PARA Paints’ 'Colours of the Year'
Merely updating wall colours can be a rewarding way to refresh your space, Spring Valley staff tell PEI Living. Spring Valley Building Centre is the perfect place to start such an endeavor. Following a 5,000 square foot renovation to the business overall, Spring Valley’s paint department has doubled in size. It now offers even more products for customers’ growing needs. The diverse customer base of both residential and commercial clients keeps things busy in that core department. Spring Valley Building Centre and O’Leary Building Centre partnered with PARA Paints — which offers a range of paints and stains--approximately two years ago. This decision, staff say, stemmed in part from PARA’s aptitude for exceptional customer service. PARA Paints announce 'Colours of the Year' annually: 'Malachite' and 'Glamour' are the current hues. Spring Valley Paint & Interiors Associate Sharon Stewart describes malachite as “a deep plum- brown colour.” Glamour, meanwhile, “is more of a soft, feminine pink-grey.” PEI Living has learned that PARA credits Scandinavians aesthetics as an inspiration for Malachite and Glamour. Hence the recommendation from Spring Valley’s expert — to play up the colours’ minimalistic appeal with understated design elements — makes sense; she suggests doing so by incorporating textiles such as 'big knits' into room design. Spring Valley’s paint expert also recommends a quiet, serene bedroom environment as an ideal showcase for Glamour, saying that “greige” shades like Glamour accord seamlessly with up-to- date home design colour schemes. Another hint we received from Spring Valley: the broad appeal of a show- stopping accent wall hasn’t waned, and can be capitalized on by placing dull-finish, 'flat' accent walls imaginatively throughout the home.
The broad appeal of a show-stopping accent wall hasn’t waned, and can be capitalized on by placing dull-
finish, “flat” accent walls
imaginatively throughout the home.
Malachite is “a deep plum- brown colour.” Glamour, meanwhile, “is more of a soft, feminine pink- grey.”
Sharon Stewart,, Paint and Interior Consultant
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