Barbara has written professionally for more than two decades. In the past five years, she has specialized in creating real estate and home improvement content. Besides writing for Forbes Home, she ...

(Family Features) Updating your home can provide the perfect opportunity to explore new design styles or refresh living spaces with a new color scheme. In fact, a coat of paint can help set the mood ...

Harnessing the power of color in restaurant interiors can evoke emotions and influence appetites. The psychological impact of colors is well-documented, and designers and architects of the hospitality ...

Geraldine has over a decade of experience writing within the home improvement sector. Additionally, she has unique first-hand renovation experience as the previous owner of a house-flipping business.

The color wheel was first developed by English mathematician and physicist Sir Isaac Newton, who discovered that white light (what we perceive as colorless daylight) is composed of a spectrum of ...

With the Art Deco movement in full swing, came its appreciation for lush jewel tones. From fabric to interiors, colors such as lilac purple, jade green, and glossy black, punctuated the geometric ...

In an environment where the chief task is to heal the sick and injured, color matters for both patients and healthcare personnel. In the report, “The Application of Color in Healthcare Settings,” by ...

Many home landscapes burst with color in early summer, only to fade into a flat, uninspiring green by midseason or become visually empty once flowers disappear. This often happens because gardeners ...