As a new homeowner, I made a classic mistake. I painted my entire kitchen with what I hoped would be a cheery, sunny yellow. Imagine my surprise when I looked around and saw a room that more closely resembled a radioactive banana. As in, get out your protective eyewear.
Now what if you’d made the same mistake in every room of your house? How great would it be if someone came in and erased all those color catastrophes for you? HGTV’s Blank Canvas does just that for one very impulsive, and perhaps slightly misguided family.
The Gibsons' living room after the Blank Canvas treatment
In this one-hour special, designer Monica Pedersen steps in to help the Gibsons start from scratch. Literally. With a dramatic floor-to-ceiling whitewash called the ”Blank Canvas treatment,” Monica teaches the family to see color in a whole new way. You may be surprised at their reaction, and the results!
Blank Canvas airs this Sunday, October 4, at 5pm.
The Gibsons' completed living room makeover
i prefer the all white…sorry. I like hints of color all over but not for my walls, maybe even an accent wall,but not all over
That is wonderful the way that it has changed. It is nice to learn more about color and how to use it. Thank you for helping us all with this show.
Dan and Deanna "Marketing Unscrambled"
Is this the family who's bedroom was painted a blue-gray color with red accents? I'd love to see pictures of that!!
I just watched an episode of Blank Canvas and loved the concept. Great job HGTV!
quite a transformation after the new color scheme. looks kind of cheezy
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I thought the living room makeover photo was the "before" photo. That horrible green is only made worse with the red-ish accents.
I love the makeover! Very English country cottage. Plus the family appeared to really love it, and I guess that's what matters.
This room is pretty cute. I don't think it matters that the walls are green. It's a light green and not as bold as it COULD be. I loved the way they added splashes of red in the room. It DOES look very "English Country", which is probably what they were going for. Great job at adding space, AND personality:)
The concept of a "blank canvas," shows quite clearly that replacing one set of colors, for another set of colors is neither a design, nor a design solution. Color is the last thing to consider in a design. The "blank canvas" picture, above, is an awkward space, that in no way lends itself, to successful alteration by color alone. Without consideration, for redoing the dimensions and textures of the space itself, the room will always be a failure design wise.
What exactly is the color they used in the bedroom?
I guess families love what they can get for free, why don't we see pictures of what they did with the space, say a month after HGTV left?