Recently I was given four gallons of the new Arm & Hammer Refresh Paint by the Dutch Boy marketing team to review at our leisure. As luck would have it I had the perfect project in mind. However, I still had to find the “perfect” paint color. After going through the typical color deck provided to [...]
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Usually when I think of wallpaper, I think of elaborate wallpaper designs and floral prints. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Wallpaper these days has come along way from what most of us grew up with or found in our grandparents homes. You can find designs in just about any style and attitude [...]
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When it comes to buying paint, it’s difficult to know even where to begin sometimes. A great way to get started is to look around your home to see what colors are among the most common throughout the house? What colors are in your favorite space(s) in the house? Is there a certain accent color [...]
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There is a new product coming out that can make stored paint last longer. I haven’t had a chance to test it out yet, since it’s not available for purchase yet. So I’m not sure if it does what it says it does. But if so, it will be a must have for any project [...]
Posted in Paint-n-Trim Tags: 1 gallon, 3 gallon, 5 gallon, Keeping Paint Fresh With PaintGard, leftover paint, paint can, Paint-n-Trim, PaintGard, stored paint Comments OffToday April writes: Dear Diva, I bought this beautiful color of red paint for my dining room and after painting two coats on the wall it is still an ugly pinkish hue! Did I buy bad paint? Please help! Unless the paint was old or exposed to extreme temperatures, you probably did not buy “bad” [...]
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Do you want to give your walls some dimension but don’t know where to start for gaining some wall inspiration ideas? Consider this: You can use paint to give your walls character. For example: try painting boxes, stripes or murals. You don’t have to use wallpaper or excessive molding to add depth, just use a [...]
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Today Madison asks: Diva, how can I coordinate paint colors? Coordinating colors is the hardest thing about painting! We can all do the work or hire someone else to do the work, but deciding, that is the hard part! Especially if you don’t know what to choose and you have to coordinate paint colors. That’s [...]
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Have you ever tried to find the “perfect” paint color? Labored over color samples using those tiny little pieces of paper to imagine how that color would look on your wall? Only to think you’ve found the “perfect” color, but when you paint it on the wall it’s brighter or darker than you imagined? Have [...]
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