What people are saying.

“Thank you for your guidance.
You helped us make this home so stunning.”

— Celeste Bishop, San Rafael

“I am so happy with my recent painting of two bedrooms and its due to Florence’s good advice. The colors are so rich and soft: the accent wall perfect, but the best is having those big closet doors and frames blending into the wall. Using the same colors was BRILLIANT!! Thank you so much for taking your time with me!!”

— Jeanne Sherfey Sotheby's Real Estate International

“Florence is amazing! Florence is spot on about color. She is delightful to work with and has a highly consultative approach. She quickly connected with my vision and came up with several options for me to choose from and made sure I was happy with the end result. I highly recommend her as both a colorist and designer.”

— Amy M. Sausalito

“Working with Florence was enlightening. So many decorators come in to a project and have a vision of what they think would look great - and that’s OK - if you are not sure of what you want or you need a direction. I am confident Florence could have done this for us too. It would have been easy to choose a neutral color or an unimaginative white to paint all the walls in our 80’s track home.

However I had a more colorful vision of possibilities that our new digs could become. I just couldn’t nail down the colors. Then I started working with Florence. She worked very patiently with me, examining the stained glass window - the source of my inspiration - while it was in storage, guiding me to matching colors and helping me co-ordinate them on each wall. If I said metallic - Florence didn’t try to reign me in - she helped me create. She was professional, prompt, and prepared for all our consultations. I would not hesitate to use Florence’s services again and I definitely recommend her!
Find your Liberace with Florence!”

— Tony Modica

“If I met Florence 6 years ago I would have saved thousands of dollars and hundreds of hours of wasted time. Florence showed me how to pick the right paint and how to do it better, quicker and faster.

She had me show her pictures of my house and tied in the “right shade of gray” that went with my deck, walkway, shrubs and wood floor. It amazed me. She knew right away that the paints the painter chose were wrong and explained why. It was amazing that she knew more than my painter. It shocked me.

Bottom line before you try picking paints and samples see her first PLEASE. Until you see her work her magic it is hard to explain how much time, money and frustration she will save you.”

— Mark Huffman, Fairfax

“My husband and I recently painted the interior of our new home. We were overwhelmed with the myriad of choices in color, especially because we wanted to use a lot of neutrals. Florence took a lot of the guesswork out of which neutrals would compliment the colors we were interested in as accents. She has a great eye for color and how the natural light in each room would affect the colors we chose. Without her, we would have still been mucking around in color confusion. She’s worth every penny we spent, and much more. She also came back several times during the project to make sure everything was as we had hoped, and helped us make a few tweaks. (for these visits she didn’t charge us) She returned a final time upon completion to see the finished project, which shows she really cares about client satisfaction. Thanks, Florence!”

— Carolyn Harrington

“Florence is hands down the most caring, amazing, thoughtful, creative, wonderful and engaging consultant I’ve ever worked with. I’m a creative person and I just hit a wall trying to figure out colors for my rooms. I couldn’t figure it out. I was having a difficult time and decided to call someone to help. Florence came in and really listened to my needs and likes. She was able to sift through1000 colors and within minutes found the best colors for me to focus my attention on. She had great ideas on design. I went w/ all her ideas on my common area, stairs, bathroom, playroom and fireplace. She made the process very easy. The best thing about Florence is that she followed up afterwards to see how I liked the final outcome. She stopped by to check it out. She was there for me from beginning to end. She’s just a lovely person and great at what she does! A lovely person. ”

— Kris

“I didn’t know the first thing about how to approach color for my new house to match our furnishings in each room. Florence walked us through the process, presented multiple color palettes that would work and eased our anxiety about choosing the “wrong” colors.”

— Lisa S., Tiburon

Florence McLaughlin knows immediately whether a color has too much blue, red, green, whatever to achieve your goal.  I'm using her for more than paint: tile, stone, fabric, any choices for our whole house remodel which involve color, and almost everything does.  Her "eye" and expertise are beyond impressive and I know she will have made a bigger impact on the outcome of my home than any of the other professionals involved. It's no wonder that designers themselves consult with her for advice on their jobs.

- Kathleen Safford, Mill Valley