When decorating your home what colors do you prefer?

Aunt Bea said:
I always start my DIY projects with a stop at the paint counter to see what cans of paint they have that were mixed incorrectly. The local Home Depot sells them for a few dollars and they can be a great value if you don't have your heart set on a specific color.
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So true Aunt Bea. My hubby worked for Home Depot for a short while. He got first dibs on the oops paint as they called it.I also found that if after you use it any leftovers can be stored in a jar which I then put a piece of plastic wrap on top before screwing the lid down tight. The plastic makes it easier to open if you happen to get a bit of paint on the rim. This has saved a ton of money because you can then touch up instead of painting the entire wall. If the color isn't exactly right because the original faded I noticed if you sort of feather it when repainting, in a few weeks it blends right in.
 

Aunt Bea said:
I always start my DIY projects with a stop at the paint counter to see what cans of paint they have that were mixed incorrectly. The local Home Depot sells them for a few dollars and they can be a great value if you don't have your heart set on a specific color.
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Walmart has done away with that here. No longer mix any colors to specifications or paint chips. What you see on the shelf is what you get.

They have good prices to make up for the clerk in the paint department and the waste.
 
I like bright, light and natural colors, feels a lot cleaner for some reason!
 

When we moved into our condo apartment, our kids (mid 50s) peeled the ancient wallpaper in the bedroom and painted it. That was a nice housewarming present.
I have since done all manner of other improvements.


I have long said that the difference in the work a new house requires and what an old house requires is not the amount of work, but the nature of the work.
 
Sassycakes quote:
"When my Husband and I bought our first house he chose all the colors."
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You should enter that in the Guiness World Book of Records. That has to be a first in the U.S.A. Wait. The North American Continent.
 
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