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Happy in Your Home

Humans are soulful beings and those souls need to be tended to regularly.  At The Larkin Painting Company our mission is built upon “Care of the Soul”.  You care for your soul when you care and tend to your home environment.  This can be something as simple as putting new color up on your walls [...]

Words to Live By~July 6, 2012

I thought this was a wonderful and wise qu0te: “The way to know life is to love many things.” ~Van Gogh~ Here’s to truly knowing and exploring life.   Be well, Bill

Glorious

Today I wanted to share some glorious inspirational blue with you. Morning glories definitely deserve their name.  The blue and yellow glow.  Nature is amazing; what a gift!  Be well, Bill

Words to Live By~June 20, 2012

I am a great lover of words.  I am a great lover of wisdom.  The world presents many demands and pitches us around from time to time.  I enjoy finding just the right words and wisdom that lift the spirits, calm the mind and energize the body.   In this space, I will from time to [...]

Color in Monet’s House

We have all heard of and maybe you are even lucky enough to have visited Claude Monet’s garden at Giverny.  While the gardens are indeed a splendid work of art, you don’t hear much about the interior of Monet’s house.  That is a shame, because the man used color boldly and creatively in his home. [...]

Plant Your Own Color

At the Larkin Painting Company, we often speak of care of the soul through care of your home and environment.  As a painting company, we help you focus on the environment inside of your home.  However, you know from reading this blog that I find inspiration, beauty and color everywhere.  Color and beauty can be [...]

Color You Can Eat~Pantone Color Inspiration

  I am sure you have heard someone say, “That color looks good enough to eat!”  Maybe you have even said it yourself when looking at a particularly rich color of red or a sweet cotton candy pink.  Well a blogger has been playing around with Pantone colors and her food.  Pantone is a wonderful [...]

Kipper Color

  Are you familiar with the children’s show Kipper?  My granddaughter simply loves it.  It’s easy to see why.  Kipper’s world is gentle yet exciting.  Recently while she was watching an episode, I noticed how beautifully the artists use color in this show.  Many children’s shows have wonderful palettes, but Kipper is one of the [...]

Thank You Flowers

  The eyes we see with become flowers, the ears we hear with are flowers, the lips we speak with become flowers. ~Thick Nhat Hanh Whenever we undertake a project, we work hard to ensure that our clients enjoy the process.  Often after completing a project, many customers tell how much they miss our painting [...]

Blue

Ask a person what his or her favorite color is and the answer is usually blue, and with good reason too.  Blue is an aspiring and inspiring color.  It symbolizes hope, confidence.  It can be happy or moody, silly or reserved.   Blue is calming and blue is electric.  We see this certain calm when we [...]