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Posts tagged “paints, stains & finishes”

8 Smart Tips For Painting Interior Walls

Painting a wall or two in your home seems like a quick and easy task but sometimes the work is more then meets the eye. To help you tackle the paint process, read these quick tips so you can maximize ...

Best Products Bristol Bumper Swatch
Victoria

When we saw this we had one of those moments of “why didn’t we think of that?”. Bristol Paints have released Bumper Swatches– just like the little ones you get from the paint shop except these...

COLOURLovers Green Paint Schemes

One of our favourite sites for paint colour inspiration is COLOURLovers, where we can mix, match and find a near endless selection of colour combinations to their heart's content. Although web and scr...

Painting the Ceiling Black?
In Style June 2008

It was featured in a Fall Colors Contest entry a while back, and just yesterday, we noticed it in the dressing room of the home of Miley Cyrus that currently is in the latest In-Style magazine (above)...

Inspiration: Chalkboard Backsplash
Marie Claire Maison May/June 2008

Here's some inspiration if you've been thinking about something fun for a backsplash or wall of your kitchen. This image is from the May/June 2008 issue of Marie Claire Maison. The owners of this loft...

Look! Krylon's Low VOC Spray Paint

With how much we love to use spray paint to easily transform vintage (or curbside) finds, we were secretly feeling a little guilty since spray paint isn't the most eco-friendly thing around. Well we...

10 Best Non-VOC, Low-Toxic Interior Paints

Over at ATNY today, Aaron posted about an interesting New York Times article discussing local and federal laws governing VOCs and insight about various "green" paint products. A niat serendipitous dis...

Free Freshaire Choice Paint Samples

Freshaire Choice Paint looks to be a smart choice if you're looking to paint your walls without worry of VOCs or harsh chemicals mucking up your interior air. And you can give this eco-friendly brand ...

Look: The Scents Room in the House of Bols

The Scents Room in the House of Bols gave us an idea about what to do with all those small cans of interior paint samples, perhaps altered for a horizontal application up our stairway. The colourful s...

Decorating A White Room

We've been seeing a lot of all-white interiors lately; and as much as we like the look, we're wondering how to make one of these rooms interesting. Check out some tips from Living Etc. that shows off...

The House Beautiful Paintbrush: Online Paint Color Picker

Here's another tool from House Beautiful magazine that will help you get an idea of what your plain-Jane bedroom might look like in "Dellwood Sand", "O'Reilly Green" or a multitude of other paint choi...

Look! Layered walls

When dealing with a blank wall, don't think it needs to stop with just painting it a color and placing a piece of artwork on it. Think about taking it a step further and layer! Over at Shak in Style,...

Color Palette Generator
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Do you love the colors...

Green Planet Paints

It's not too late to enter our Fall Colors Contest. But for those of you that have yet to take the plunge into the wonderful world of colour in the home, perhaps you can prepare for next year's contes...

Graffiti Proofer Anti-Stick

Every morning during my morning commute I've formed a habit of taking note of the appearance or removal of tagging throughout my journey from Silver Lake into the Valley. Especially saddening is whe...

Semi-Transparent Weatherproofing Stain by Behr paints

Time for a summer coat? If you were inspired by the previous post, then it may also be the time for some of us to consider adding a fresh coat of stain to a deck, fence or siding at your home. Behr ...

Eclipse Colour Changing Paint

No, that's not green paint pouring into a black bath tub. It's actually a temperature activated reaction, due in part because the tub has been coated with Eclipse, a heat sensitive colour changing pa...

Liquid Stainless Steel

If you've been looking for a way to give your kitchen an update, you might be considering the look of stainless steel. However, stainless steel appliances can be a little more expensive, but there's a...

interior design: All Purpose

Reader, Alessandro sent us this beautiful image and tip from their most recent adventure of opening a menswear store in LA called All Purpose. He writes, When we couldn't find a wallpaper (or decal...

Color Watch: Orange

In case you hadnt noticed, orange has crept into our lives as a full blown live-with-it-color. Blame it on the mid-century craze, but once a color reserved for safety cones and CalTrans workers, ...

Krylon Magnetic Spray Paint

Krylon Magnetic Spray Paint is one of those rare products that instantly gives birth to a thousand home project ideas. Imagine using the iron-based magnetic paint as a primer on a wall or door, then...

Prairie recycled paints

This is an excellent idea from the Sundance store (can Robert Redford rock any harder?!) Prairie Paints take unused portions of latex paint from designers and homeowners, mixes them to create new and ...

New Metallic Paint From Ralph Lauren: Sexy, Hot, Yummy Walls

We saw an add for the new Ralph Lauren Metallic paint collection and we got a little thrill in our down there place for how sexy it looks. We love a glossy wall, and leave it to Mr. Lipshitz to get i...