Stark Paint

As an interior designer, part of my job is to keep up on the trends and new products on the market, but somehow I missed the memo that Stark has a new line of paint. Some paint decks can be a lot to flip through just to find the perfect color, so I appreciate it when certain companies narrow down the selection (Farrow and Ball is another great one). Stark's paint collection contains 240 beautiful colors.

Stark Paint is the collaborative effort with London-based color specialist David Oliver, who has served as a consultant to Stark in the U.S. paint venture. Stark Paint is not only free of VOC’s and made in the America, but it is also available in three finishes including velvet emulsion, porcelain shell and lacquer gloss.


Stop by the Stark showroom in Laguna Niguel, or Kenneth McDonald in Costa Mesa to pick up a sample book.

Restoration Hardware Paint

I was sick all day today, but around 7 pm I was feeling a little better and needed to go check out some pillows that were on sale at Restoration Hardware. I've been really into gray lately and I noticed they had the perfect color of gray on their walls. I was chatting about it with the sales woman and she said that they had just painted and talking about how it was the color "slate", it took me second, but then I realized that she was talking about Restoration Hardware's own paint. How did I not know they sold paint?

Turns out they have some great colors. Everything is grayed and muted...very soothing and pretty, very Restoration Hardware. And they sell sample pots for just $3.95, which I love. It's always a good idea to paint a small area or piece of poster board before you commit to the whole room.