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Fun Yellow?

2010-07-16T00:15:41.815-04:00

Fun Yellow?

I LOVE the yellow!! I just painted most of my liv...

2010-07-15T23:57:52.589-04:00

I LOVE the yellow!! I just painted most of my living area walls various shades of gold. It sparkles in the daylight.

My pleasure Melody. Be sure you put a tinted prime...

2009-10-10T17:21:39.470-04:00

My pleasure Melody. Be sure you put a tinted primer over that red you're trying to cover. The first corner a lot of people cut is using a good primer but paint colors can only reach their maximum color saturation when they're sitting atop a properly primed surface. Tint your primer gray and you will get a better result every time.

It sure does. I think I may just be able to handle...

2009-10-10T11:02:57.025-04:00

It sure does. I think I may just be able to handle painting the dining room myself. All we need to do is get rid of that hideous red and install new lighting fixtures and it's done. I don't want to skimp on anything in this house so I'd hate to get bamboolzed into poor quality paint. I'm really glad you did this series because the whole thing was a huge help.

Kelly: Do you do all of your own painting in your ...

2009-10-10T09:44:45.969-04:00

Kelly: Do you do all of your own painting in your house?

Melody: Out of all the major players in the paint business, I specify Sherwin-Williams more than any other. A lot of designers and architects have a loyalty to Benjamin Moore, but I think that's a function of B. Moore's marketing efforts being directed at the specifiers almost exclusively. B. Moore doesn't advertise to the public very much, where Sherwin-Williams takes the opposite tack. They throw themselves at the general public but at the same time have a great support structure in place for pros.

Anyhow, I spend a lot of time in the neutral and near neutral end of any manufacturer's palette and for my money, SW handles those kinds of colors better than anybody else. Their grays, taupes, grey-greens, grey-blues, etc. are precisely the colors I look for in a paint company. Their brights are also great, but SW's greys and taupes made a lifetimer out of me. They sell a variety of high-quality formulas and their colors are consistent across all of their formulas. That consistency is what separates the Sherwin-Wiliiamses and Benjamin Moores from the Gliddens and the Behrs (which are the same thing by the way) of the world.

Does that help?

Where does Sherwin Williams paint lie in the conti...

2009-10-10T07:57:25.875-04:00

Where does Sherwin Williams paint lie in the continuum of quality? I used to do some oil painting and know that there are vast differences in quality so I imagine this is the same kind of thing. I really like that magnetic grey in the last post for our dining room.

He'll go along with any colour as long as he d...

2009-10-09T22:40:56.695-04:00

He'll go along with any colour as long as he doesn't have to paint it ;-)

Hah! I knew you'd like this one Kelly. I don&#...

2009-10-09T19:02:52.665-04:00

Hah! I knew you'd like this one Kelly. I don't think there's anything wrong with wanting to paint your dining room a grayish lavender. Can you get your husband to go along with it?

Va-va-voom Verve Violet!!!!! And ooh-la-la, sexy a...

2009-10-09T18:56:12.203-04:00

Va-va-voom Verve Violet!!!!! And ooh-la-la, sexy and sultry sapphire!!! YUM!!!!! Not so crazy about the yellow, and I'm with susan on the coral -- cannot abide it!! Overall, really like this palette :-)

Ummmmm... is it wrong that I want to paint my dining room a greyish lavender??

Oh, there are things that get me down. Mean people, for one!! But this palette cheers me right back up :-) And so do your kind words :-) Thanks Paul :-)

Kelly

I keep flashing back to all of the hoopla about so...

2009-10-09T12:47:00.398-04:00

I keep flashing back to all of the hoopla about so-called jewel tones from the early '90s. And you're right, context is everything. I just remember amethyst purple dining rooms and kelly green foyers. Please. No more of that!

Wow you were't kidding about the '80s thin...

2009-10-09T12:08:55.513-04:00

Wow you were't kidding about the '80s thing-now I am having flashbacks.
Looking at the big squares of solid colour, as samples of a paint palette, yeah, I'd be thinking Paint walls this? No way!
But if you look at the sample vignette above and consider these colours as a general decorating palette, they're alot easier to consider. Hey I love fresh green with fuschia!
But I cannot abide coral. Period. :0)

I can't see me ever specifying this palette. B...

2009-10-09T11:43:03.174-04:00

I can't see me ever specifying this palette. But I applaud the effort and sentiment behind it. Like you though, I wouldn't hesitate to wear them. Actually, I think I have a polo shirt in each of those colors already.

I like the collective energy of this palette. It&...

2009-10-09T11:16:28.640-04:00

I like the collective energy of this palette. It's a good vibe. Mentally I can't translate it to actual usage in my house. I would rather wear these colors, than paint them in my house.

Pickle is my favorite but I actually like all of these, even animated coral.