Color Consultation in Southwest Michigan

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 Southwest Michigan

Homes in Southwest Michigan

In Southwest Michigan, we often work with 1970s and 1980s ranch homes, which often feature smaller, enclosed kitchens that homeowners want to open up for a more connected Living Space. Many 1990s and 2000s two-story colonials in subdivisions near Lake Michigan Drive present opportunities for Full-Home Design, especially when updating primary bathrooms with outdated finishes or inefficient layouts. We also see many charming 1920s and 1930s cottages, where our Bath Design expertise helps modernize compact spaces while preserving their original character. Our Color Consultation service frequently addresses the unpainted oak trim common in homes built in the 1980s and 1990s.

What homeowners in Southwest Michigan ask for

Homeowners in Southwest Michigan often seek Kitchen Design to update 1970s and 1980s galley kitchens, opening them to adjacent living areas. Bath Design projects frequently involve modernizing primary bathrooms in 1990s and 2000s homes, replacing original fixtures and finishes. We also provide Furnishing & Styling for lakefront properties, ensuring comfort and durability. Many clients request Full-Home Design for properties purchased as vacation homes, aiming to refresh the entire interior.

Led by Jennifer Peterson

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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