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  1. How One DIYer “Whipped” Up a Luxe Bathroom Makeover on a Budget When searching for the perfect shade of white paint for their Nashville home’s bathroom makeover, photographer and mom Jordana Claudia, along with her husband Trent, were feeling overwhelmed with options at their local big box store. ”It’s actually crazy how many shades of white there are at other brands. It can make your head spin,” Jordana says. Determined to avoid the color overwhelm induced by traditional paint brands, Jordana found her perfect white paint at Clare, falling in love with W...
  2. In with the NEW! Meet Extra Virgin, High Vibe, and Like Buttah Inspired by the trending colors our customers loved most in the past year, we’re so excited to introduce the latest additions to the Clare color lineup: Extra Virgin, High Vibe, and Like Buttah. Elevating but not out of reach, these three hues are all about inviting a sense of optimism into your space—plus they’re adaptable enough to pair with just about anything! Here, read all about our newest colors, plus a few bright ideas on how to use them in your next refresh. Extra Virgin Meet your n...
  3. The Trending Paint Colors for 2022 With a new year and comes a fresh crop of color of the year predictions that may or may not be embraced by design lovers. Instead of suggesting that one single shade will be all the rage in 2022, we comb through our sales data and customer feedback to determine which paint colors for 2022 are truly trending. After poring over our 2021 order and website engagement data, it became clear that shoppers are in the mood for soothing hues that don’t skimp on personality. From rich moody greens to w...
  4. In Joy Cho’s L.A. House, Every Room Packs a Colorful Punch Between her fun DIY projects and eye-catching collaborations, Joy Cho is known for her bold and vibrant style. But, when it came to picking paint colors for her house in Los Angeles, the multi-hyphenate creative wanted to give her signature taste a refined edge. “I love color and pattern, but I was also looking at what makes sense for this stage of life and in a sophisticated way where it doesn't feel too novelty,” she shares. Cho’s newly-constructed home—which she shares with her husband...
  5. 7 Dining Rooms You’d Want to Hang Out in All Day Long Let’s be honest: dining rooms don’t typically get a lot of design love. While these formal spaces play host to some of the most important and memorable meals in any given year (namely Thanksgiving dinner), they tend to collect dust from January through October. But, we’d argue that with the right color palette and some fresh dining room decor ideas, these classic spaces can be just as inviting and cozy as any living room—and can become prime spaces to gather all year round. In fact, dining r...
  6. What Happens When You Let Your Best Friend Design Your Bedroom Boston-based design bloggers and friends Jess Klein and Emily Starr Alfano are constantly sharing snippets of their projects on their respective Instagram accounts. But in the spring of 2020, they realized they each had a room that never saw the light of day on social media: Emily’s main bedroom and Jess’ guest room-slash-nursery-slash-home-office. “These rooms sat untouched for so long that they basically became a design Achilles heel for both of us,” says Emily, whose narrow space was incre...
  7. Before & After: This Cloffice Makeover is Small Space Goals Like so many of us, blogger and mother of two Danae Freihoff found herself with a work-from-home partner during the pandemic. Her husband Sikmon’s job went remote in early 2020, when they thought his new WFH situation would be temporary. “Now it’s turned into two years of working from home with no end in sight,” Danae says. “It became clear he needed a larger and more permanent space.” Danae saw potential in an underused space, creating a cloffice–a closet turned office–with a fresh coat of ...
  8. Leftover Paint Gave This Attic a Fairytale Feel Fit for a Two Year Old When Camille Simmons moved into her Crestline, California home with her family, she was yearning to transform the attic bedroom into a storybook space for her two year old son, Milo. “I wanted to play off the nature theme of our home and give him a fairytale-like childhood, but still keep it modern,” the Planning Pretty blogger explains. But, as if creating a bedroom that would grow with her child wasn’t already a tall order, Camille had to overcome two additional Herculean challenges: the ro...
