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Choosing a paint color is my least favorite DIY job. I LOVE repainting a space and watching it transform, but the process to choosing that perfect color is not fun. I am picky about colors and undertones, the way they change throughout the day and play off the furnishings. For example this is my son’s room now with a (what I thought was neutral) gray that turned out to look pretty much blue. I don’t mind blue, but I didn’t really want that blue and looking through all the color choices at once was a bit overwhelming.
When we moved in, we kind of just threw all his stuff in his room and it’s been that way ever since. I told him that his room would be the first one I “worked” on when we had time.
When Glidden paint asked us to try out their color choosing tools, we jumped on board! We chose My Image Inspiration, which uses images you choose to present you with a simplified Glidden paint color palette. We loved this idea because my 10-year-old could choose his inspiration images to completely customize his room.
For a peek at how it works, here’s the first image we uploaded
and here’s a screenshot of the My Image Inspiration page after I uploaded the photo
I love that it chooses and suggests colors that will actually look good on a wall in your room and not just a random color from the photo. You can choose to email or print yourself a shopping list based on the simplified color palette you chose.
Here are some images he picked out for inspiration in addition to the one above:
and this image from The Inspired Room that we saw on Glidden Paint’s Color Inspiration Pin Board.
and this image found on the Colortopia blog:
Right now we are leaning towards using Onyx Black with Smoky Charcoal.
We’ve loved browsing the color palettes and choosing some of our own inspiration, and can’t wait to make a final decision! Before we do though, we’d love some feedback from you – which photo do you think we should go with for this tween boy room re-do?
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Pinterest always inspires me. There's a plethora of ideas waiting to be found!
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https://twitter.com/MelindaJoy926/status/368071571656568832
I am inspired by home improvement magazines.
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https://twitter.com/bdiane35/status/369656456083042304
my son chose the colors
My husband and I watched a show called
Brother Vs. Brother. we were inspired by them!!
https://twitter.com/HappyTina0115/status/373545271776382976
What inspired my last project was an all-over scroll stencil I saw online that looked so classy. I bought it and created a wallpaper look in our bathroom.
Tweet link: https://twitter.com/shala_darkstone/status/376325449418145792
I was inspired by all the bloggers who did built in bookshelves. I knew I wanted to do them, but I was a little overwhelmed. After reading all of their how-to posts I had the confidence to go ahead and do it.
My rug inspired the colors for my living room.
Our new furniture for our living room has inspired me to decorate accordingly
the ocean gave me inspiration to redo the bathroom
https://twitter.com/raggammuffin/status/379266800355004416
My last redecorating project was my daughter's bedroom. The theme was "Elves in the woods". I hung a canopy of green sheer curtains around her bed and had other woodsy decorations.
The painting "Almond Blossoms" by Vincent Van Gogh
*tweet, tweet*
https://twitter.com/emmycoffee/status/382054161618989056
I like the beach photo for inspiration. I use nature to inspire my decor choices.
Some cute fall wreaths I saw on pinterest and had to try out.
My last project was taking down wall paper and painting
My last home décor project was inspired by a painting.
A decorative pillow inspired my last decor project.
i get inspiration from some of the makeover shows I watch on HGTV
i tweeted here: https://twitter.com/bellows22/status/383074798034628608
I like the seashore picture as inspiration for your son's room.
My last inspiration was similar, I saw a beautiful blue sky with white clouds and knew instantly I wanted that for my kitchen and it looks lovely.
my last project was inspired by an orange candle holder I found in a vintage shop
My last home decor project was inspired by what two little (6 and 4) boys would find fun and spark their creativity- I redid their bedroom and wanted it to be special. We painted two walls with neon glow in the dark paint and two with chalkboard paint and they chose a lot of the other decorating themselves. It was a lot of fun 🙂
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my favorite color, blue-green, inspired redecorating the guest room.
Our last project was taking off our kitchen cabinets, sanding them down and painting them dark brown!
Being an avid backpacker, the colors of the woods inspire me.
Ours is easier because we have a Victorian. We saw a similar house with warmer less ‘museum-esque’ colors and copied accordingly.
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https://twitter.com/ky2here1/status/383934995842072577
i love color and purple so that were i got the ideal to do my bedroom
https://twitter.com/purplelover04/status/384031340590411776
kitchen needed an update so repainted to match the tiles and refreshed the lighting
Our most recent project is our master bedroom, and the color palette is based on some curtains we love in soft teal.
My last project was painting my son’s bedroom orange with stripes because that is his favorite color.
https://twitter.com/AliciaJennette/status/384309015926149120
my last project was inspired by my sons love for the boston red sox
my last project was inspired by my sons love for the boston red sox
I got inspired by our last beach vacation. All those soft blues and greens are so soothing in a bedroom
My son inspired my last project.
we repainted to sell our house…not sold yet but enjoying the new blue!
we repainted to sell our house…not sold yet but enjoying the new blue!
For me it was a ratting chair I found at a garage sale. I painted it blue and found a great piece of material to redo the seat. Then I had to finish the dining area to match my awesome chair!
When I painted the kitchen, I got the green paint color from the new kitchen rugs.
We bought a new couch that is totally different from our color scheme so we redid our living to fit our couch.
A surf baby boy bedding set. It inspired me to do a fun baby room and find vintage prints to go with it. It was so much fun searching for vintage items
My love of the Victorian Era inspired my last home decor project.
My latest trip to the coast inspired my last project. I turned my bathroom into a nautical theme.
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