Fresh Inspiration For Every Room. Exploring Color, Design, And The Art Of Home Transformation In Fairfield County, CT.
Chocolate On The Walls: Browns That Feel Like A Gift
Brown is returning not as a background neutral, but as an emotional anchor. Chocolate-toned walls create spaces that feel warm, grounded, and quietly luxurious—less about making a statement, more about making a home feel held. This piece explores why brown is becoming one of today’s most compelling interior colors, and how to use it beautifully.
Blush & Bittersweet: Designing With Love-Tinged Pinks And Cocoa Browns
Valentine’s doesn’t have to mean red. Some of the most romantic interiors are built on quieter gestures—blushes that feel like skin tones, browns that recall chocolate, coffee, and worn leather. This piece explores how soft pinks and cocoa-rich browns create spaces that feel intimate, grounded, and timeless, offering a grown-up approach to love-inflected color that lives beautifully long after February ends.
Color Notes: This Week At Stanwich Painting
Welcome to Color Notes, your Sunday digest from Stanwich Painting. This week we explored winter palettes, intentional design choices, and color strategies for emotional uplift during the darker months.
Get Rid Of The Winter Blues: Bright, Bold, & Slightly Unhinged Color Thinking
Winter doesn’t always need calmer colors. Explore how bright, bold, and slightly unhinged paint choices can bring energy, personality, and joy back into your home.
Stop Designing For Other People: Making A Home That Feels Like You
Most homeowners aren’t actually chasing trends, instead they’re chasing permission. This essay explores why borrowing taste often leads to hollow interiors, and how choosing paint colors from instinct rather than influence creates homes that feel personal, grounded, and lasting.
Soft Weight: Why Pink And Maroon Feel Right In February
February is a season of emotional warmth wrapped in physical cold. This essay explores why soft pink and maroon paint colors feel unexpectedly right in winter interiors—offering grounded pairings from Benjamin Moore and Farrow & Ball that prioritize depth, finish, and longevity over trend or theme.
Color Notes: This Week At Stanwich Painting
Welcome to Color Notes, your Sunday digest from Stanwich Painting. This week we look at winter paint colors, demanding rooms where paint matters most, and why the off-season is ideal for exterior planning.
The Quiet Season For Exterior Planning
Winter strips away distractions and reveals the true condition of a home’s exterior. Without landscaping or summer light to soften the view, paint fatigue, wear patterns, and aging surfaces become easier to see. This reflective season offers homeowners a rare opportunity to take inventory, plan thoughtfully, and prepare for spring exterior work with clarity rather than urgency.
The Most Demanding Room In The House (And Why Paint Matters More There)
Bathrooms are the most demanding rooms in the house, facing daily moisture, heat, and constant use. Winter makes those pressures impossible to ignore. Here’s why paint matters more here than anywhere else — and how thoughtful choices quietly improve daily life.
The Color of Snow: What Winter Light Reveals About Paint (And Why It Matters In Fairfield County)
Snow doesn’t just change the landscape—it changes the light inside your home. After a heavy Northeast snowfall, winter brightness can reveal undertones, shift whites cooler or warmer, and make neutrals behave differently than they did in fall. This guide breaks down what “the color of snow” really means for interior paint choices, from soft whites to snow-shadow grays, and how Fairfield County homeowners can choose colors that stay beautiful in every season.
Color Notes: This Week At Stanwich Painting
Welcome to Color Notes, your Sunday digest from Stanwich Painting. This week we explore quick mood-shift updates, smart ways to use AI for paint colors, and what to know before painting a brick exterior.
Can You Paint Brick? The Truth Behind The Most Controversial Exterior “Upgrade”
Painting brick is one of the most debated exterior upgrades—and for good reason. Brick isn’t siding: it’s porous masonry that manages moisture differently, and the wrong paint system can lead to peeling, trapped moisture, and long-term damage. In this guide, we break down when painting brick is a smart choice, when it’s a mistake (especially on historic homes), and what alternatives like limewash or brick stain can offer. If you’re considering painting a brick home in Fairfield County, here’s the grounded, no-drama truth before you commit.
Paint Regret, Replaced: Using AI To Choose Interior Colors With Confidence
AI paint visualizers and design tools are changing how homeowners choose interior paint colors. Learn how to use AI to avoid paint regret and paint with confidence.
The 5-Minute Color Mood Shift: Paint Choices That Instantly Change A Room’s Energy
The fastest way to refresh your home is paint. Here are five color directions that transform a room’s energy in minutes, plus a simple finish tip that makes it all feel intentional.
Color Notes: This Week At Stanwich Painting
Welcome to Color Notes, your Sunday digest from Stanwich Painting. This week we looked at freeing 1990s homes from dated palettes, exploring frosted January tints, and understanding how winter light affects paint undertones.
Winter Light Doesn’t Lie: Choosing Paint Colors That Hold Up In Snow Season
Winter light is the season where paint tells the truth. Snow reflection amplifies undertones, exposes sheen, and makes “safe neutrals” feel suddenly wrong—here’s how to choose colors that hold up.
The Colors Of January: Frosted Tints And The Quiet Return Of Color
January interiors call for restraint, calm, and quiet optimism. Discover how Sherwin-Williams’ Frosted Tints bring soft color and modern warmth to winter spaces—without overwhelming the season.
Why 1990s Homes Feel Stuck And Why That Was The Point
Homes built in the 1990s were designed to be safe, neutral, and broadly appealing. Decades later, that stability can feel like indecision. This essay looks at why those homes feel stuck today—and how thoughtful paint choices can help them move forward.
Color Notes: This Week At Stanwich Painting
Welcome to Color Notes, your Sunday digest from Stanwich Painting. This week we explored personal color identity, how to apply the Sherwin-Williams 2026 forecast, and what design experts are predicting for next year.
What The Design World Is Really Predicting For 2026
Designers aren’t predicting bold new looks for 2026, instead they’re predicting correction. A thoughtful overview of where color, paint, and interiors are actually heading in the new year.