘Glass’ for the hallway. The long narrow hallway connects all the rooms, and is blessed with a skylight. Glass lifted the whole ‘highway’, making it a pleasant walk room to room. A year later, it’s still wonderful and has held up beautifully. When I next painted the kitchen Paprika I realized I was creating an order of color: affecting the relationships of each room as they transition to the other. I want to create harmony, while each room also has a room of its own feel. Since Glass is the connecting color, it plays off all the colors of the rooms. Also, the front of the house has lots of natural light, while the back of the house has very little. There’s a balance between how much heavy color the front can handle (now Paprika & Cocoa) vs how much bright the back rooms need, with Glass in-between. Cocoa in the living/dining room is a great fit! Then, on a complete whim, because I love the color, I picked up Foam and painted our main bathroom. This room is visible from the living/dining room and still has the 1950’s pink bathroom fixtures (double pink sinks!). I thought Foam would be modern/retro fun. It’s a beautiful color, but it’s bright. From different angles I can see all the colors and Foam is very present. Everybody loves the color, but i’m still deciding if it’s a perfect fit. Then, I have to consider the other rooms: bedroom (thinking Rain), office (really like Clay) and Den (always loved Fog). I love your palates, and I’ve collected dozens of paper samples. It’s a bit like a game, I don’t want my home to feel like Candy Land with so many different colors, but it sure makes the deciding fun! I just want to tell you how much I appreciate your product and your customer service. I’ve been to many of the Miller Paint stores, and always hear wonderful things from the staff about you. It makes the experience special for me: working with local business’, investing in quality product that is environmentally conscientious.
I’m going for it – Honey/Vanilla. Can’t stand to use anything but your paint and colors. Looking forward to seeing your exterior line.
I love your line, the whole concept of it (limited palette, yay!) and the paint is amazing. Truly no spatter and no smell and terrific coverage. I also love the delicate wall finish and the way the color practically shimmers. I’ve been doing everything I can to spread the word to my friends about what a great
product it is.
Thank you for your help. I love your colors and I love the fact that the color on the wall is EXACTLY the color that was on your color sample. Thank you for GREATLY simplifying the whole painting process for me.
For the past two summers, I have been running a small painting business. All of my work was contracted through Sherwin Williams, but I quickly learned to appreciate the qualities of other paints. I spend a lot of time consulting with clients about what type of paint they had used before, what they had liked about it, what they hadn’t like… and well, ultimately selling them on Sherwin Williams products. It is a general consensus that Sherwin Williams and Benjamin Moore are the preferred choices. People really like Olympic stains, too. I never heard anyone talk about Devine color. It wasn’t until last week that I came across your product. My grandma painted the whole interior of her house and couldn’t wait to show it off at Thanksgiving. She showed me all of the palettes and talked about how they had started with one paint brand, but switched over to Devine paints because my grandma likes the name. However, she fell in love with the quality of the paint and they rich colors. I feel in love with your products, too. They are amazing! As a paint contractor though, I am wondering why I have never seen your line before?!
First of all, I absolutely love Devine color, Devine paint and the whole concept of your company. Congrats on all of your success! Color is my absolute passion! Since discovering Devine Color I use it exclusively and follow up on what you do. I love the new website, but as I was exploring it I think I found a goof. In the How To section under the Color Coordination Circles, the color that says Sumatra, I think is suppose to be Steamer?
One of these days I will get a around to sending you pictures of the color palette I have designed for my house and for some of my friends too. I love to look at what others share and it would be selfish not to share mine as well!
As a Devine colorist, I’m a little biased when it comes to how great our colors and product are. But I recently showed the palettes and full size, real paint swatches to my old roommate, a paint contractor, who immediately exclaimed, “These are the best colors I’ve ever seen!”, followed by, “To have the actual paint in your hand versus some computer-generated reproduction is incredible- how can you do it any other way?!” He’s helping me paint our bathroom next week…can’t wait to hear what he thinks then!
Thanks for showing concern. The whigs of the world usually don’t show too much interest in me. I live in a small apartment here in Dayton, but I look forward to getting home partially because of the expression I have been able to give myself through Devine paints. The colors are deep, and multi-faceted; like precious stones. They shift in hue as sunlight and shadow play across my walls. I am satisfied.
