Picking Paint Color, Window Treatments & English Gardens The Washington Post

Picking Paint Color, Window Treatments & English Gardens
The Washington Post

This week The Washington Post Home & Garden Section focuses on paint with expert tips, restagers' favorite paint colors, and websites that help pick paint colors. Read window treatment advice and learn about the work of Jim Adams, the horticulturalist in charge of reviving the U.K. Embassy's English garden for the last three years. You can tour the U.K. Embassy garden this Saturday during the European Union Embassy Open House in DC. More info and links to The Washington Post articles below the jump...

European Union Embassies in DC will be open to the public this Saturday May 9 from 10 am to 4 pm. Find out more by clicking here. This Saturday is the first time in five years that the U.K. Embassy garden will be open to the public.
• For the English Garden, an Evolution
• The Smart Way to Sell Your Home? Neutral-ize the Colors.
• How to Go Green, Even If You're Thinking Cream or Ecru
• Paint And Click
• Outside, Consider Painting Outside the Lines
• Brush Up With Tips From the Pros
• All You Ever Wanted to Know About Window Treatments
• How to Be Eco-Friendly When Buying a Mattress
• Don't Let Pesticide Lobby Scare You

(Images: Rachael Grad, James M. Thresher)

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My grandfather had a Studebaker that shade of green...

posted by bepsf on May 7th 2009 at 3:24pm
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If I lived in that house, I'd wanna paint it like that... and my neighbors could paint theirs shades of pink and purple and yellow... it would be like "it's a small world" at Disney and everyone would be so happy all the time.

posted by teeze on May 7th 2009 at 4:14pm
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I think it looks beautiful and unique....but I'm not sure I would go with that particular color. It loses the historic feel of the neighborhood.

posted by baileyb on May 7th 2009 at 5:41pm
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a base color that bright and beautiful would be enhanced by accents in quieter, more harmonious tones: evergreen, eggplant, even black

posted by sunan on May 7th 2009 at 6:44pm
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It doesn't look less historic to me. It looks really good to my eye. Its colourful without being atraditional, a good balance for freshness.

posted by JosieDaisy on May 11th 2009 at 12:40am
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