November 28, 2011
Listen Today! Kathy Banak Discusses Hiring an Interior Designer on Brashenomics
Tune in today and listen to Kathy Banak on Seattle radio’s Brashenomics, 1150 on your (am) radio at 4pm or go to their website and listen on your computer, iPad or smart phone.
Kathy, the creator and founder of Authentic Home COLOR Paint™ will be discussing the mis-conceptions about hiring an interior designer. Brashenomics, a local radio program hosted by Ben Brashen, is a show dedicated to bringing you the best information on Financial Planning, Real Estate, Mortgage, Insurance, The Job Market, and other Business News in Seattle. 
Kathy and host Ben Brashen will also be discussing how determining a color palette is an investment in your home and Kathy will give us some inspirational ideas on how to create your own Authentic Home.
Post your questions for Kathy and Ben on Facebook or tweet them to @Brashenomics and stayed tuned to learn great tips and insight from a experienced interior design and color expert. If you would like more information on Authentic Home and Kathy’s services please contact us at 206.937.3070 or email us today.
November 25, 2011
Authentic Home and Kathy Banak Interior Design and Color Consultations
Color Consultations Seattle
For the color challenged, Authentic Home provides on-site color consultations. After reviewing the home and desired styles, Kathy creates a custom Authentic Home COLOR Paint™ palette for your home’s interior or exterior. The goal is to ensure that the paint colors are complementary for flow and visual appeal.
What you receive: 
- A detailed outline of each room’s color and finish for the walls, ceiling, door and trim. For exterior color consultations a detailed outline of the color and finish is provided for the body, trim, door and any architectural elements that need to be painted.
- 4″x6″ color cards of each new paint color
- Free painter estimates — the Authentic Home team of painters are all licensed and bonded and have a vast expertise of painting with the Authentic Home COLOR Paints.
- A 30-minute complementary interior consultation – while Kathy is reviewing the home, she will provide insight on interior design and home décor projects.
To learn more about Authentic Home and Kathy Banak’s interior design services and consultations visit our services page on our website.
Receive $100 off an Authentic Home Color Consultation or $100 credit off your initial Authentic Home Interior Design Invoice. Don’t delay! Contact Kathy today to schedule your appointment and receive this great savings! Offer expires November 30th, 2011. Call 206.937.3070
November 11, 2011
My Favorite DailyOm Inspiration – Influencing the Tone of Your Life
I want to share with you this really wonderful and inspiring website and blog that I subscribe to, DailyOM – Nurturing Mind Body and Spirit. This article in particular really resonated with me and echos my feelings about color, emotion and feeling. I hope you enjoy it! Visit DailyOM and Sign Up! for their daily Inspirational, daily Horoscope or weekly Music emails.
Influencing the Tone of Your Life
Color has the ability to trigger our emotions, affect the way we think and act, and influence our attitudes.
When we enter a room or see an object for the first time, our minds register its color before any other detail. The colors our eyes can perceive are like words that form a subtle language of mood, energy, and insight. Color can exert a gentle effect on the mind and the body, influencing our dispositions and our physical health. Color has the ability to trigger our emotions, affect the way we think and act, and influence our attitudes. You unconsciously respond to the color of the walls in your home, your car, your clothing, and the food you eat based on your body’s natural reactions to certain colors and the psychological associations you have formed around them. The consequences of the decision to paint a room or wear a specific article of clothing therefore goes beyond aesthetics.
The colors you encounter throughout your day can make you feel happy or sad, invigorate you or drain your vitality, and even affect your work habits. Throughout history, cultures spread over many different parts of the globe have attributed varying meanings to different colors. In China, blue is associated with immortality, while people in the Middle East view blue as a color of protection. There is also evidence that human beings respond to color in a very visceral way. Red excites us and inflames our passions. Too much red, however, can make us feel overstimulated and irritated. Pink tends to make people feel loved and protected but also can cause feelings of lethargy. Yellow represents joy or optimism and can energize you and help you think more clearly. Bright orange reduces depression and sadness. Blue and green are known to inspire peaceful feelings, and people are often able to concentrate better and work in rooms painted in soft blues and greens. The darker tones of both colors can make you feel serious and introspective.
There are ways to integrate color into your life that go beyond picking the hues of your décor and your wardrobe. You can meditate with color by concentrating on the colors that make you feel peaceful or using a progression of colors to symbolize a descent into a relaxed state. Color breathing involves visualizing certain colors as you in inhale and exhale. Choose to surround yourself with the colors that you are attracted to and make you feel good, and you can create an environment that makes you feel nurtured, peaceful, and uplifted.
What do you think? Discuss this article and share your opinion
October 27, 2011
It’s Not Just A Can Of Paint! Part II – The Meaning of the Color Blue
Continued from last week’s blog post…It’s Not Just A Can Of Paint!
Meaning of the Color Blue
Blue is the overwhelming “favorite color” and is the coolest color – the color of the sky, ocean, sleep, twilight. A pure blue is the color of inspiration, sincerity and spirituality. Blue is seen as trustworthy, dependable and committed. The color of sky and the ocean, blue is perceived as a constant in our lives.
Blue brings down blood pressure and slows respiration and heart rate. That’s why it’s considered calming, relaxing, and serene, and is often recommended for bedrooms and bathrooms. Be careful, however: A pastel blue that looks pretty on the paint chip can come across as unpleasantly chilly when it’s on the walls and furnishings, especially in a room that receives little natural light. If you opt for a light blue as the primary color in a room, balance it with warm hues in the furnishings
and fabrics.
To encourage relaxation in the rooms where people gather family rooms, living rooms, large kitchens consider warmer blues, such as periwinkle, or bright blues, such as cerulean or turquoise. Blue is known to have a calming effect when used as the main color of a room. When going with blue go for softer shades of blue. Dark blue has the opposite effect. Dark blue evokes feels of sadness. So refrain from using darker blues in your main color scheme. Stay with the lighter shades of blue to give you and your loved ones a calm effect.
How the color blue affects us physically and mentally
* Calming and sedate
* Cooling
* Aids intuition
My goal in creating the Authentic Home COLOR Paint™ line is to bring awareness to your emotional connection with a particular color. 
By arranging the Authentic Home COLOR Paint™ colors into five mood palettes, Elegant, Serene, Playful, Fresh, Regal, you now have a starting paint to begin the selection process so to achieve your desired feeling for your home. I invite you to enjoy exploring the meaning and effects color can have on you and your life.
Contact us this month and get $100 OFF a color consultation or a $100 CREDIT against your 1st design invoice. Call 206.937.3070 or email us to make an appointment. HURRY! Offer expires Nov 30th 2011.
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