shaping

visual

experiencE

WITH

COLOR

Kimberly Collins Jermain's color design consulting services provide homeowners, commercial property owners and design professionals with site-specific color, paint, finish and material plans for renovation and new building projects.

As a landscape painter, Kimberly uses color as a transformational tool, to shape the visual experience of interior and exterior environments with creative strategies that enhance light, comfort and design.

The light of the tropics in a family dining room
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creative

Plans

focus

on

value

Color planning brings value to your building project and overall real estate investment with strategies to: 

  • create beautiful, healthy, uplifting environments 
  • address problem areas, define color options, streamline selection processes
  • enhance spatial perception and design, augment natural light and visual flow
  • re-purpose materials and prioritize elements of color, light, finishes, artwork
  • help communicate with contractors, coach site-work, optimize craftsmanship
  • reduce waste of labor, paint and materials
 

"My intuitive skill as a painter enables me to work with color to alter the experience of space. On canvas, I use color to create three dimensional illusions; in the built environment, it is used to push and pull architectural elements into view, shaping the experience of interior and exterior spaces for the user. 

With a combination of creative site-specific strategies, I can help my clients realize their vision by solving functional issues and prioritizing the optical impact of color, light, materials and finishes for their residential or commercial projects."

 

Opening

small

spaces

Interior Renovation Color + Materials Plan

  • Includes strategies to inspire creativity in home office and artist studio
  • White walls are a functional requirement for artist to see color in studio space 
  • Cool green color block wall drops back, increases and quiets space
  • Natural sisal rug over pine flooring offsets white studio walls, warms temperature in office

unifying

History

landscape

Function

Exterior Renovation Color + Materials Plan

  • Includes strategies to create identity for a train station as a contemporary icon within New England vernacular
  • Roof shingles and exterior paint color recall nature, softening surrounding mass of asphalt
  • Green trim naturalizes rigid angles, allows building to sit back in space, differentiates building from neighboring commercial property
  • Off white color for ceiling over hang brings light into retail stores below

Enhancing

Light

Comfort

Design

 

New Construction Interior Color Plan

  • Includes strategies to color open living area, create depth and define unique spaces within the whole
  • A palette of warm whites softens the low angled light of winter that will stream through the many windows during the day
  • Textural change in kitchen materials makes for a sophisticated monochromatic palette
“Thank you for all of your help Kim.
It is really great to work with such an amazing professional - you made the process so seamless!”
— Homeowner, Winchester MA
“Kimberly Collins Jermain is the frosting on the cake when it comes to color. I am constantly updating exteriors as well as interiors for my management company and recognize that Kimberly’s color sense makes all the difference in a project ”
— Commercial Property Owner, Peabody, MA
“Kim you have given harmony to my home and marriage. My husband loved your recommendations as well! ”
— Homeowner, Topsfield, MA
 
 

Good design never goes out of style.