5 Tips to Choosing the White Shade that Works Best for Your Room

The decision to paint your walls white is easy, but finding the right shade of white can be a challenge.

Most paint brands offer a variety of white paint options to choose from, and some larger brands may have dozens of options. 

Snowbound, Pure White, and Oxford White, among hundreds of other shades of white paint, could lead an indecisive soul to spend hours trying to decide. 

Besides the fact that white looks good with anything, there are lots of great reasons why people pick white. But despite its popularity, white paint is not a “one size fits all” solution.

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7 Ways to Use Pantone’s Color of the Year

7 Ways to Use Pantone's Color of the Year
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This year, Pantone has opted to go with two colors…a bright, happy shade of yellow and a calming light gray.

Leatrice Eiseman, Executive Director of the Pantone Color Institute describes the color choices as “Practical and rock solid but at the same time warming and optimistic.”

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5 Believable Faux Painting Techniques

5 Believable Faux Painting Techniques
Image courtesy: Henrik Dønnestad on Unsplash

If you’ve got marble tastes on a plywood budget, you can have the look you want for much, much less than the real thing.

But you don’t have to stop at marble, these amazing DIYers have created truly beautiful and unique designs that they’re sharing with the world.

Which is a truly awesome thing!

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How to Choose the Right Paint Sprayer

Paint sprayers aren’t just for the pros.

Today, there are many paint sprayers available at a variety of price points and with different features that are well suited to DIY lovers at any skill level.