By Evan Hosie
No, you don’t get someone from HGTV Remodels in a cardboard box, rather a bevy of ideas, templates – everything you need to become your own interior designer and color expert, from uber- designer Elaine Ryan. With so many people taking the DIY route,this is what we call perfect timing.
Take the Elaine Ryan “Color Bars,” which take the guesswork out of choosing colors and prevent expensive color-matching mistakes. Who can tell using those little color swatches you get at Home Depot anyway? (And this from someone who’s kitchen is now orange, instead of a soothing yellow.)
They even teach the user how to beautifully combine colors so that their home reflects their particular personality and lifestyle, something I never would have tried before.
“My daughter, Lauren Rosenberg, and I have worked in the interior design industry for quite some time, and it is clear that the industry is changing,” said President, Elaine Ryan when we spoke to her. “Our Kit provides exclusive expert advice and tips that make it easy for novices and design enthusiasts to design their living space just as a professional would, but without the professional price tag. We are providing the secrets that interior designers do not want you to know!”
You can pick up the Elaine Ryan Home Decorating Kit for $59.95 at elaineryan.com, or try your chances at winning one by “like-ing” Elaine Ryan on Facebook or following heron Twitter and Pinterest.
If only we had this BEFORE we painted our kitchen, but now’s there’s hope for the den….
When she’s not shopping or testing beauty products, Evan Hosie writes gadget reviews for the site Popgadget.net.
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