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Choosing Colors

How to Describe Color

To really learning how to use color, you must first learn how to DESCRIBE it.
Imagine that you are talking to a friend on the phone, and you are trying to describe the color of a set of curtains that you purchased.  How would you go about describing the color?  Don’t be embarrassed if [...]

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Choose The Right Color Paint For Successful Decorating!

Anyway you look at it… we love to pick up paint chip cards from the local paint stores. We dream of making choices and choosing just the right color for our rooms.

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Warning: Let Teenagers Decorate At Your Own Risk

Teenagers love… love… love… to be given full creative license to decorate their own rooms. Of course – I’m all for allowing creativity in my home, I am THAT Painter Lady after all. :)
But… It’s still my home and I have to put my foot down on some decorating ideas. Why is it that almost [...]

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Mexican Inspired Color Suggestions

I am overwhelmed by color choices!!! I want to have a fun Mexican theme. I want a yellowish- gold wall (primary walls) with green and blue accent walls. There are soooo many yellow-golds out there, not to mention the blues and greens! Please help! Before I don’t have any [...]

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Color Suggestions For A Black and White Kitchen

Here is a recent reader question who is asking for color suggestions for a kitchen with black and white appliances. Tawn has answered this one with some creative ideas.

I am painting a kitchen that has black appliances and white countertops. What color would you suggest for the walls, cabinets and for the floor? ~Nydia

Wow! [...]

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Tuscan Yellow Paint Color Wash

Tuscan Yellow Faux Paint Finish

Hi Debra
I plan on doing a colorwash or faux on our walls. What color paint do I use to achieve a soft Tuscan Yellow Paint Color Wash? My base color is a lite yellow or buttercup shade. I can’t seem to get any help at the stores.
Thank you Sharon
Hi [...]

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Pickling Wood With Stain

Hi Debra,
I have been redoing my kitchen since before Christmas. I have completely striped off all paint to bare wood and I can not find a finish that I really like.
Me and my husband like the old warn out look but we would like the wood grain to show to and we just can not [...]

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Choosing Adjoining Room Colors

If you want the two rooms to feel “blended” or connected you will need spend time choosing adjoining room colors.
This is a continued “story”… see this article about painting over wallpaper first.
photo credit: Matt Seppings
Barb… You could do one room in the stripes and the other in the crystal affect using the same colors, [...]

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