Debra Kling Colour Consultant

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Debra was fabulous!!! I was very nervous about what colors to choose for our new home... Debra came in and after asking all the right questions, she really seemed to understand what I was going for. Then she looked at my space and provided me with a new vision and a thoughtful explanation of how and why the color choices would work. She left me with 2 colors to choose from per room, and sent me Benjamin Moore color sample sheets of these colors to put up on my walls. When the great room color didn't "speak" to me, I emailed her and she promptly sent me a few other appropriate choices. She also wrote me a detailed email with our discussion, which I was able to forward right to the painter with my color choices and finishes! Now that the paint job is done... I couldn't love it more!! Those $500 spent were an amazing investment!!!

I suspect that Debra is used to last minute "color panic" because she responded to my SOS call for help quickly and calmly.
I recently bought a new place and every single inch needed paint, as it had not been touched in 25 years.  Debra came over and assessed the project, the light, our lifestyle--and me.  Over the course of several visits she developed a complete plan for the painters that left me happy and confident that my new home would turn into what I hoped it would be,
She dealt so professionally with the challenges thrown at her--an indecisive client, an open plan space, a serious lack of natural light, and unusual ceiling angles.  She has the ability to understand the look you're after even when it's just a vague idea in your head.  She then translates your ideas into a concrete action plan.  
People often see a room color in a magazine or on a website and think that by specifying that particular paint hue, they'll get the result they saw and admired.  Nothing is further from the truth!  In order to get the result you're after, you need someone like Debra who knows how to translate what you see in a photograph into the actual paint color you need to specify for your own walls.  Debra is also adept at taking your emotional temperature--will you really be happy with that trendy gray you so admire on Houzz?   
Debra's deft hand allowed me to confidently specify not only color but finish, an important part of achieving an overall look. Toward the end, I was under time pressure, but Debra rose to the occasion and met all our deadlines.
The paint is going up on 3500 square feet as I write, and each space being painted feels like a little gift of light and color.  The drop cloths are still down but I already see my house coming to life, just as I imagined it,  thanks to  Debra's trained eye.

Debra was immensely helpful to me for both interior and exterior colors.  I had a pretty good idea of what colors we wanted, but I did not know how a 2-inch-square sample would translate to a wall or to an exterior color.
Debra clearly has a vast and deep understanding of how light and context affects the color we ultimately see.  My husband and I wanted to paint our mid-century modern house in white, which would seem simple enough.  As we found out, however, every ?white? has hints of another color (slightly blue, beige, pink, green, etc).
Debra helped us find the ?white? which would actually look like white given how our trees would affect the light on our exterior.
As  for interior color, we had very particular ideas about which colors we wanted to use.  Yet again, Debra helped us to chose paint color that would look the way that we wanted.
Debra also is a master in making the most of the natural light in a room. 
Her fees were modest and reasonable.  She was prompt in replying to pleas for color help.  She spent a generous amount of time talking with us about paint choices.  And, she was a pleasure to work with.   I  highly recommend her.

I contacted Debra about helping us chose colors for the exterior of our house. The first thing I appreciated about her work style was how responsive she was. She responded quickly not only to my initial contact, but to every inquiry that followed through the life of the project (this is key as choosing colors is such an organic process!). People say I have a great eye for design and I thought I had it all figured out, but I wanted a specialist's blessing. Debra came to our house and introduced a new palette that was completely different to what I had considered, still, she managed to keep it to my taste and style. I quickly realized that I had picked colors that would not have complemented our beautiful and lush surroundings. Her mindful and experienced eye envisioned something much greater, a color scheme that gave depth and interest to our house, making it majestic while keeping it tasteful and elegant. It was a great experience and I look forward to working with Debra again on future projects!

We where really in a hurry to move into our new home and I found her quite late in the renovation process but she was very helpful and squeezed me in. She made sure the painter would have the right information on paints on time. She was very accommodating.  What I found very pleasant is that she helped me find the colors that I found nice (instead of telling me what colors she wants).