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About Rebecca Bushner
Expertise
Specifying paint/coating colors or materials for interior or exterior of buildings including residential and commercial spaces. I also do graphic design & color marketing. I'm the current immediate-past-president of the International Association of Color Consultants/Designers North America (IACC-NA), a former Color Marketing Group chairholder, and an award-winning fine artist.

Experience
I've been officially a color consultant for 7 years, a designer and researcher (tableware design) for about 10 years. I have my own color consulting/graphic design business in Arizona.

Organizations
IACC-NA: International Association of Color Consultants/Designers, North America.

Publications
NAFEM (North American Association of Food Eguipment Manufacturers, Ceramics organizations.

Education/Credentials
BA in fine art, MBA, and have taken the full International Association of Color Consultants/Designers seminar course and oral exam.

Awards and Honors
Past-President of the IACC-NA

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Painting & Wallpapering - what tile colour/style would you suggest

Expert: Rebecca Bushner - 10/18/2009

Question
we have oak cupboards, with dark green counter tops with chocolate brown walls in our kitchen we want to tile a back splash any suggestions on colour or tile style. our kitchen is quite casual in feel
thank you for your time

Answer
Hi Tracy
I'd look at old-world style or Mexican Talavera tiles...or the colors used in them if that style isn't your thing. (Image here: http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71BV4AxlhrL._SL500_AA280_.jpg)

I mention them because they are casual, rustic and have many color options including terracotta, greens, blues, golds, rusty reds, cream, browns, cobalt blues, etc. The design range from geometric to folk art-y flowers and birds to abstract. They are also available in solid colors, so you can create a mostly solid (Like cream) pattern and intersperse patterned tiles for more interest. (And so it's not so busy).
Italian tiles as well as Moorish & Spanish tiles are also available in these old world-looking designs. Here is another image, an Italian tile: http://imagecache5.art.com/p/LRG/19/1916/52L9D00Z/ruth-franks-italian-tile-i.jpg
Note the pattern similarity to the Talavera tiles...they all have a Moorish design feeling to them because of the influence from North Africa and Spain.

Good luck with adding a little pattern into your life!
~rebecca

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