IDEA STAGE

While you are at the Show, enjoy the many presentations, seminars and demonstrations from our Celebrity Guests and home improvement professionals.

The Idea Stage has developed into a major information and entertainment venue providing information, advice and answers on a wide variety of home improvement topics.
The more information you have, the more informed decisions you will make so bring your questions, plans and problems and get the solutions you are looking for!

Color Trends by Janine May presented by The Color Company and Para Paints  

Turning the pages of the 2011 Chapter of Our Creative Lives, we find ourselves reflecting on the past and looking for bold new colour inspiration for the future!
As designers know, colour trends are extremely important to both the fashion and design industries as they provide us with inspiration that sparks our creative instincts, enabling us to remain fresh, current and 'in the know'!
The importance of colour and its influence on modern life has never been more evident than now, with the ever-changing technologies and communication of the global forum in our everyday lives. There are simply too many choices and we can often find ourselves on information overload!
Trend colours provide us with directions and 'informed' guidance to allow us to formulate a palette that provides designers with dependable and current colour inspirations for all their extraordinary design projects!
Stay tuned for an exciting Colour Trends Information Session, providing you with new and creative strategies to keep your designs unique and full of bold inspiring colour and style by Para Paints 'in house' Designer, Janine May!
Visit Janine at the Color Company booth Saturday and Sunday. You can bring samples of fabric, paint, design plans and pictures and Janine will provide you with a mini consultation for your next design project!
At Para, paint is our passion, our vision, our heritage. Made to the most stringent quality standards, Para Paints give your home crisp, clean trim, the play of soft matte against gloss, and above all, anything you can imagine from a whisper to a punch of colour!
It's fun, it's flair, it's personal expression in rooms full of unique spirit and individuality, each a celebration of where and how we live. It's decorating Canadian Style! 

DESIGN PRINCIPLES & TIPS from JANINE MAY 

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