Ep. 178: Picking Paint Colors with Fran Keenan

How to Decorate

Ballard Designs

Arts, Business, Design

4.2 • 785 Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2021

⏱️ 57 minutes

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More than any other topic, we're constantly getting questions about paint -- how to pick it the right one? What are the best colors? Which finish to use? We're answering all of your questions with today's guest, interior designer Fran Keenan. We're big fans of Fran's work, and she was a guest on episode 83. She's always picking bold, saturated color in her design work, so we thought she'd be the perfect designer to chat with us about one of the trickiest elements of design, paint. In Part 1 of this two part series, we're talking about picking colors. What You'll Hear on This Episode: We talk about why paint she be the last thing you choose in a room Questions you should ask before you pick paint colors like, what is the narrative? Paint is the easiest thing to change Light is a huge factor in how your paint and your furnishings will appear in your room Picking paint when you have a new build Testing samples, how many to test and where to test them Why paint should be the answer to questions about the tempo and vibe of your room What it means for a paint to have 'age' Should all of your paint colors across your house look good together? We'll cover more paint FAQs and more in next week's episode We talk a lot about 'nuance' and what that means in paint Show Notes: Fran Keenan Design Ep. 83 with Fran Keenan

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0:00.0	Welcome to How to Decorate from Ballard Designs, a podcast all about the trials and triumphs of decorating and redecorating your home.
0:07.7	Each week, they'll help you unleash your inner decorator.
0:10.6	I'm Caroline. I write the How to Decorate blog.
0:12.7	And I'm Taryn, and I'm a product designer.
0:14.6	And I'm Karen. I head up Ballard's branding team.
0:17.0	We're your host. Join the expert team at Ballard Designs for tips, tricks, and tales from
0:21.4	interior designers, stylists, and other talents in the design world. Plus, we'll answer a listener
0:26.4	question at the end of the show. So don't forget to send them to podcast at ballarddesigns.net.
0:30.9	I guess we love answering them. And now on with the show. So we have a repeat guest today. I'm so excited because I just, I think I mentioned
0:41.0	this in our first episode. I am such a fan of your work and have been for many, many years,
0:45.2	ever since you were at cottage living, which was like over a decade ago. But Fran Keenan.
0:58.9	Oh, thank you for having me back. Oh, my goodness. You know that me did a good job. Oh, you're so sweet. Oh, y'all are so sweet. I love being here.
1:06.7	So if you take a look at Fran's portfolio and Instagram, I think you'll see what we all love about her work, which is her use of color.
1:16.1	You, I mean, I am always just so in awe of the colors you choose because a lot of times they're very unexpected.
1:25.1	And you're so fearless with color. And like,
1:30.9	those unexpected choices are always so well executed. And I just want to pick your brain about
1:36.0	choosing paint colors because you always pick the best ones. Oh, my goodness. That is so kind.
1:44.0	Wow.
1:44.8	I would say I'm very humbled to talk about paint because I feel like there's so many people in our industry that do such a great job with it.
1:52.8	And I would say it's, I jokingly said it's like the exercise regimen of the decorating world.
2:05.0	It's like, what are you doing? What's working?
2:13.6	What's, you know, what are your secrets? What are your secrets? It is. It is. And we talk about it so much. I mean, that's part of the fun and getting to into the science of it and being able to
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