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XtinaStyles


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I found out that I am allowed to paint the rooms in my apartment, as long as I paint them back to white when I leave.  This is just about the most thrilling thing in the world, bc having grown up in apartments, we were never allowed to use any color on the walls. 

I'm currently switching rooms so the room I'm taking will be completely empty so this is a good time to paint.  The room is small and has large window, medium colored wood base moldings (sp?) and wood floor.  My furniture is black-brown wood, and my bedding is an antiquey striped ivory/yellow/salmon/sage.  I have 1 small painiting, a vintage sort of rose but I could easily put it in another room.  

I am leaning towards a dusky teal or peach but am open to anything.  I was playing on Benjamin Moore's website ( see below).  I will probably only stay in this place for about a year so I don't have to be too committed to a color.  Any thoughts/advice/suggestions?





-- Edited by XtinaStyles at 18:19, 2008-06-23

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Hermione


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I think the top left would really brighten up a small room - I think your painting would go with it too.

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Hermione wrote:

I think the top left would really brighten up a small room - I think your painting would go with it too.



Yup, that's the one that caught my eye too.



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I love them all! I'm no help. I really like the top left and bottom right best though.

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I used something very similar to the top right in my daughter's playroom and I love it.

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I vote for a coral, salmon or deep rose - a deeper version of what's in your bedding. Keep the ceiling and trim white. It could be my monitor, but all the colors above look too "pastelly" to me.

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I would paint the top right blue color. I think the blue on the left could look a little odd IRL. 

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I like the bottom left.

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rosie_the_riveter wrote:

 

Hermione wrote:

I think the top left would really brighten up a small room - I think your painting would go with it too.



Yup, that's the one that caught my eye too.

 


me too. the pinks look a little b and b to me, which really isn't my style

 



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top left.

I have a room in a similar shade and it looks great. very cheery

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I purchased a dusky teal color similar to the top left but with more green in it.  When I was at Home Depot, the corals were in the red sections (which of course they would be) and I think it scared me away bc I want my br to be serene and peaceful.


Wow painting is a PITA!  It took hours to tape the room up and put downa drop cloth.  It then took hours to paint.  I made a bad decision and did not tape the ceilings bc I didn't have a ladder, so I figured I would be careful but it became impossible to do with a roller or point brush.  I ended up using an eye liner brush to be more precise but I still made some mistakes.

The actual color that it came out was alot lighter than the swatch but it came out to be a perfect Tiffany Blue which I think will be a really fun, pretty but still mature color.  

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It sounds like it came out nice!  Do you have a picture to show us?

FYI:  I think taping is so unnecessary.  It takes FOREVER plus I actually think it makes a messier paint job.  I just use a trim brush and carefully paint along all edges and everything turns out perfect! 



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pretty color!

I don't tape either.they make these edger tools that are like a flat square with wheels on the thin edge that roll across the ceiling/ floor trim. It gives you a nice crisp line and is SO easy. Whenever I tape, I end up peeling paint off along with the tape when I take it down!

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ILoveChoo wrote:

pretty color!

I don't tape either.they make these edger tools that are like a flat square with wheels on the thin edge that roll across the ceiling/ floor trim. It gives you a nice crisp line and is SO easy. Whenever I tape, I end up peeling paint off along with the tape when I take it down!


Ditto on the paint pads/edger tools - they even attach to extensions so you can paint up by the ceiling without a ladder or stool. 

The key to getting crisp lines with tape is to make sure you're brush only has a little bit of paint on it, never paint into the tape (always away from it), and to remove the tape while the paint is still a little tacky.  Now that I've had more practice than I ever wished to, I now only tape small areas that would be impossible to keep clean without tape and do the rest freehand or with an edger.  Sometimes a square foam brush is good for edging smaller areas too.

Prep is the single most annoying thing about painting IMO.  Well, that and painting trim.  Painting trim is the devil devilish.gif!  The devil I tell you!
 
(elle has clearly spent way too much time inhaling paint fumes, after painting 10 rooms and a housefull of trim, sometimes 3 or 4 times over dizzy.gif)


Our master bedroom is a similar color, btw!



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