  9. 6 Unexpected Bathroom Color Ideas to Try From wallpaper and beadboard to crown moulding and fun tile, guest bathrooms are some of the most personality-packed rooms in any home. These compact spaces are the perfect candidates for bold colors and eye-catching accents, thanks to their limited square footage. Case in point: the below six bathrooms designed by expert bloggers and interior designers. From a moody, traditional-style half bath swathed in Current Mood to a bold powder room dripping in head-to-toe Blackish, these bathroom co...
  10. 5 DIY Home Gym Ideas to Jumpstart Your Fitness Goals When the pandemic hit, David Quarles IV had no choice but to get creative. The Memphis-based interior and jewelry designer needed a place at home where he could exercise, and more specifically, teach his beloved Zumba classes. “Fitness is a big part of my day-to-day,” he explains. “So when everything shut down, I decided to turn the most underutilized part of my property into a DIY home gym.” The result? A multi-colored, motivational space that uses Golden Hour and Sublime to keep the good vi...
  11. The Perfect Paint Color for Your Walls, According to Your 2022 Horoscope Manifesting a beautiful home in the New Year? Your perfect paint color may be written in the stars! Ahead, expert astrologer Tamerri Ater-Ntonni, aka AstroFashionista shares your 2022 horoscope — and the perfect paint colors for your zodiac to guide you through the new year. In 2022, we have the opportunity to become more in tune with the world’s magical and mystical side, with expansive Jupiter at home in water sign Pisces for most of the year. Synchronistic moments and being in the right p...
  12. 7 Clever DIYs That Prove No IKEA Hack Is Complete Without Paint If there’s one thing the design community loves, it’s an IKEA hack. The Swedish retailer’s affordable and basic pieces are ripe for a touch of creativity—just look at Instagram or Pinterest to find all the ingenious ways people have added personality and character to their pieces. Take these IKEA hacks from the Clare community, for example. From Megan Zietz’s built-in wardrobe finished in Deep Dive to Peony and Honey’s next-level fluted dresser in Wing It, we’re endlessly amazed (and inspire...
  13. Introducing Peel & Stick Swatch Kits Since launching in summer 2018, we’ve pioneered a whole new way to shop for paint and have made it our mission to simplify every step in the process. From our designer-curated palette that takes the guesswork out of choosing colors (who really needs 100 shades of white?!), to our mess-free peel & stick paint samples, expert guidance and direct to your door delivery, we make paint shopping easy and convenient. Now we’re making paint sampling even easier with the introduction of our new Pee...
  14. This Paint Mural Looks Like Wallpaper at a Fraction of the Cost As the saying goes, you can’t always get what you want. But, if Dinah Eke’s paint mural is any indication, the alternative can be even better than you imagined. When the Dee Diary blogger wanted to spruce up her New York-based bedroom, she fell in love with a Kuba cloth wallpaper—but sadly, the retailer didn’t carry a peel-and-stick version to suit her rental. So, Dinah took matters into her own hands and recreated the look with paint. The blogger selected Clare’s Meet Cute and Pink Sky to ...
  15. 5 Low-Lift Kitchen Updates That Will Completely Transform Your Space The problem with Amber Guyton’s kitchen wasn’t the layout, bones, or even the cabinetry — it was the color. The dull, builder-grade brown inherently clashed with the designer’s love of vibrant hues and maximalist design, and she made a mental note to update it before she even purchased the home. “It’s a new build, so the space was pretty cookie-cutter,” she explains. “As soon as I walked through the front door, I was like, I love it, but I’m changing the kitchen.” Before After Because the ...
  16. Saturated Pink Shades Offset This Storybook Bedroom’s Lack of Natural Light Camille Simmons’ Crestline, California home looks like it belongs in a modern-day fairytale. From its lush, mountainside views to the whimsical 1920’s architecture, the property has plenty of charm to go around. “There’s a lot of great inspiration just from the area,” the Planning Pretty blogger explains. “I wanted to use the trees and flowers growing around our property as inspiration for the color palette.” That’s exactly what Simmons did when she revamped her pink bedroom walls in Rosé Se...