I used a color scheme in my whole house that you recommended for me on purecontemporary.com. I wrote asking you about how to paint my house because we brought it and the whole house was painted various shades of blue. All I had for inspiration was a wooden vaulted ceiling and terracotta ceramic tile. Your colors made the house come ALIVE. You gave me two color palettes to work with, I ended up choosing the Olive, Blush, Straw, Custard and Maple combination. The house had a LOT of built in cabinetary in the family room and living room areas that was walnut colored. The colors you gave me brought the wood alive. The wood looked so fantastic against your colors, giving a rich warm glow, the we ripped up the carpet and some of the tiles and replaced with hand distressed hardwood flooring. The result was just amazing. You gave me color confidence, and as the rooms evolve continually as I add different lampshades, light fixtures, framed prints, scatter cushions, I realize how much I love color now that I am not scared to use it. I find myself drawn to the most electic items now that I have a diverse color scheme in my house, and it really works!!! One thing I notice when I go to other peoples houses, is that people are still scared to use color. Most peoples homes are painted a conservative shade of cream or ivory or white, I hope Devine color touches the heart of more people, and makes the world a brighter place. I enjoy coming home to my brighter walls, my favorite rooms are painted blush (family room) and olive (living room) and my entrance way exudes warmth (straw) The way these colors have worked their magic in these areas which get lots of traffic, really makes a difference. Thanks again, and I continue to redecorate our house, I’m doing the bathroom next and will be working with the new GREEN Paint you recommended!
Thank you for all your help…I was looking at the both Macadamia & Latte as uniform colors throughout the home and love all the brown tones you chose. One thing I forgot to mention was you will see the carpet going up the stairs & in the Den which will be charcoal (slight blue undertones, not too dark)…does this change anything? I don’t care for the greens, I love the rest except Denim…will Foam or Steamer work or are they too green? We will be painting in June…will any of your new blues/greens work better and I should wait? Thank again…I love your products and drive an hour each way to use them…TOTALLY worth it!!!!
I’ve used Devine before for my son’s room, but as a solid wall of color. It has held up very well, through washing and removal of crayon, ink and other “kid stuff”. I’m in the process of re-doing our entry area. The kids had started to remove the existing wall paper so I had little choice in removing all of it and have been in the process of how to re-finish. Hubby wanted to use the Ralph Lauren river rock, but after reading about the difficulty in achieving proper results I talked him into the Devine after explaining how easy it was to apply and the great coverage.
I LOVE YOUR PAINTS. I’VE JUST FINISHED ALMOST 8,000 SQ. FT. IN YOUR BEAUTIFUL COLORS. I HAVE RECENTLY LEARNED THAT THERE WILL NO LONGER BE A DIVINE DISTRIBUTOR IN CONNECTICUT. THIS IS SAD NEWS TO EVERYONE WHO HAS WORKED ON MY HOUSE. THE PAINTER WAS GOING TO USE YOUR PRODUCTS EXCLUSIVELY AFTER SEEING HOW GREAT MINE TURNED OUT BUT NOW HAS NO WAY TO PURCHASE. HE WILL NOT DO IT FROM THE FACTORY DUE TO SHIPPING COSTS. PLEASE TRY TO FIND SOMEONE AGAIN!!
If I am reading your site correctly, you have no locations in Tucson, and only one in Phoenix to purchase your paint….is this correct? If so, why? Please consider expanding out. I will drive to Phoenix, but would it would be so much easier to have a store locally. Also, may I order your paint pouches on line? For that matter, can I order cans of paint on line? My fear is the cost to ship …. I assume it’s very expensive to ship, correct? By the way, I never heard of your product until I saw a program on television tonight on starting a business. Your colors, from what I can see, are marvelous !!!!!!!Now, if I can only get them to my walls….
We have used your paint in the past and Just love it!! Since we have moved to the Northern Az. area and to our dismay we have found no one that carries your devine paint! Do you need a good sales rep in our area? We will ship it if we need to as it is the most wonderful paint we have ever used.
Love the paints. spent two years looking for colors. then found Divine Color. Now we are having our entire (new) house done in Divine Paints.
My sister in Oregon swears by your paint and I live 50 miles from the closest dealer and was wondering if there would be any way for you to send me a swatch of the color Ginseng?
