Ep. 38: Color 101 with Maria Killam

How to Decorate

Caroline McDonald

Arts, Business, Design

4.2 • 785 Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2017

⏱️ 71 minutes

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We've been waiting to get color expert Maria Killam on the podcast ever since we heard about her October color workshop here in Atlanta. She captivated us on day one of her workshop, and afterwards, we sat down to talk paint, color, undertones, and timeless interior design. This is an episode you won't want to miss! What You'll Hear on This Show: Maria gives us a rundown of paint undertones and why they're importantWhat makes a decor choice timelessWe talk about paint swatches, why you need big ones, and how fan decks are madeWe ask how you know which paint color to shoot for?We talk about why choosing a paint color should be an easy choiceWhat's the difference between a 'clean' versus a 'dirty' color?Why mixing your own custom color isn't necessarily the best strategyWe talk about choosing exterior paint colors and why you should approach them differentlyWe talk about choosing colors in adjacent roomsWhy the right wallpaper can totally transform outdated fixtures and finishesWhy styling and decorating can solve a ton of problems before you renovateWhy you should look to your closet when searching for color inspirationWe ask Maria what the biggest mistake is that people make when it comes to color?We talk about why it's so important to use large swatches of fixtures and finishes when you're renovating

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0:22.2	Welcome back to the How to Decorate Podcast from Ballard Designs. We want to teach you how to decorate your home and unleash your inner decorator. So we'll be interviewing interior designers, stylists, and other talents in the design world, sharing the trials and triumphs of our own homes, and also answering your decorating questions. I'm Caroline. I run the Ballard Designs blog, How to Decorate.com. And I'm Taryn, and I'm in the product design team at Ballard. And I'm Karen, and I'm in branding for Ballard.
0:42.3	All right, we have a very special guest today. We have been looking forward to this since probably June when we first reached out.
0:48.2	Our guest is Maria Killam, and she is a color expert, and she teaches a seminar, color seminars.
0:56.4	She's here in Atlanta right now.
0:58.1	She has a blog.
0:58.9	She has books.
0:59.9	You're a designer and have an e-design.
1:02.2	And if you guys have been listening to the podcast, her name has come up many times with designers talking about what huge fans they are of her and how much she has taught them
1:10.9	about color.
1:11.6	So you're going to help us today learn about color, right?
1:14.0	Yes.
1:14.8	Yeah.
1:15.7	Yeah.
1:16.2	So I think Lisa, Mindy, on one of our episodes back in the spring, mentioned that she
1:21.7	came to one of your color seminars.
1:23.8	And she had some of your color boards and took them all to our projects.
1:28.7	So I think after that I started looking you up and found out you were coming to Atlanta and here you are.
1:34.3	Our official stalking of you began.
1:36.1	Yes, exactly.
1:38.2	And we were lucky enough today to sit in on the first day of your three-day class.
1:42.7	Yes.
1:43.1	It was really interesting.
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