Company C bedding, throws, and rugs are exactly what you would expect from a company that lives and breathes color. Unique designs combined with quality materials make for colorful eye candy to look at!

The Seneca quilt shares special touches like bright swirls of embroidery, novelty stitching, and appliqued flowers.

Shanghai throws are available in Mandarin, Wasabi, Cornflower, Gold, Wisteria and Peacock. Fantastic hues that would add a splash of color to any bed, chair, or sofa.

The area rug above creates a striking design that is fun and festive. Pinwheels spin wheels of eye-catching color…a great focal point to any room!

Customize your own room with Company C’s rug planner. Test out different sizes to what fits your room best

Here is a run down of the favorite paint colors:

Benjamin Moore:

Cottage Red

Powell Buff

Tree Moss

Palladian Blue

Dry Sage

Beach Glass

Kensington Green

Nantucket Grey

Confederate Red

Waterfall

Cotswold

Glidden:

Bonjour Beige

Sherwin Williams:

Independent Gold

Compatible Cream

Lounge Green

Behr:

Soft Denim

Pewter Vase

Pratt & Lambert:

Dried Moss

Cream

Dunn Edwards:

Birchwood

Duron:

Tobacco Road

Red.. the color that serves up beauty! In honor of Valentine’s Day cupid has selected a few of his favorite designs featuring the color red…

(Courtesy of NY Times)

The passion for fashion, Hollywood’s beauties walking thered carpet in their designer, red gowns.

A fairytale wedding showered with love, hearts, and of course… the color ofred throughout.

Next, a kitchen any food loving cook would spice up a meal for their honey.

Lastly, ared claw foot tub to relax any of the Valentine’s Blues away for the day.

Decorate to your heart’s desire!

Just one of those weekend projects that took longer than expected…

The dingy dresser that needed a new home and a makeover.  I have to apologize that I did not take a before picture.  ‘The Stained and The Abused’ would have been this dresser’s title.

Step 1: We (meaning my husband) added bead board to the sides and front drawers.  I came up with this because we had to hide holes from previous old hardware.

Step 2: I selected and painted Hale Navy HC-154 from Benjamin Moore to repaint the dresser.  I would highly recommend Iron Clad from Benjamin Moore because this enamel seals and protects the wood.  Who hates priming?  Well, me too….Iron Clad is self priming!  The paint does have a slight sheen, but very durable.

Step 3:  Out with the old hardware and in with the new…..I selected oil-rubbed bronze hardware to dress up the dresser.

The Final Result=  A ‘knock off’ very similar to The Land of Nod dressers selling for $799.99

Seek a paint consult for the perfect color!

Discover your color personality with Pittsburgh Paints color sense game.  Every color has an emotion association and by using your five senses the game will discover your color preference.  This should be a fun process and there is no wrong or right.  Take the quiz to shed some light on your color personality!

I am an Al Fresco which are colors that recreate nature especially shades of greens.  Green is the color of relaxation.  Get out the paint brush and start painting green….with two boys, relaxation is not even in my vocab.  This is my new favorite color!

My secondary harmony family was Almond & Honey which are creamy, bright yellows.  This is known to improve concentration and sharpens memory.  I am laughing because yellow is painted all over my house and my husband says I can not concentrate on anything.   As far as the quiz goes…..it was pretty right on for me.  I would just put Almond & Honey as my first choice since yellow is my all time favorite color and I am great at the game Memory!

Share your results and voice if the outcome is true.

Art under your feet is the only way I can describe Heirloom Oriental Rugs in Brighton, MI.  My friend, Mondi Miller does such a great job educating customers on her collection of fine-knotted rugs.  I love just going in for an interesting conversion and a look at all the different designs that weavers did by hand!!!  Just Amazing.  Here is Mondi’s education on heirloom rugs…..

India -  The popularity of rugs woven in India is due to the variety of designs, colors & workmanship available. The weavers are very attuned to the design needs of today’s market and they seem to be able to translate that into rugs that are very appealing to the American consumer.

Hard Twist -  Hand spun wool.  Hand-knotted process results in a silk like shimmer.  The dying process creates a varies, softened hand-crafted look.  Adapts well to most decors.

Wool & Silk -  The extraordinary combination of wool with silk results in a lustrous rug that is packed with rich colors.  People are attracted to the soft velvety touch.

Agra-  Lustrous hand-knotted wool.  Larger knot size results in larger more open designs with a casual feel.  Often ‘tea’ washed which tones down & mutes the colors.  ‘Beefier’ rug-good for high traffic areas.

10/14 -  High knot count results in smaller more detailed formal designs.  Often has silk highlights resulting in a beautiful luminosity.

China - Once on the forefront of rug weaving wool, wool & silk hand-knotted rugs, China today has turned to technology and reduced it’s rug making presence. A major commercial presence for the last 30 years, Chinese rugs are known for absolute perfection in color and flawless design.

Generally very fine hand-knotted wool or wool and silk.  Small detailed Persian design are more formal in nature.  Design is very precise (doesn’t vary).

Pakistan -  A up and coming force in the design world, Pakistan has been making fine hand-knotted rugs for decades. The key to their unique look is that they use vegetable dyes on many of their rugs and that gives the high knot count rug a warm golden glow. Many of the the Pakistani craftsmen use hand spun wool to create an interesting aged look. Pakistan rugs show great on wood floors.

Peshwar-  A hand-knotted peshwar is unique because the wool is hand-spun and colored with vegetable dyes.  The rugs have a soft, muted look that works with antique, transitional, or contemporary decor.

18/18 -  Pakistani rugs are uniquely beautiful due to the care taken in choosing the highest quality wool & weaving the finest knots into intricate Persian designs.  These are some of the most finely knotted rugs in the market today.

Afghanistan Tribal - Most rugs coming out of Afghanistan are woven by nomads from different tribes. Their coloring & weaving techniques are centuries old. The rug’s colors, usually,  red or rust with black or navy designs, are the result of the vegetation available to the weavers for the dying process. The looms are small enough to be transported by horseback. Some tribes have settled into villages & are working in workshops that have strayed from traditional patterns.

Tribals - Bashiri, Baktiari, Turkomans, Belgeek are designed & woven by tribal nomads.  Finely knotted, primarily root & berries dyed wool used to make geometric designs in red or rusts with black or navy.  The belgeek rug is made of the finest quality premium wool.

Persian - This is the region that originated the “oriental rug.” The finest most talented weavers have a long tradition of knotting the rugs that all others are judged by. Persian rugs can be found in musuems all over the world. Rugs are generally named after the village, town, or district where they are the hallmark of the industry.

Heriz -  These rugs are usually woven in small workshops or on family owned looms.  They have bright cheerful colors with a more folksy casual, geometric look to them.

Gabbeh -  Starting out as a village made rug, gabbehs have become a popular contemporary style featuring geometric designs, bright colors & lush pile.

Traditional Persian Tabrizes (Mahi or Nagsheh) are one of the finest hand-knotted rug available.  It is a more formal design and the rug’s beauty comes from finely knotted wool and silk construction and across the age classic design.  Increasingly difficult to find, they have become more and more a collector’s piece.

Worth visiting and shopping.  Mention you are a customer of Lesley David Design and get an additional discount.

I believe Mondi ships out of the state which is a plus for adding some of Mondi’s art under your feet!