Fresh Inspiration For Every Room. Exploring Color, Design, And The Art Of Home Transformation In Fairfield County, CT.
The Winter Sky Palette: Quiet Interiors For A Season of Gathering
As winter approaches and days shorten, the sky becomes the perfect source of inspiration for interior paint. Explore a hybrid palette of soft daylight hues and cozy twilight tones designed to bring warmth, brightness, and quiet beauty to Fairfield County homes this season. Learn why winter is the ideal time to refresh the spaces you live in most.
The Hidden Surfaces: The Ones You Forgot To Paint (But Wish You Didn’t)
Every home has corners we rely on but never think about—closets, stair risers, porch ceilings, utility rooms. This guide uncovers the hidden surfaces most Fairfield County homeowners overlook and why refreshing them transforms how a home feels, functions, and ages.
Color Notes: This Week at Stanwich Painting
Welcome to Color Notes, your Sunday digest from Stanwich Painting. This week, we looked at the emotional side of relocating to Greenwich, the warmth of the Thanksgiving palette, and how regional identity shapes the way Connecticut homes express themselves through color.
Is Connecticut Really—I Mean, C’mon, Is It Really New England?
Connecticut is historically New England—but do our homes agree? This playful, design-savvy editorial explores Fairfield County’s architectural identity crisis, from coastal classics to Manhattan-inspired neutrals, and how paint reveals where your home truly belongs.
The Thanksgiving Palette: Warm Colors That Feel Like Home
Every November, the light softens and the colors of gratitude return. Explore how the timeless warmth of Thanksgiving hues—browns, ochres, clays, and golds—can inspire elegant, welcoming interiors. Learn how Stanwich Painting reinterprets nostalgia through expert craftsmanship and color insight, helping Fairfield County homeowners create spaces that feel truly like home.
Relocating To Greenwich: How To Make Your New House Feel Like Home
When the rhythm of New York shifts, many families look east toward the light, calm, and craftsmanship of Connecticut’s Gold Coast. This blog explores what it means to relocate to Greenwich today: why so many are rediscovering Fairfield County’s balance of sophistication and serenity, and how a simple act of painting becomes the bridge between old life and new.
Color Notes: This Week At Stanwich Painting
Welcome to Color Notes, your Sunday digest from Stanwich Painting. This week we explored the quiet elegance of late-autumn grays, the overlooked artistry of painted trim, and the confidence of bold, expressive wall color.
Lipstick Walls: When Color Meets Confidence
When someone applies a bold lipstick, it’s not just pigment…t’s identity. The same happens when you paint a wall. In Lipstick Walls: When Color Meets Confidence, Stanwich Painting explores the fascinating overlap between makeup and interior design: undertones, self-expression, and how the right hue can change everything. From ruby reds that command attention to mauves that whisper serenity, this piece celebrates color as personal branding—for you and your home. It’s cheeky, a little glamorous, and entirely about how Fairfield County homeowners can wear their walls like their favorite shade.
The Forgotten Trim: Why Your Moulding Deserves Personality
Most homeowners can describe their wall color without hesitation—but their trim? Usually, it’s “just white.” Yet moulding does far more than frame a room; it defines its rhythm, catches its light, and holds its character. The Forgotten Trim explores how color, finish, and craftsmanship turn overlooked edges into design statements. From the quiet discipline of satin-painted baseboards to the rebellion of dark, moody casings, discover why giving your trim personality can transform not just your walls, but your entire sense of space.
Color After The Harvest: What Happens When Nature Turns Gray
As autumn fades, Fairfield County’s landscape trades brilliance for restraint: silvery skies, soft fields, and mineral grays that whisper calm. Color After the Harvest explores how this quiet palette inspires elegant, design-forward interiors. Discover how Stanwich Painting translates the season’s subtle light into timeless color for your home—where muted tones and texture create warmth long after the leaves are gone.
Color Notes: This Week At Stanwich Painting
Welcome to Color Notes, your Sunday digest from Stanwich Painting. This week, we explored bold new color directions, the enduring warmth of November palettes, and the mysterious beauty of designing for shadow and glow.
Witch’s Light: Designing For Shadow, Glow, And Mystery
As the nights lengthen, light begins to move differently: slower, softer and more mysterious. Witch’s Light explores the art of designing with shadow and glow, revealing how paint, finish, and craftsmanship can turn ordinary rooms into luminous spaces that come alive after dusk.
The November Palette: Unusual Colors That Keep Autumn Alive
As autumn deepens, color takes on new weight. The bright tones of October mellow into richer, quieter hues — the candlelit browns, coppers, and clays that make a home feel grounded through the holidays. In this post, Stanwich Painting explores unusual Benjamin Moore and Farrow & Ball colors that keep the warmth of fall alive well into November.
Beyond White: The New Contemporary Color Rebellion
Out with the contractor’s beige, in with the beautiful chaos! Splash your walls, your ceilings—your life—with color that talks back. In this Stanwich Painting blog, we dive into the boldest, most unapologetic palettes for those brave enough to make modernism sing.
Color Notes: This Week At Stanwich Painting
Welcome to Color Notes, your Sunday digest from Stanwich Painting. This week, we explored the warmth of dark palettes, the enduring appeal of moody design, and the essential paint projects to tackle before winter.
The Winter-Proof Home: Painting Projects To Tackle Before The Holidays
With winter approaching, now is the perfect time to move indoors. From kitchens and stairways to guest rooms and trim, Stanwich Painting outlines the best interior projects to complete before the holidays that blend craftsmanship, comfort, and timing for a home that feels truly ready for the season.
The Year-Round Halloween Home: Why Moody Design Endures
Once reserved for Halloween, moody design has become a year-round language of comfort and sophistication. In this essay, Stanwich Painting explores why deep, dark colors endure; revealing how shadow, craftsmanship, and light create warmth that lasts long after October ends.
The Haunted Palette: How Darkness Holds Warmth
October invites us to embrace the beauty of shadow. In this design-forward essay, Stanwich Painting explores how deep, moody colors like charcoal, plum, and espresso create warmth, texture, and emotional depth. Discover why the most sophisticated interiors aren’t afraid of the dark…they’re illuminated by it.
Color Notes: This Week At Stanwich Painting
Welcome to Color Notes, your weekly digest from Stanwich Painting. This week we explored how autumn’s light transforms color, the quiet comfort of shadow, and how memory lingers in the walls we paint and preserve.
The Weight Of Memory: Why Nostalgia Lives In Our Walls
Old homes carry the weight of memory: each coat of paint, each shadowed corner, holding the energy of lives lived before. In this reflective essay, Stanwich Painting explores nostalgia as both emotion and material reality: how paint preserves memory, how craftsmanship honors the past, and why every wall in Fairfield County tells a story if you know how to look.