Ace's Design Experts Inspire Homeowners to Take On the Holiday Season With Style
OAK BROOK, IL--(Marketwired - Dec 9, 2014) - Ace Hardware, the largest retailer-owned hardware cooperative in the world, reveals the top color and home décor trends to create a warm and inviting atmosphere this winter. Selected by Ace's Design Experts, Julie Richard (Boston, Mass.), Nathan Fischer (Orange County, Calif.), and Katie Reynolds (Atlanta, Ga.), these trends will encourage homeowners to relish time spent indoors with friends and family by drawing inspiration from the unexpected beauty found during the winter months.
Ace's Design Experts, with over 30 years of combined interior design experience, have carefully curated a color palette ideal for the winter season, which includes warm hues and balanced neutrals alongside rich vibrant shades from the Clark+Kensington® paint+primer in one collection. "Though it is often overlooked, winter is the perfect season to draw inspiration from with a palette of rich, on-trend colors, adding a sense of warmth within the home," said Richard. "Our color selections will inspire homeowners to bring the cozy feeling of a crackling fireplace into their interior décor this holiday season, making their home the perfect backdrop for entertaining all winter long."
Julie, Nathan and Katie have identified the following Clark+Kensington colors as the top winter hues for homeowners:
Ace's Design Experts are also inspiring homeowners to bring the latest trends into their home décor this season, as winter is a popular time for indoor entertaining. The following design tips are recommended to pair alongside their winter color trends:
Clark+Kensington, a premium line of paint+primer in one, is available exclusively at the Paint Studio at Ace. Its semi-gloss finish was recently ranked #1 for the second year in a row by a leading consumer magazine in tests of interior paints. The paint line features designer-selected hues that cover the entire color spectrum to provide homeowners with a selection of beautiful, livable colors.
Designed to help homeowners find the perfect paint color, The Paint Studio at Ace features eye-catching color racks, unique pullout drawers and easy to use color cards to simplify the color selection process. Paired with the helpful service and knowledgeable advice customers can expect from Ace associates, The Paint Studio at Ace provides a world-class paint experience right in consumers' neighborhood hardware stores.
For more information on Clark+Kensington or Ace's Design Experts, please stop by your neighborhood Ace or visit www.clarkandkensington.com.
About Ace Hardware
For 90 years, Ace Hardware has been known as the place with the helpful hardware folks in thousands of neighborhoods across America, providing customers with a more personal kind of helpful. In 2014, Ace ranked "Highest in Customer Satisfaction with Home Improvement Retail Stores, Eight Years in a Row," according to J.D. Power. With more than 4,900 hardware stores locally owned and operated across the globe, Ace is the largest retailer-owned hardware cooperative in the world. Headquartered in Oak Brook, Ill., Ace and its subsidiaries currently operate 14 distribution centers in the U.S. and also have distribution capabilities in Shanghai, China; Panama City, Panama; and Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Its retailers' stores are located in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and approximately 60 countries. For more information on Ace, visit www.acehardware.com.
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