Architectural Color Design Services - Exterior + Interior
Residential + Commercial
Barbara Jacobs Color and Design
Love Your Home - Any Size - Any Materials - Wherever You Live
You’ve arrived at the solution to your color dilemmas and questions about using color in architecture and interiors.
Commercial or residential; single buildings or communities, including HOA properties and developments. Professional color design since 1990.
Enjoy the 2-minute Video below.
Expert Color Design Help is Here!
Providing professional color design services to Homeowners, Business Owners, Real Estate Professionals, and the design/build community.
Our focus is to create the best possible colors for Exterior and Interior spaces:
- Includes a written paint plan
- Provides color recommendations for any materials
- Assists with related design decisions as needed.
- Offers our unique, optional color visulation service:
DCP/Designer Color Palettes™ - Applies to any size project: from one room to an entire HOA community or development.
- Residential / Commercial / Education
For Real Estate Professionals + Homeowners
“Design,” or “Staging?” RE Professionals and Homeowners alike can benefit from including our professional design services in their property developments.
FAQ's
A Few Clients Comment
Condo / HOA Groups
Relax! Your most complex color and design decisions will be resolved. I enjoy working with HOA groups and have developed effective ways of doing that. Let’s chat about your needs.
HOA-New Colors: A Case Study
Creating custom color schemes for your community involves communication and creativity.
Check out this gallery of images that tell the story of one particular 126-unit project, from start to finish: ” Before,” “Inspiration,” and “After.”
Some Exterior and Interior Projects
Exterior
- Enjoy viewing this gallery of some exterior color design projects, from different geographical areas.
- Some are showing homes under construction, or simply “before” pictures, along with the same house with final colors applied.
- You’ll see “cottages to castles.”
Check the DCP section to see others that were done, using our optional Designer Color Palettes™ service, that are not included here!
Interior
Interiors are Personal!
In fact, the right interior will become a personal “built environment,” which is why I love to use the expression “Environmental Color.”
Whether for your home or your workplace, my goal is helping you arrive at the best personal environments—spaces that support your health, well-being, productivity, inspiration, comfort, and general enjoyment.
Featuring: Designer Color Palettes (DCP)
Designer Color Palettes™ is our own unique method, where you can see what your home or any building will look like with new colors of paint or other materials. We also call it “DCP,” and you can also. It’s optional and can be added at any time.
- Don’t even buy paint to test, Yet.
- First, review the color schemes we will create for you in visual modes, sending you a pdf or jpg image.
We’ll take it from there, together, to decide which of the examples I show you will best suit your purposes and design style.
Creative, Fun, Exciting, Gratifying…and more. Be sure to scroll through the galleries on the DCP pages to see a few examples.
- It’s a great way to see the inspired potential of your property.
- Be sure to check out all our photo galleries throughout this site.
Articles + More
Enjoy these articles I’ve written, and been interviewed for, about art, color design, and working with interior designers. You’ll see them on my own fine art website, and also in other printed and online publications.
What's New, Now? From Gifts to Design Resources, Fine Art + Posters.
From Gifts to Design Resources
Give the Gift of a Colorful Life
Gift certificates for color design
My own original book, Windows to Imagination: a new kind of coloring book for all ages
More Color and Design Resources you can Enjoy and Use
Fine art + Posters
Your Curated Home: fine furnishings + textiles, accessories, tiles
Four Unique Collections of beautiful home furnishings + textiles from noted vendors.
- Bathroom
- Kitchen inspirations
- Accessories, other furnishings, and more…
- Fine textiles and wallcoverings, from Kravet and others…
You can view them, select your favorites, and order directly, yourself.
Get the details here.
Collaborating with this “Long-Distance” homeowner, I developed numerous iterations showing variations of color schemes within a particular color style.
Above: one version of many.
Read their letter to me, at the page noted.
Above: 3 color versions for a cottage.
Barbara’s art combines color and pattern in eye-catching and evocative ways. Along with loving her artwork, I have worked with Barbara on color selections in my home.
Her advice is spot-on for both color choice and for finding great interior design resources.
She was so effective in helping me pick colors and design ideas for my house. With an amazing flair for both, Barbara is also kind, understanding and easy to work with.
She has lots of resources at her fingertips and is very “plugged in” to the design network around the country.
If you want get beyond beige, and create a very personal space you will enjoy for years, Barbara Jacobs is the person for you.
Interior colors + Original artwork Private Residence
—K.P., Penngrove, CA
Barbara selected the colors for my whole house, exterior and interior.
Neighbors would stop by to ask about the exterior as they admired it so much and wanted to copy it.
The interior was soothing and perfect for the 1912 Craftsman home.
Barbara’s work contributed to the rapid sale of my home.
Outstanding cost effectiveness.
—Glenn A.
Belmont, MA
I have worked with Barbara over the years on many color and design projects.
She is a highly talented professional color expert for residential and commercial spaces, including exterior paint projects, which is one of her specialities.
Barbara is available to work with you whether you are local or long distance.
Working with Barbara is a joyful experience in every aspect of the creative process.
I would highly recommend for your next project!
Debby Gomulka
Wilmington, NC
Debby Gomulka Designs