Ep. 343: Decorating Throwback: Picking Paint Colors with Fran Keenan

How to Decorate

Caroline McDonald

Arts, Business, Design

4.4 • 838 Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2024

⏱️ 58 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, it's Caroline. We hope you had a wonderful holiday season and a happy new year,
0:04.6	and we can't thank you enough for continuing to support The How to Decorate Podcast from Ballard
0:08.9	Designs. We have some exciting upcoming guests and episodes planned for 2024, but this week
0:14.4	we wanted to revisit one of our favorite episodes from the archives, Picking Paint Colors,
0:18.7	with designer Fran Keenan. Fran is one of my favorites and I just
0:23.0	loved this conversation. We're always getting paint color questions from all of you and I still use
0:29.2	many of the tips and the topics that we discussed with Fran in this episode. I recently
0:35.4	painted my daughter's bedroom and I listened back to this episode
0:39.4	before I even picked swatches. So I highly recommend this conversation. And even though we recorded it
0:46.1	back in January 2021, all of Fran's sage advice still applies. So if you've never heard this episode,
0:52.2	you're in for a treat. And if you have heard it
0:54.7	before, it's worth a second, third, or even fourth listen. Next week, we'll be back with a new
1:00.0	episode. But until then, enjoy this decorating throwback to episode 178 with designer Fran Keenan
1:05.8	picking paint colors. Enjoy. Welcome to How to Decorate from Ballard Designs, a podcast all about
1:12.4	the trials and triumphs of decorating and redecorating your home. Each week will help you
1:17.0	unleash your inner decorator. I'm Caroline, and I'm on the marketing team. And I'm Taryn and I'm a
1:22.1	product designer. And I'm Liz. I head up the Ballard Creative Team. We're your host.
1:26.8	Join the expert team of Ballard Designs for tips, tricks, and tales from interior designers, stylists, and other talents in the design world.
1:33.0	Plus, we'll answer our listener question at the end of each show.
1:35.9	So don't forget to send them to podcast at Ballarddesigns.net.
1:39.0	Yes, we love answering them.
1:40.7	Now on with the show.
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