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2006-06-25 01:42:38 · 7 answers · asked by subhra c 1 in Home & Garden Decorating & Remodeling

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What are you looking to do? What type of style are you going for? It just depends on what you want to do. Look in a couple of magazines like Home or Better Homes and Garden. Sometimes when I need some inspiration on rooms, I will go to HGTV.com or BHG.com..

2006-06-25 03:02:25 · answer #1 · answered by TANEISE C 3 · 0 0

If you're stuck on color choices, here is a designers trick: you find an article that you really love; like a piece of fabric, a painted dish, a painting, or anything that draws you to the colors. Now, pick out 3 colors in the article. They will all match. Use the lightest for the walls, one for trim and the other for accents, like throw pillows. Hope this helps.

2006-06-25 06:20:09 · answer #2 · answered by Sassy OLD Broad 7 · 0 0

Interior paint comes in different textures, such as eggshell, because the walls are flat enough to show subtle details in the paint. There are more colors available for interior paint since there are more lighting possibilities that can alter a paint's appearance.
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2006-06-25 23:32:11 · answer #3 · answered by dearheavenlyangel 2 · 0 0

With the question and without any more information. Do you want color or texture? The best answer I can give you id to go to Ben Hur or other paint company sites. I got a lot of help from Ben Hur. They have a site that you can see the color and many different colors.

2006-06-25 03:48:51 · answer #4 · answered by djbosslady2003 2 · 0 0

My mother has this wonderful book on textures. And we recently painted our kitchen. There are a few ways to go with this one. You can try a simple base color and a darker color for one wall and any smaller shadowed cuts. This is called shadow boxing. Always keep the darker colors in the corners as this will bring out the full effect. And only go about 20% to 30% darker. I've also seen it done with three colors when there was a plant shelf in the room.
Well on to what we did in our kitchen. We had about 300 cans of paint collected over the years. And I opened one of the cans to see this purple oil atop one of the cans of blue. It was sooo trippy looking that I wanted to see it all over the walls. Well I looked in the book and for a marbalized look it was very difficult. You have to paint your base and use a small brush to create the swirl. and go back with your darker color and paint the swirls on one side or the other for dramatic effect. Reccomended only for small projects such as wooden tables or objects. We ended up finding this dark blue (our base) and we mixed some pink red and lavender to come up with this lighter purple color(secondary). And we found two different shades of light blueish-green that made a aquamarine(highlight) type of color when we finished. So we painted the base on. A thick rich blue and completely covered out white primed walls. We then took some sea sponge and dabbed into our purple. Blotted the excess on some newspaper and lightly sponged the walls in various patterns. It looked like crap. But we finished, let dry and came back around with our third color the teal/aquamarine and we went over a little lighter than we did with our purple. Wish I could post a pic because in the end to go with our gray cabinets the kitchen looked totally shiek. Now of course there are probably 20 different ways to go when sponging and you can go with anywhere from 2-3 colors. It's very quick (30 minutes 4 walls 2 people) and looks professional when finished. Also keep a bucket of water around to keep the sponge moist and keep the paint from drying out the inside of the sponge. I have also seen texture paints that worked very well as they bring the paint to the surface and give them a refined look.
Another thing you might try is brushing with alternating strokes with two secondary colors keep the strokes light and try not to put much paint on the ends of the brushes. Gives a rather lively look to the room and reflects your own personal style of brush work. If you have two people try to keep each on it's own color. So the two colors play off each other and look somewhat uniform all the way around the room. Keep a dark base and mid to light secondarys.
You can also try striping with painters tape, a ruler, and two colors that go with your room design. Takes a while to paint and set up your tape but once it's painted with the second coat. Peel the tape and, Wallah, finished product!
Well I don't really know what kind of style your going with as there are quite literally hundreds of different styles and tecniques. Go with something that fits your budget and something that will be easy for your labor force. I hope this helps and your room comes out a success. Have fun painting and good luck.

P.S. You can also do a quick search on the internet for DIY painting. Painting and texture. And painting style and patterns. There is always a host of people with sites that have just what your looking for. Just takes a little time to find em. And when eating make sure your food comes with protection...Paint isn't very tasty. Take it from experience. ;)

2006-06-25 02:14:30 · answer #5 · answered by Charles G 3 · 0 0

There is a lot of good info on this subject right here.

2006-06-25 22:33:30 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

....i have no idea how about wallpaper

2006-06-25 01:57:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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