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| I recently painted our dining room Polished Limestone by Glidden. I really love the color, although it's a bit more blue/green than I thought it would be. Our floor plan isn't an open one but the living room is right off of the dining room. I'm having the hardest time picking out a color for the living room that accents the color in the dining room. I thought about doing a darker/richer (than Polished Limestone) color in the living room, but I don't want anything TOO dark. It only took me about three months to pick out ONE color so I desperately need advice to make this decision a lot easier. Thanks in advance for your help! :) |
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- Posted by lazygardens (My Page) on Thu, Mar 14, 13 at 19:12
| Try the "home decor" forum. And - if you can post good pictures of the furniture, rugs and drapery it might help. One way to get a similar, but darker color is to have the new tester mixed up with TWICE the pigment of the Polished Limestone |
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| I have done that as well, but usually in reverse by adding white. If you want to get a richer color and adding the extra pigment doesn't get there add a drop of black. Thank goodness we can get small samples cheap at Lowe's and HD. I always get the sample and have a nice piece of extra sheetrock I can paint and then lean against te wall. To repaint the sample board with another paint, prime with white first. |
This post was edited by bugbite on Thu, Mar 14, 13 at 22:32
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| Thanks for the advice! :) Lazygardens - I'm having a difficult time with picking out a rug and curtains too. I'm a mess..I'm hoping if I can get the walls painted it will help with putting the rest of the room together. |
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