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Finally got my paint samples down to just three choices
I used to pick colors by staring at tiny swatches in the store (and ended up repainting my kitchen twice in 2020). Now I buy the little sample pots and paint big squares on different walls to see the light change. It took me a week of looking at them at different times of day, but I'm down to a warm gray, a soft green, and a creamy white. How do you usually make your final choice when you've narrowed it down like this?
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taylor_barnes593d ago
My friend Karen went through this exact thing last year... she had it narrowed down to three blues for her living room and just couldn't decide. She ended up painting each one on a separate piece of foam board and literally carried them from room to room for three days. The winner was the one that looked good in her dim hallway at 7pm but also didn't wash out in her bright kitchen at noon... she said the other two looked terrible in one of those spots. Now she swears by the foam board trick because you can move them anywhere without painting your actual walls.
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tyler8222mo ago
Nice! I do something similar but with fabric samples. I'll tape my final three paint squares to a piece of poster board and move it around the room for a full day. The one that still looks good in the weird corner with no natural light usually wins, because that's the true test.
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