I’m a huge Devine paint fan, as I had tried dozens of paint colors in my house before hiring a Devine paint consultant and getting help finding paint colors that are absolutely perfect.
Good morning, I had the privalage to use the Devine line in North Carolina, and since moved my paint company to Virginia, is there a store based out of Va, that I could continue useing you awesome product, and are there any contractor discounts associated for my business.
Hi! I’m a paint contractor out of Seattle and I want to know why I haven’t heard/seen more about your products! They are wonderful to work with and come in beautiful colors. I would like to know more about the company!
We have just painted the ceilings today, how long do we need to wait to tape them to paint the walls? Is that the best way to get a crisp perfect line between the wall and the celling. Thanks! P.S. we love your product!!!!
Hello, I love your paint, however our local Do It Center does not carry them anymore :-( I painted my bedroom with your Divine, paint, color is called Fescue. I want to paint my adjoining bathroom the same color.. just a shade darker. Can you please recommend a color? or send me a green color sheet, that shows what you offer? I live to far away to run back and forth to another store that carries your paint. (over 60 miles away) But if I could know that I had a color that would work… (I loved your little pouches) I would gladly drive the 60 miles each way to buy your paint.
While visiting my sister in Portland last week, I discovered your company’s product in a Miller’s Paint Store. I was so impressed!!! I would love to have a Color Consultant visit my home. Could you please help me locate one of your stores etc.??I was not able to locate a store online. Thanks so very much for your time.
I have to say that your paint is a stroke of genius. I’ve shipped my samples and humble decorating opinions as far as Dallas, Texas, where another friend also ordered her Devine colors long-distance. Now that I’m in Virginia, I do expect several more friends and neighbors here will be ordering Devine when they see what a difference it makes in our home. I cannot even imagine painting only one or two rooms – I’m quite set on getting at LEAST the entire downstairs finished before our furniture arrives. I will definitely post pictures. I will also try and send in some of the house we sold recently. Apparently the new owner was “sold” on the house largely as a result of the decor. Devine colors would be the key to that success as well. We often heard neighbors there remark on how the “whole house seems to just flow together”. I’ve always tried to accomplish this in previous interior designs, but it wasn’t until finding your paint that my visions were so easily translated into reality. Quickly, I’ll just tell you one more short story: When we were transferred to Oregon, the move came very unexpectedly at the end of my third pregnancy and in the midst of building our dream house in the wine country of Northern California. My husband actually had to call from the office to tell me we were leaving for Portland the next morning. I hung up the phone and called some college friends who had lived in Beaverton for 20-some years to share my worries about the dull skies compared to what we were used to in sunny California. She, a color scientist, was quick to share with me – her artist friend – what an incredible product you had created and how much I would LOVE it there once my house was painted in Devine colors. Sure enough, she was right. Now, I’m a customer for life – even from thousands of miles away!
I have used your your devine paint to renovate my whole house, it is fabulous!!! Everyone loves , it is in the powder finishes of Cypress, Reef, Reflections, Pecan and the cranberry color ( the name escapes me at the moment). The master is now the lemons and beans (is that correct)? Anyway, love it beyond words, Thanks for the Wonderful product…
Also, I would like to take an opportunity to thank you for your paints. They are the best I’ve ever worked with and am looking forward to painting my new house in a couple of weeks!!
I love the new colors of the French Casino line. I think these have some timeless colors and already see a couple that I want to consider using. THANK YOU!!
I get compliment after compliment on the colors in my house. Most of it is Devine Paint, and I spent hours choosing my company for colors. I was a tech engineer in coatings for a siding compnay for years, so I knew the questions to ask when it came to paint.
First, want to say that I really like your new web pages.
Second, want to share that having painted some of the colors that were recommended in my consult – just want to say I love it!
We recently painted out kitchen and family room using your paint. LOVED your paint and the way it went on!
WOW!! Just came across your site and LOVE it. I am getting ready to repaint my interior and will definitely be working from your “Woven Tattles” palette. I will be forwarding your website to all of my girlfriends also.
Thanks for the note (and response!). I particularly want to thank you for the two coat tip. I’ve always only used one (‘cuz’ it works so well!) – never thought about the depth and richness of the color! Have a gallon sitting here waiting to be used – can’t wait to paint the bedroom – & use two coats!
