Rebecca
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| Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 8:03 pm Post subject: Faux painting question |
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I have one large wall in a model home that I want to paint an accent color, or do a faux finish on. I'm having problems though, as the color I selected for the entire room (which is already painted), is a strange one - not really yellow, not really green. The walls and ceiling are Sherwin Williams Ancestral Gold. The only two colors I've found that I like with it are (also Sherwin Williams) Jadite, and Burlap.
My problem though, with doing a faux finish, is that these accent colors are really dark, and I'm afraid if I mix them together with a colorwash technique, they'll just get muddled. Does anyone have any suggestions?
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eileen
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| Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 10:58 am Post subject: |
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Any chance of a piccie of the room Rebecca so that we can see the colour that's on the walls for ourselves? Also could you do a test patch with the paint you've thought of using on the accent wall - maybe on a piece of white cardboard or paper?
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bethie
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| Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 12:05 pm Post subject: |
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You might take some of your gold or the other colors and lighten some of it up with white and use that also to brighten up the colors a bit.
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| Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 1:01 am Post subject: |
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I personally would go with the turquoise Rebecca. 
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bethie
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| Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 11:41 am Post subject: |
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I also like the turquoise, but if you are catering to the average "afraid of color" person you might need to go with the gold since it is more understated.
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I'm really impressed Rebecca. I, like you, would have been happier with the turquoise but the way the wall has been done with the sponge technique certainly makes it stand out without clashing with anything else in the room. You must let us see another piccie when the room is completed.
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glendann
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I really didn't think it would work so well but it did.Can't wait to see pictures finished
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