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September 11, 2014 by Lu in
25 Favorite Colors, Aubuchon Hardware, Before & After & Beautiful, Let's Talk Color, Paint That!
A group of Aubuchon Hardware Store color+paint specialists joined forces with Aubuchon Hardware executives to form a colorful group of volunteer painters to assist Habitat for Humanity of North Central Massachusetts. The Colorful Volunteers! Heidie, Michelle, Melinda,Krystal, Mike, Cary, Lori, John, Will, Chris, Jim, Lu, Rihanna AND………. Adrianna, Dennis, Nikki, Jamie The Rodrigez…
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Loving my six greeny-yellowy-grassy-appley- not white, and no longer red, Adirondack chairs. There’s a reason these iconic chairs of summer are typically painted white-no doubt about it-they are one big fat pain in the neck to paint. 6 white chairs in a row is too much white in my summer scene. This combination, of varied…
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Paint Saves the Day, especially when it’s PURPLE.
For those of you who are ready to get some painting projects up and running, I’ll post excerpts from my book “Paint Saves the Day” all this week. Lots of @benjamin_moore twittering going on about the book. A special thanks to Danielle (@dhatfield) for reminding everyone to get a copy and get painting! I’ll…
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Elisa wrote to ask if I could put together a list of “go-to” paint colors for her Dad, who is in a painting state of mind. Happy for a chance to take a trip down memory lane, here’s my personal “go-to” color collection. My color memory is filed in my mind by street address, followed…
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Lavender by chance?
Lavender by chance? Color obsessions and trends may come and go for many, but for the few who share my personal brand of color mania, sometimes the best thing to hope for, is a good diversion. So when I’m fighting to keep my brushes clean, or my drop cloths are out on the wash line,…
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Magnanimous Monticello Peach
I have received many questions and compliments about this color so I decided it was worthy of a re-post. Editorial magazines and manufacturers advertising campaigns present to us their endless commentary about the “POWER” of color. What exactly does this mean? Are all colors powerful? Are some colors powerless? Let’s scratch the surface of this…
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