Oregon Home Magazine
Authentic Home Profile (link unavailable)
October 2010
Authentic Home brings together all the key home décor elements a homeowner needs to easily create living spaces that are a true reflection of themselves. With a focus on COLOR, Authentic Home provides a fine tuned palette of premium paints and textiles that transcend trends to create the right mood for the right space. For many home owners, simply finding the right color for their walls can be a profound catalyst for positive change. When people live in spaces that reflect their true self, their true potential comes out.

Seattle Homes & Lifestyles
Refreshing the Palette (PDF download)
September 2009
The challenge: Pam and Steve Schwartz love entertaining, but the dark, cramped kitchen in their 1933 Georgian colonial home in West Seattle was unwelcoming. The kitchen hadn't been updated in 17 years and had only a few small windows. Tired-looking cabinets, black appliances and outdated lighting contributed to the drab feel. "The color palette was dark and not very happy," says interior designer and color consultant Kathy Banak of Authentic Home.

Seattle Magazine
Green Paint. Taking a Break from Poison Paints (PDF download)
May 2008
Authentic Home COLOR Paint™ is one of the premier Northwest base green paint lines. Our Zero VOC, Volatile Organic Compound, is environmentally responsible, solvent free and contains antimicrobial product protection which inhibits the growth of stain and odor causing bacteria, mold and mildew on the dried paint film. Available in our Matte, Buffed and Polished finishes. Now is the time to paint the town not just red but GREEN!

NWSource.com, Daily Find
Authentic Home’s paint bar is a shop of a different color
January 25, 2008
When I moved into my townhouse, I had my bedroom painted what I thought would be a very muted salmon. And with seriously dimmed lights, my bedroom is a very muted salmon. But in the light of day, my walls more closely resemble an unfortunate South Beach coral. It was with this painting error in mind that I approached Authentic Home COLOR Paint Bar in West Seattle to select a paint color for my master bathroom.

Seattle Business Monthly
Paint of a Different Color (PDF download)
September 2007
For Kathy Banak, choosing a color palette for your home is not just about finding colors you can live with -- it's about designing an atmosphere that represents your character. So, before Banak, owner and founder of Authentic Home COLOR Paint, begins interior color plans for homes or offices, she first takes a peek into the lifestyles of her clients.

Northwest Home+Garden
Kathy Banak's New Paint Line (link unavailable)
September/October 2007
The search for a home's just-right color palette often results in frustration and an ever-growing pile of not-quite-right paint chips and cans. To help clients more easily find their true colors, Banak, created Authentic Home COLOR Paint.

The Seattle PI
NW Style: Crank up your color scheme
March 24, 2006
A can of paint can change your life, or at least the feeling of your home's interiors. Maybe it's time to jazz up your walls with a cleverly named paint color. This is the time of year when major paint companies unveil their hot new colors for 2006...

The Seattle Times
These home stores have the goods — and the services
June 18, 2005
Banak's concept is based on the foundation of selecting colors for the surfaces of each room, so the stores carry the 128 hues of Devine Color paints, a mixture with no gray undertones. Oregonian Gretchen Schauffler created the line for those who live in the Northwest, with its overcast days.

Puget Sound Business Journal
True colors: Kathy Banak's Authentic Home interior design store: Made with the right shade
May 22, 2005
Not long ago Kathy Banak discovered a client in a state of panic. The woman was struggling to decide on paint colors for her home, and showed Banak a dining room table completely covered with hundreds of paint chips. And when Banak turned around, she saw the reason for the client's sense of urgency.