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Article: Just add paint: transform your home without a whole lot of time (or money!) with these 11 colorful ideas.(Buyers guide)
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- Redbook
- Article date:
- September 1, 2007
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1. make a grand entrance. Paint your front door a color that'll make your house the beauty of the block: Caribbean blue, rich plum, or bright, sunny yellow. For durability, use latex exterior paint in semigloss finish--it'll stand up to weather and wear and tear. Pratt & Lambert Portland Blue, starting at $19/ gallon, prattandlambert.com for stores.
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2. color code your work space.
Punch up boring bulletin boards by painting them in flat tonal colors (all from one color strip!)--and paint all the frames one semigloss color to unify them. Before painting cork, mix 1 quart of paint with 1/2 ...