COLORS AND SHEENS
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Selecting room colors or exterior tones and hues for your siding or walls can easily be done by using a couple free online color selecting tools.
How to advice for selecting paint sheens might also be in order plus a couple of software tool that will help you figure out room or area sizes.
Once you know the size of a room you can easily calculate the amount of materials needed to complete your projects.
Below you will find links to some cool free Internet software tools and pages on this site containing how to painting and decorating advice.
Interior color selector
Colors and sheen selection for the interior of your home can be a daunting task. With the help of some free online color selecting tools, the interior color selector page will help you make the process of selecting colors a little easier.
Exterior color selector
Whether you're a traditionalist when it comes to the outside of your home. Or you prefer to use bold colors on your exterior painting projects. The color selection page takes you to an assortment of paint color charts.
Using the charts should help you find the shades, tones and hues to get the outer surfaces of your home painted.
Selecting a paint sheen
It’s not always easy to decide on a paint sheen for the surfaces and rooms of your home. Eggshell or semi-gloss, bathrooms, bedrooms and floors. What's the best sheen to use for the project at hand.
Measuring rooms and areas
When decorating or remodelling a room, you will need to estimate the size of each surface being painted. Whether it's the height of a door, a rooms square footage or length of trim. Knowing the numbers before you buy paint, wallpaper or crown moulding will save you time and money.
Mixing or combining paints
Most of us have some leftover paint, either in the garage or hiding under the stairs. You might also come across some miss-tints at the paint store but they aren't colors to your liking.
Paints can be mixed and a more desirable color and sheens created as long as you follow a couple of color mixing rules.
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