Vacation photographs set the tone for a paint makeover

Photos from a trip do more than just bring back memories; they can act as inspiration for your interior surroundings. To demonstrate our point, we used the mountain paint palette from The West in Color-a set of 60 colors we developed in association with Kelly-Moore Paints-to decorate two very different rooms. The color schemes were inspired by images of Washington’s Skagit Valley and Mt. Rainier, taken by travel photographer Connie Coleman ( www.conniecoleman.com).

We painted and furnished a dining room and a living room to show how to draw wall, furniture, and accessory colors from landscape photographs. Other sources of inspiration to consider are a favorite souvenir textile, ceramic, or other art object.