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Colour Consultation

Colour, like comfort, is something we take for granted, something we notice more in its absence and more when it is wrong than when it is right.”

– Colour Designer Janice Lindsay

Do you ever enter a room and, although its furnishings may be nothing special, it all comes together like a decorating magazine shoot? Have you ever seen a marriage of styles, perhaps Quebecois pine mixed with Danish modern, and it not only works but is also “wow”? How about how architectural details in some homes “pop?” while, in others, they are just background?

Whether you want to set a mood, set off your space or spruce up your home for resale, it’s all about the colour.

The right paint palette can enlarge a room, enhance furnishings, showcase a fireplace, brighten a corridor and make one space flow into another.  It can play with dimensions, create illusions, lend harmony and stretch boundaries.

Colour can make a bedroom becomes more restful, a living room more polished, a dining room more sophisticated, a kitchen more inviting.

There’s a lot of power in that wall of colour chips at the paint store. But how do you harness it?

Today, there are hundreds of shades of white, let alone lilac or lemon. Clients often have an idea of what they want but just can’t decide on the right tones.  It’s so overwhelming that the search too often ends with a safe cream or, worse, the wrong green or grey. The paint goes on the walls, the recommended complementary colours on the trim, but the result disappoints – and you just don’t quite understand why.

Colour will either tie your space together or tear it apart. It is the very foundation of your decor. You might absolutely love every single piece of furniture, art, and accessory in your room, but with the wrong walls, they just won’t work.

What’s more, good paint is costly. It should be an investment in your home.

It takes an experienced, expert eye to choose the correct colours to complement every piece in your room. This is where Hibou & Co. Design can help.

We have not only been choosing colour for our clients since 2008, but we are also Quebec’s first and only certified Maria Killam True Colour Expert. We’ve also attended workshops with Canada’s leading colour designer, Janice Lindsay.

Our colour consultations will take us through your home. We will listen to your ideas and incorporate your personal style.  We will consider the fixed elements such as brick walls, kitchen counters or broadloom-covered floors. We will ask about your favourite colours and the furnishings you would love to stand out. We look at the light in the room and how it hits each wall. And, of course, we will bring samples.

In just a couple of hours, we will help you produce a palette that takes a room, a hall or an entire home from dull to dazzling. You’ll colour with confidence and gain insight into where your next project may take you. And you will have indulged in design in the most elemental fashion.