The Painted Room

Small Changes with Big Impact Jean is creative, responsive, and fast. We contacted her to visit our 1,300-square-foot condominium and suggest ways to bring extra pop to our blue and red color scheme. After spending an hour with us, she made three simple suggestions: Paint the inside front door and dining room doors a deep blue; paint the cream walls a slightly grayer shade throughout; and put something bold (such as a big poster) on the wall in our breakfast nook. She then followed up with paint samples and was quick to answer our questions. After taking all three of her suggestions, we are delighted with the results. The updates look like us, only with added panache. And the consultation cost less than we expected. We smile every time we walk through the front door.

We hired Jean to provide color consultation on the main floor of our 1920's row house. Jean was fantastic to work with. She carefully and expertly considered key elements of our home that would inform the color choices, but she also spent time getting to know us, our style and what kind of atmosphere we wanted to create. She easily narrowed down the options and provided us with samples shortly after our meeting. Her color choices were phenomenal; so much so that we asked her to come back and assist with the upstairs. There too she again was an excellent resource. We implemented all of her recommendations. She also was went above and beyond her primary service and generously provided decorating and arrangement tips- many of which we also implemented. She has a terrific eye for design and makes the experience collaborative, engaging and truly enjoyable. We couldn't be happier with the way our home turned out and we're certain it would not look as good as it does had it not been for Jean. I would highly recommend her.

We hired Jean Molesworth Kee of Painted Room to help finish the decorating in an earlier apartment reconstruction project. We asked her specifically to help us with the color coordination of walls, furniture, and decorations throughout the apartment. We found her to have a good sense of design and a keen understanding of colors and their various hues. She also had good sources for fabrics, paints, etc. Jean was a pleasure to work with because of the knowledge, energy, and enthusiasm she brought to our project.

Jean Molesworth Kee of The Painted Room had accomplished turning my Ugly Duckling into a Swan. She was able to give an awkward, top heavy, void of even a trace of character exterior, PRESENCE and PERSONALITY. All with ONLY color AND while still keeping the look within the HOA guidelines! I also consulted her on interior colors with equal success. Jean has extensive knowledge of and experience with color. She is a pleasure to work with, she is flexible, easygoing, creative, responsive AND efficient.

One of the most exquisite taste makers I know, consider using Jean Molesworth Kee, The Painted Room. Architectural color consultant, Kee's nuanced use of color and her jubilant personality offer a scrumptious combination, talent and fun! If the devil is in the details, Kee is red hot! Her concern, from space (are the elements in scale, does the room function?) to color flow is matched by her knowledge of when and how to amp up or down play a single feature. Sometimes that solution can be as subtle as a change in finish, flat to high gloss. Kee also understands exteriors; the need to marry colors with their architecture, the landscape, a home's exposure - and sometimes the neighbor's competing palette. An eye for good design and unexpected juxtapositions of color and finish, Kee knows just how to strike the right mood with clients and their spaces.

We really enjoyed working with The Painted Room. Jean's creative & decisive manner put us at ease when trying to select exterior house colors. She knew immediately what color we were describing and came up with a beautiful combination. Similarly, after describing our quest to find the "perfect" blue for our daughter's room (and several failed attempts, wasted trips to the paint store & costly samples), Jean selected the best hue straightaway. We've used her several times since, and each time, her knowledge of color and balance are fantastic. I look forward to using her services again.

I used the Painted Room last year to help me paint my entire house--it was the best investment I've made in a long time. Jean is fabulous to work with--and I didn't have to go to Home Depot even once to buy small samples to test. She has a great eye for color and leaves you with a whole paint schedule for the painter to follow. Wish I'd found her sooner!!

I don't start a project without calling Jean. She has a fabulous eye and I trust her completely. Do yourself a favor and hire her before you do anything else!

Jean took my ideas and point of view and elevated it to amazing heights. She opened my eyes to possibilities (and color combinations!) I wouldn't have thought or conceived of in a thousand years. Made me appreciate the flow of color, how it interacts with everything around it and the mood it creates at different times of the day. Was always available for consults and papered my walls with color swatches! There isn't a day I don't walk into my home that I don't feel a peace of mind and total contentment all because of Jean's insights. She is about the mindfulness of color.

I have hired Jean Molesworth Kee (The Painted Room) at various times at I have upgraded my townhouse. I have been consistently pleased with the results and have received many compliments on my home. Jean took my ideas into account and them improved on them -- she came up with ideas that I never would have had and made the space aesthetically pleasing beyond my expectations. She has now consulted on the entire house. I am very happy with the result and, as previously stated, I get a lot of compliments. Paint can really change a space and it is a low cost decorating luxury. Hiring an architectural paint consultant is money well spent.