Brandy Becerra- The Importance of Paint

 This presentation from Brandy Becerra totally changed how I think about paint. She explained that when designers spec Benjamin Moore by the exact color name, code, and finish—and add in that crucial “no substitutions, no color-matching” sentence  in the contract—they recieve perfect color accuracy every single time. No weird shifts under different lighting, no painter sneaking in a cheaper “match” that ends up looking totally off. It means the finished room looks exactly like the rendering, the designer stays happy, and the client is hopefully looking into sending out referrals.

Brandy also showed how those big Benjamin Moore fan decks make color selection basically foolproof. The chips are huge compared to the tiny strips at big-box stores, so you can actually see undertones, sheen differences, and how the color reads in real light instead of guessing from a postage-stamp sample. she also explained how important  lunch-and-learns are in our future jobs. I seriously cannot wait to go to them. 

My grandma is finally updating her honey wood 1970s bathroom, and I’m being such an annoying granddaughter who’s dragging her straight to the Benjamin Moore store to buy paint fans. We sat there for over an hour while she flipped through the fan deck, holding strips up to her new vanity sample, and I kept fangirling over how much easier it is to pick a color when the chips are this big and more importantly accurate. She decided on a soft grey beige for the walls, and I’m already insisting we write “Benjamin Moore only” into the painter’s quote. Thanks to Brandy’s slides, I finally get the real value of quality paint and the fan decks. Thanks to Brandy I’m a total paint fan snob now, and my grandma’s