Blue Walls

Happy Walls...Happy Room...Happy Life?

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Isn't this the happiest of rooms? I adore it...

It even makes the cat happy.

See him smiling there?

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I still keep going back and forth on whether I should paint my living room blue or white.

I am positive I want it white and then I see rooms like these and I'm positive I want it blue.

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I have Sunday off...I already have blue paint...maybe I should just do it.

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I can always change it later. 

Only problem is...my ceiling is blue so if I paint the walls blue...the ceiling is going to have to go white.

That will be a pain to change back if I wish. 

But still....

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Rainwashed or Tousled Grass

That is the Question

I've loved this bedroom for a long time.

I don't know where the photo originated from. If you know, let me know.

Well, what I like is the wall color and the headboard.

So a couple of weeks ago, I was contacted by a nice guy at 

http://dutchboy.com/

He asked if I'd like to receive some free paint from Dutch Boy and in return give a review of their product.

Well, I've been wanting to paint my bedroom for ages and thought this the perfect opportunity.

Only problem is...I already knew what color I wanted.

I wanted Sherwin Williams Rainwashed like in these rooms below.

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Currently, I have a pale pink antique iron headboard with much sentimental value and birds eye maple dressers in the room. 

Yes, dressers...one low boy with mirror and one large chest of drawers with mirror too. 

I had a much larger bedroom where I lived before and now the room seems too crowded with both.

But I'm not sure what to do about that because I do need the storage.

One might have to go to the back bedroom.

I'm not a fan of wood finishes very much...and if it weren't that these are birdseye...I'd probably paint them in a heart beat. 

But since they are birdseye and they are all I've got...I'm going to make it work. 

And they are pretty. I do really like birdseye maple

See above photo? I actually really love that wood bookcase thing with the rainwashed walls.

And my first inspiration photo has wood tones and I still love the room.

I'm thinking maybe this will push me to do something great I would not have done otherwise.

But here is my dilemma...

I knew I wanted to paint the room SW Rainwashed and a few months ago I painted my best friend's 

bedroom that very color which just confirmed it.

But my free paint is from Dutch Boy.

Dutch Boy is owned by Sherwin Williams. Did you know that?

So the nice guy at Dutch Boy sent me a paint deck and told me to pick a color.

I picked the color that in the paint deck looks closest to Rainwashed.

And that color is Tousled Grass.

Normally, I'd never paint a room without doing a test of paint color first.

But hey...this was suppose to be a free deal and not wanting to spend any money, 

I didn't want to go to Walmart which is where they sell Dutch Boy and buy samples.

So I am very nervous to how this is going to turn out. 

For you see the room now is a terrible toothpaste green. 

It's been that color ever since I bought the house and I hate it.

I'm so frightened this is going to be similar.....I know this is probably an irrational fear. 

But you know, you never know how a color is going to look on the wall just by the paint chip.

Rainwashed is not very attractive on the paint chip but on the wall it's magic.

http://dutchboy.com/colors/

So I went on Dutch Boy's site and they have this Color Tester program where you select different rooms
and pick the paint color and see how it looks.

Here are my tests of Tousled Grass.

Pretty good, I think.

Nice but I'm sure it's going to be darker than this.

Yikes! this one scares me...looking too minty fresh.

Please may it not look like this in real life.

I don't know....I guess I just won't know till the paint gets here.

Have you used Dutch Boy paints before? 

I never have and I'm apprehensive although I've read great reviews online.

Did you also know that Sherwin Williams manufactures Krylon spray paint too.

Krylon is my favorite spray paint....but I did not know it was made by Sherwin Williams.

No wonder it's so great.

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Sherwin Williams Rainwashed

What I Did This Past Weekend

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This past weekend, I painted a room in Sherwin Williams "Rainwashed".

It wasn't one of my rooms.

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It was my cousin's master bedroom.

She ordered new furniture for the room a couple of weeks ago and 

had planned to repaint the room before it was delivered.

But a supply cabinet fell on her at her office, banging her up, breaking a rib and puncturing a lung.

Which led to a collapsed lung and a four day hospital stay with a three week recovery time.

No painting in her near future.

Take this as a warning...its so important to make sure tall furniture is attached to the wall.

Since she has been out of commission...

they've been busy attaching all furniture to the walls in her office building.

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So this past weekend I went over and painted her master bedroom.

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None of these photos are of her home but I will show her room after the furniture comes in.

This color looks more green in the can and on the swatch but looks more blue on the wall. 

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SW Rainwashed is a lovely color and has me thinking I should paint one of my bedrooms in this shade.

Ok, I've known I wanted this color for awhile...so really painting her room was really a test run.

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Yes, perfect for a bedroom.

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or a living room

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These last four photos I really don't know what color they are painted officially, 

but they look like SW Rainwashed.

I'm just loving this color on walls.

It's so fresh and yet soothing.

My Shabby Apple Giveaway is still going on...

You get to choose which dress.....

I'll choose a winner on April 15.

Just go to this post to enter.

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