Have you ever delivered a plate of freshly baked cookies to your new neighbor or maybe popped some champagne to celebrate a friend’s new house? Housewarming parties have been a tradition for many years and are thought to originate in France. There, it was customary to bring firewood to your friend’s or neighbor’s new home to indeed heat the house. The fireplace would be lit and friends would gather for a dinner to warm the home.

In our last paint post we talked about sheen. Today we'll focus on some terms associated with color that are useful to know when selecting a new paint. We'll start easy with the color wheel and some terms from kindergarten class: Primary Colors: red, blue, yellow - these colors can be combined to form all of the other colors. Secondary Colors: orange, violet, green - a combination of any two primary colors. Tertiary Colors: a combination of a secondary color and a primary col