The Best Designers in Dallas Share Their Favorite Paint Colors for Kitchens, Bedrooms, and More
Plus, their go-to fabrics for sofas, drapes, and beyond.
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D Home
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D Home
March-April
2021
Photography by Nathan Schroder and Elizabeth Lavin
This story is part of The Best Designers in Dallas 2021 feature. Click here to see the 2021 winners.
Asking a designer to pick their favorite color is like asking a parent to choose a favorite child. “I love them all,” says Mary Anne Smiley of Mary Anne Smiley Interiors. They do, however, admit to reaching for certain shades and pairings more frequently than others. Combinations that came up time and time again in our survey included blues and greens as well as classic black and white. As stain-grade wood has made a resurgence in homes, so too have natural tones like camel, cognac, and terracotta. As is true for all design, color choices are intensely personal to the people who call a space home—their sensibilities, preferences, and even ages, as Alice Cottrell Interior Design’s Alice Cottrell notes: “I think color is important for homes with children. Color creates a happy home for them.”