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Color Consultation in Atlanta

Our Color Consultation service helps you select interior and exterior paint colors. We provide specific color recommendations for your home. This service focuses on color without changing layouts or furnishings.

What we do

During a Design consultation, we discuss your home's existing features and your preferences. We then present your design with specific color palettes and material selections. We provide Construction documents detailing paint colors and finishes for your contractor. Jill Kearns leads these consultations in Atlanta, and Jennifer Peterson leads them in Chicago and Southwest Michigan. We do not provide jobsite inspections for this service.

Who it suits

This service suits homes in Chicago, Atlanta, and Southwest Michigan. It is ideal for bungalows, Victorians, and mid-century ranches needing updated color schemes. We help with single rooms, entire interiors, or exterior paint selections.

Questions

What specifically do I receive with a Color Consultation?

You receive a Presentation of your design with specific color palettes. We also provide Construction documents detailing paint colors and finishes for your contractor.

How does this differ from your Full-Home Design service?

Color Consultation focuses only on paint and finish colors. Full-Home Design includes space planning, furnishing, and styling for multiple rooms, along with material selections and jobsite inspections.

Is this service suitable for exterior paint selections?

Yes, our Color Consultation service includes interior and exterior paint color selections. We provide specific recommendations for your home's exterior finishes.

Who will be working on my Color Consultation?

Jennifer Peterson leads Color Consultations in Chicago and Southwest Michigan. Jill Kearns leads these consultations in Atlanta.

Does this service include furnishing or styling?

No, this service focuses solely on color selection. Our Furnishing & Styling service covers furniture, accessories, and decorative elements.

In Atlanta

Homes in Atlanta

Atlanta's housing stock includes many 1920s and 1930s brick bungalows in neighborhoods like Virginia-Highland, often featuring small, enclosed kitchens that we reconfigure for Kitchen Design. In areas like Brookhaven, 1980s and 1990s two-story colonials frequently have primary bathrooms split into two small rooms, which we address with Bath Design. Many homes in Midtown also feature unpainted 1980s oak cabinetry that we update through Furnishing & Styling. We also work with 1950s ranch homes in Decatur, where low basement ceilings often require creative solutions for Full-Home Design.

What homeowners in Atlanta ask for

Homeowners in Atlanta frequently seek Kitchen Design for their 1920s bungalows, aiming to open up galley kitchens. Many also request Bath Design for their 1980s and 1990s colonials to combine small, separated primary bath spaces. Full-Home Design projects often involve updating 1950s ranch homes, addressing issues like low basement ceilings. We also assist with Furnishing & Styling to update interiors with unpainted 1980s oak.

Led by Jill Kearns

Jennifer Peterson and Jill Kearns, the sisters behind J. Peterson Design

About the studio

Two sisters, one studio

Jennifer Peterson founded J. Peterson Design in 2008 and leads our work in Chicago and Southwest Michigan. Her sister, Jill Kearns, leads the Atlanta studio. Together, we design homes that feel considered and beautiful, but also comfortable, functional, and personal to the people who live in them.

Although we work in different cities, we operate as one studio. We talk through plans, share ideas, question each other, and bring another experienced set of eyes to the decisions that matter. Being sisters makes that collaboration especially natural — there is a shorthand, an honesty, and a shared standard that has been there long before the studio.

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