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Gray A Sophisticated Color

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Gray is a classic color, elegant and well suited for traditional settings. It is great to accentuate natural wood tones, greens, browns and taupe, and it give a sophisticated look when used with yellow. Contrarily to popular belief gray is not a morose color. Warm grays, are always perfect for [...]

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Why Choose Blue To Paint Walls?

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Blue offers so many shades and tints that is acceptable for any interior decorating project. It is a simple color that gives us the feeling of flight and far away places. It comes in varied shades like indigo, ocean blue cyan, marine, sapphire… Light blue, just like a bluish gray, is [...]

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When To Use Red – Pink Or Orange Paint

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To continue the series on paint colors let’s look why and where you should use red, pink or orange. These are strong colors that people do not always dare to use to paint walls, however, they can give you some very interesting and diverse decorating possibilities.

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Decorating With Green Paint

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Green is a natural color, whether you are considering a mint-green, or a forest-green, or even an aqua you can hear, see, and feel nature come into your surroundings. It represents inspiration, youth, and hope, it promotes attention and understanding of others; it strengthens the space we live in. It [...]

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Decorating With Yellow Paint

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Yellow is known for aiding concentration, memory, thought and expression, it is the color that best represents decision. Believe it or not, a yellow decor can actually generate a good attitude. It is a warm and bright color that can be used in many tints depending on the mood you [...]

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How To Decorate In Black And White.

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You would like to paint a room, or even your entire living space in black and white, but are having a hard time to take the plunge because you know that while it so elegant and beautiful, if you miss the mark it could end up looking stark and cold. [...]

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Painting Walls – Choosing A Color

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I am starting today a new series of articles on how to choose color for painting and decorating a room. White, blue, red… What color is the most suitable for your interior decorating? Depending on the effect that you are trying to achieve, depending on the surface you are painting, [...]

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Feng Shui – Importance Of Colors

Traditional Feng Shui is intended to even out the energy that surrounds you in your environment, by providing external elements in a rational way. The elements concerned are structures, forms, sounds, colors, odors. Color is a subtle element of Feng Shui, but it carries a lot of energy. It can [...]

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Big Ideas For Small Spaces – Painting Tips

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You have a small area, perhaps you live in a studio, or you want to redo an attic room for your teenager, how can you make the area seem larger than it really is?  Here are a few painting tips. To put it simply, you can rely on paint and [...]

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