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Living With It {Plus a Paint Stick Giveaway}

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Whenever someone asks me for paint color advice, I always have the same reply:  Pick the one that you are immediately drawn to.  Paint it on the wall.  Live with it for a few weeks.  If you don’t love it after those few weeks, then you need to pick another color.

How to Know When You've Chosen the Wrong (or Right) Paint Color

Well, I recently had to take my own advice.  I’ve lived with this crazy yellow wall for a few weeks.  It was perfect on the swatch.  Perfect on the sample that I painted.  But on the whole wall?  Negatory.  It was blinding.

So, I picked a few more yellows to try out.  I lived with those samples for a few days.  I hated them, too.  Yellow was out.

I knew that when I painted the wall bright yellow, I was taking a risk.  And risks in decorating are risks worth taking – even if it doesn’t work out in the end.

I yet again grabbed my HomeRight EZ Twist Paint Stick (Amazon affiliate link) and yet another can containing a risky color of paint.  It took me an afternoon of rolling, but I immediately knew that this had risk paid off….

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Breathing Easier Amid Pollen Yellow Walls #HealthierHome

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This is a sponsored post from Filtrete.

A few weekends ago, I spent some time painting my now ill-conceived pollen yellow hallway.  The painting itself was generally easy, although the paint color itself was hard on the eyes (I’m repainting it – don’t freak out!).  I did run into issues, though, when I got to the part of the wall above my linen closet door.

Help prevent allergens lurking in the home by changing your HVAC filter on a regular basis (and make it easier to paint your walls) #HealthierHome

I rolled and rolled, but the paint just wasn’t laying down like it was on the rest of the walls.  This has happened to me before, so I knew what to do when I couldn’t get the paint to cover easily.

I looked up….

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