Amy Krane Color Consulting

We spent a lovely afternoon with Amy. She was super receptive to our aesthetic choices, providing us with expert advice, and beautiful options for painting the interior of our old house. She's got a great eye, and a great personality! Bravo!

Highly Recommended! Amy is a total pro. She has an amazing eye for color and design. The whole process was not just painless, it was enjoyable. And it all led to the desired result: great color options for painting our Great Room. My only regret is not using her services three years ago when we built the house.

What a wonderful experience working with Amy! Experienced, professional, and engaged, she came prepared and helped me through every step of the process. Her communication about next steps was crystal clear, her observations were spot-on, and her caring nature made the process a true pleasure. Don't settle for less, get the expertise you need to make your home truly your own.

I found Amy online and was lucky enough to get an onsite consultation. It was not something that I would normally do, but color is so important and there are so many variations of each color. Since I was painting my whole condo, a wrong choice could really be bad and expensive! Amy came with stacks and stacks of color choices. We spent the day going from room to room and seeing how the light would impact the color choices at various point throughout the room. Light has such an impact. At the end of the day, we had narrowed our choices to sophisticated colors that complimented the space. I could have never accomplished this task so successfully on my own. Color is so important; it influences our mood, and our enjoyment of our space. I would definitely recommend Amy to assist with color choices!

We worked with Amy virtually to help choose colors for painting the exterior of our home. She was easy to work with, professional, knowledgeable, and very responsive. She provided us with color samples and helped us narrow down choices in a timely manner. We couldn’t be happier with the result and are so glad we decided to work with her.

Amy did a stellar job of helping us choose paint colors for walls throughout two of our homes as well as steer us toward wallpaper choices. She has also helped me with finish recommendations for several of our renovations, including the kitchen sinks! I am extremely pleased with the outcomes and can't wait to get her lighting recommenations.

Amy Krane has an intelligent and easy process to help her clients select paint colors.I would recommend her to anyone who is unsure of the wall colors they want or to someone who is ready to make a big change in their home with paint.Amy has years of experience with paint and wall color and it shows in her relaxed, low-key and confident manner. Homeowner/ Capital District

We found Amy to be very professional. She gave us homework to do before the onsite visit that included all of the colors of our furnishings and finishes to be installed in the new house. This provided Amy a sense of our tastes in order to fine tune the onsite consultation. Onsite she methodically walked us through the rooms placing samples on each wall surface in direct and indirect lighting, guiding us with her understanding of the science of color and combining our tastes for the final selections. Later the same day we received a report documenting all selections. She also ordered large samples that we received 3 days later as well as instructions to purchase paint samples to apply in the actual rooms to be 100% sure of color and color finish. We enjoyed the experience working with Amy and the guidance she provided. We came away feeling positive about our color choices.

Our family recently moved into a previously updated and added onto 1866 farmhouse in the Driftless area in the beautiful IL/IA/WI tri-state area. I have a specific vision for the home, and the existing paint colors weren’t a good fit for the look and feel I want. I had purchased a lot of paint samples and wasn’t getting the results I thought I would when I actually tried the colors. Although I feel I have a good sense of design and even color, I find choosing paint colors is hard because you need to understand undertones and know the paint lines. I was concerned about finding a color consultant who would understand my vision and know how to help me achieve it through paint color. I had looked at several color consultants’ websites and didn’t get a sense that they used color the way I wanted to use it. Additionally, I had talked to some people locally, but they also didn’t understand my vision and seemed to suggest only “on-trend” colors. When I found Amy’s website, I was intrigued by the classic and historic homes she had worked on, her unique color choices and how well they worked in the spaces shown. At first I wondered if virtual color consulting could work, but when I had my call with Amy, I could tell she understood my vision, knew the paint lines well, and had a proven process for working with clients. Getting together the materials she requested helped me to better define my vision, too. When a choice had to be made between changing the existing trim color—and there is a lot of trim and millwork—and going with the colors I originally thought I wanted, or keeping the trim and going a different direction with walls, Amy helped me understand what the best choices would be. I chose keeping the existing trim and working with a different palette, and I loved the new direction even more than what I had originally had in mind. And it still fits my original vision for the overall look and feel of the house. And in the basement where we did new trim, Amy helped me chose a beautiful color that works with my upstairs colors. Additionally, I spent less money overall not changing all the trim, even though I worked with a color consultant. I would never have known to consider the paint colors Amy chose. Even my painters (who do a lot of very nice work in the area) were blown away by the beauty of the choices and details, like how painting the ceiling a particular color—not just standard ceiling paint—can look. One other benefit to using Amy was that I learned a lot about paint colors and lines during this process. We are embarking on a kitchen and mudroom renovation next, and I will definitely be using Amy again, and I highly recommend her.

We moved to a 1908 house in Denver after many years on the East Coast. The house has lovely woodwork and tall ceilings throughout and we were eager to get the main level and bedroom level painted. I had a one-hour consultation with someone who, while very nice, left me with sample colors that didn't feel right. I truly do not have a talent for color other than on a very broad scale. Luckily, my brother and sister-in-law were visiting and told me about Amy Krane. They had worked with her on their home in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, and they were extremely impressed with the end result. They added that everyone who comes to their house comments on how lovely the paint colors are. I emailed Amy to ask if she did virtual consults and she said it was a significant part of her business. So we signed on and got the process started! Amy's way of learning exactly what colors you already have in your existing furniture and in your art worth is dead-on. We learned so much with the "assignments" we were given before our first telephone consultation. Bottom line, I adore every color she helped us select. I don't have a favorite because every room is lovely. This work was completed in June, but immediately followed by a construction project that ended two weeks ago, so I am late with this review. We are thoroughly enjoying our new home, and we thank Amy for her knowledge and expertise in helping us.

Amy really knows her colors! I was completely stumped as to which color to paint the trim on our stone house, and within a couple of hours of working with Amy, we were able to narrow it down to three colors, all of which would compliment the stone colors beautifully. Amy was able to distinguish how the colors will appear in various light situations, which is critical given the orientation of our house. Although I haven't chosen the final color yet, I am very very close and delighted that Amy was able to help me take a significant step in making this very important decision.

We have owned our home for over 8 years now. It’s a simple home with gorgeous stone work built by meticulous stone masons over 60 years ago. However, the home didn’t have the “pop” and curb appeal we were looking for. The beauty of our home did not stand out. We needed someone with an understanding of good architectural color design for the exterior of a home. Instead of making a very costly and time consuming mistake picking the wrong colors, we took the plunge and hired Amy to help sort out our decisions. We are so glad we did! Amy is very professional and her knowledge of architectural color design is superb. She has an organized way of collecting information and schedules time to think about your specific situation and needs. If you’re on the fence wondering if it’s worth it- it definitely is! We would highly recommend Amy and we will definitely hire her again in the future if we have similar choices to make!