Thursday, March 11, 2010

What paint color should I use for this style?

I wanted to go with a bold rusty orange colorwash, a red, or a copper glow, all of which are deep colors. But it is an apartment, and though the landlord says that I can paint, I would have to paint it back to the original color when we moved out. I'm not sure how time consuming/expensive that would be to prime the dark colors, so I'm trying to find out if I can find an alternative. I'm going for an old-world feel, so it would feel like you were in Spain... any color that is easy to paint over that would fit that style?What paint color should I use for this style?
You could do a ragging technique to give the walls some depth of color. Use sherwin willimas' ';bosc pear'; over top a ';harvester'; basecoat. You can see what it looks like by clicking on the color visualizer link from this page:


http://www.sherwin-williams.com/do_it_yo鈥?/a>


Click on ';find color'; and then you'll see a set of tabs on the left side. Click on ';faux finishes.'; It's the third row down, second one over.





Here are step-by-step guides on how to do ragging:


http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/dc_faux_ragging鈥?/a>


http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/dc_faux_other/a鈥?/a>


http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/dc_faux_ragging鈥?/a>





It will mos def give you the old world look you want, and the colors are light enough that you should be able to paint over it later without too much effort.What paint color should I use for this style?
I would suggest a straight paint color in mustard, moss green or barn red. Neither of these paints colors suggested are dark tone and can be easily covered in usually 2 coats. Easy to prime over. One coat then a neutral color when you move out.

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