I just used your paint for the first time this weekend. it came highly recommended by my feng shui expert here in seattle. THANK YOU for making such a wonderful product! From the fabulous color palatte to the big color samples to the one coat richness of the paint. Figures it takes a woman to change the industry.
I am an interior designer for a certain construction company and have recently found your line of colors and absoultely love them. I have a book put together of interior and exterior colors for our clients to look though to pick their colors for their homes and would like to use only Devine colors from here on out.
I recently had some paint mixed for the bathroom – they used “delicate” instead of “lucious” – do you think they mixed the wrong base, or am I overly sensitive to it? By the way, I SWEAR by your paints and tell the world how wonderful they are!!
The color palette’s are such an added perk I can’t say enough good!
I am working with a client who has turned me on to you. The color palette she was showing me really caught my eye. When I asked her where the paints were from she told me Devine and I said as a designer I was not familiar with the paint line. And so here I am …Love what I have seen so far in the inspirational color palette and the finishes. Please tell me more and for designers..is there a program???
While visiting a friend in Portland, she showed me her many paper palettes from Devine and I fell in love with it. Finally a woman did it right! You can really see the paint color and its texure! Is there a way I can purchase your twelve unique paint palettes and have the shipped to me?
We used Devine Honey for our kitchen walls and cabinets, Devine Ray for the ceiling and Devine Sangria for an accent wall. We loved your paint and the colors so much that is all we are using for the rest of our remodel. We did a bathroom in Ginsing and an otherwise dark hallway in Whip. You can’t imagine the compliments we have gotten on all of our projects! Our latest is Latte for the living room/dining room with a Cocoa accent wall and Vanilla trim. We buy your paints at McLendon’s in Woodinville and I am always talking to unsure customers and raving about your product! Thank you so much for being so creative!
Thank you for helping me reset my priorities! Natalie is the youngest of our three daughters and tends to be a little less girlie than the other two. If we were to go with the stripes on one wall, how do we keep from making it come out looking like a prison? J
Our friends first told us about Devine Paint a few years ago and we have been using it and telling as many people who will listen about it as well. My husband says he won’t even waste his time on any other paint. Again, thank you for your response!
Hello Gretchen: Your colors are devine…no doubt about it.
I will probably use them however I must tell you my biggest problem with the line. The nearest store is a good 45 minute hike from my house. No a problem in itself BUT I have to drive there , pay to bring the samples home, and then get them back up there again. At the other end, my wood floor person is 45 in the other direction. It is just so difficult to coordinate getting the colors to all the other wood, counter top, flooring guy etc etc etc.
If only you had an easier way to let folks get the colors home. Even you compromised somehow by making up a chart and then if someone actually decides that a particular Devine grouping is perfect, then it is worthwhile to go up and get and leave a deposit on that one sample. Still a nuisance but better then paying a deposit on all the colors. Anyway, that being said. I do love your product and will try to work around the inconvenience of trying to get the mountain to mohammad. (oops, that is probably not PC these days :) If you have a suggestion I would appreciate it.
Our “new” neighbors in Palm Desert, CA introduced me to your paints – I love the color Lynnne used!! You come highly rated! Can I get a catalogue of your colors and or locations to buy it in Orange County, Calif. Many thanks!
I love your paint! It isn’t scary to put color on the walls now. All the colors I’ve used are beautiful. I painted my living room Maple. I chose Muslin for the family room that is visible through an arch way. The floors are a golden wood. I’m not sure I made the right choice with the Muslin. It doesn’t look bad, just not as warm as the Maple. I didn’t want to match, I like contrast, do you think the colors will be fine together, or do you have a suggestion for a different shade? I live on the Oregon coast with lots of grey days.
The north side of Chicago is a great market and needs you!
You are very welcome. My cousin introduced me to Devine Colors when we bought our first home in March 2005. We’ve been slowing upgrading each room since then (including the walls!). The first Devine color I tried was Honey. Having moved from Southern California, the bright sunny color has made a world of difference to the mood of our home and all the people inside. Your story is very inspiring. Thank you for following your passion!
A little update. house all done and devine is beautiful! we are all moved in.