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Paint a smile on your faces people, because that’s what we’re giving away this week! Paint, that is, not smiles (though hopefully smiles sort of come along with getting a prize, right?). This week we’re giving away a room full of paint from Olympic (that means 2 gallons of Olympic Premium Interior Paint and 1 gallon of primer) to THREE people. Woo hoo! We love this stuff because now no matter what color you get mixed, it’s still 100% VOC-free. Can’t beat that, right? And that’s exactly why we used it in our bathroom remodel earlier this year. Plus, Olympic just launched a new, free desktop application called ColorClix to help inspire your perfect palette.
Once downloaded, the little ColorClix box invites you to click anywhere on your desktop – a photo, a video, an icon, whatever – and syncs that color with one in the Olympic catalog. Like if I wanted to build a room around the adorable picture of a snoozing chihuahua I’d just have to click anywhere on his fur to get an Olympic paint color (apparently Burger’s eyebrow is “Stony Creek”). It also displays the rest of the colors on the virtual swatch as well as recommended complimentary colors.
The program also lets you save all of your inspiration colors in projects sorted by room and then you can use those saved projects to virtually paint rooms on Olympic.com. You know, if you really wanted to go as far as to let your dog’s coloring determine the coloring of your walls.
So go have some fun playing with ColorClix and check out the rest of this week’s details:
- PRIZE: One room of paint from Olympic, including 2 gallons of Olympic Premium Interior Paint and 1 gallon of primer
- TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “PAINT ME” and…
- BONUS QUESTION: … tell us about a photo, object, or other inspiration item that you’d love to draw some paint palette inspiration from. Did you photograph a stunning landscape recently that could lend itself to an accent wall color? Have you spotted a vase or pillow at the store that could inspire a whole room?
- GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Wednesday, September 8th at 8pm EST
- NUMBER OF WINNERS: Three
- PRIZE SHIPS: The United States
- USUAL STUFF: One entry per e-mail address is permitted. The winners will be selected using random.org and announced on Thursday. Good luck…
See our Giveaway FAQs page for more info. Pics from Olympic Paints.
Megan says
PAINT ME!
We just returned from a vacation in Antigua and the stunning turquoise of the water has inspired me to do something in our guest room with a bold color!
Cate says
Paint Me!
Oh my ugly bathroom with the peachy-salmon tile might be redeemable. There’s a picture in the color issue of MSL that gives me hope: my cat’s-nose pink will be tempered by cool, quiet gray.
Charlotte says
PAINT ME PAINT ME PAINT ME PAINT ME!!! My husband and I just moved into my grandparents house that hasn’t been painted since about 1973…can you say mauve, mint green, and puke yellow? This would be AWESOME. As for inspiration, I’m a mother to two little ones (2 1/2 and 6 months). They have the most unique blue eyes (although I’m not a bit partial!!)…so if I could match paint to that color you wouldn’t be able to stop me from painting. Love your blog and look forward to more posts….P.S. I totally ordered some of those magnetic alphabet letters from Etsy. I’d been looking for some like that FOREVER so Thanks!
Chris says
PAINT ME!
Anything in the baby blue shade… so relaxing!
Dee says
PAINT ME!! The Piano room…it’s an empty, blah room with 2 pianos and 3 NYC taxi horns from way back when. Would love to begin decorating by painting the walls…color, color, color!
Sarah says
paint me! I’d love to paint my living room the color of the sky in a picture I own.
Thanks!
Megan says
PAINT ME! I have so many pictures I could do this too… including a beautiful sunset on the water, a pretty blue sky while in Colorado, garden photos for a fun punch of bright green, pink or yellow, and so many others! AND I really like the color of walls based on Burger’s eyebrows! Am I the only one?
Aliesha says
PAINT ME!
I would love to paint our living room (two shades of neutral tan for the walls and crisp white for the trim and chair rail). I used Olympic no-VOC paint in our nursery, and I just love it!
Shannon says
PAINT ME!
Ok a picture…it is really a pic of a pillow case. A very long time ago…I had moved from one coast to another only to be transplanted in the midwest. It was a very hard time in my life and I found myself in a store looking for bed linens. Well I bought a sheet set solely because of the color. It was a buttery yellow color that made me happy when I saw it. I don’t even like yellow but that one was happiness. Several years and a divorce and a new marriage later…all that was left was a pillow case. While I was in labor with my daughter my doula suggested I bring my own pillow to the hospital. Of course, that is the one I chose. All I have left is a picture of the pillow case.
Emily says
Paint me!
Beach inspired palette! Just moved there. :)
susan says
“PAINT ME”
right now i’m into a spring green color, iguana green (it’s a crayola marker color). i think it would look great in my new playroom.
Beth says
PAINT ME!
My ten month old has a little navy blue, teal, orange, and white outfit that is so cute. Sometimes I’ll just stare at it and think how I’d like to decorate a whole room based off of that one little outfit.
April says
Paint me!!
Tammy says
Paint Me!
I am inspired by a pillow I made for my couch in a soft blue. A wall that color would be so clean, crisp, and calming!
Larissa says
Paint Me!!
There is a duvet cover on PB that I looove and am dying to pick some paint colors from that!
MLJ says
Paint Me! That is what my patched living room wall is screaming to me.
Savanah says
PAINT ME!
I have radiant colors in photos I took in India and Guatemala…I could totally see picking out one of those colors as an accent wall! :)
candace says
PAINT ME!! What a great giveway! I need to repaint my master closet but what has been inspiring me as of late…a nice serene Zen-y vibe!
Jamie says
Paint me!!
I’d love to re-do my bedroom based of a photograph I purchased on etsy. If I can figure out how to get a color scheme with the Olympic program I’ll be good to go and ready for some paint!
Kim says
PAINT ME!
I have a whole slew of fabric that I would love to get creative with and could help inspire that perfect paint color!
Nan says
Paint me!
The Delft blue on a vase I bought while my husband and I lived in the Netherlands.
Clara says
PAINT ME! I have plans to repaint our master bedroom and our guest bedroom. This year, I’m taking my clue from my closet. Over the past several years, I’ve gravitated to blues and greys, and those are the colors that I plan to see on my walls by the end of this fall. Thanks for the giveaway!
Tosha G. says
PAINT ME!
We just bought a new house and two of the rooms are lime green and we’ve been dying to paint them. We recently took a trip to Ireland so we plan to draw some inspiration from the beautiful scenery there.
Arielle S says
Paint me!!
I have a pretty, semi-giant 70’s lamp that feels and weighs like it is made out of concrete. It has a chevron pattern around the whole base that is an amazing shade of coral. How I could incorporate into any design scheme is still a mystery but paint would be a good start! ;)
Leahmpeck says
Paint me!
I have a set of curtains that I have used to derive paint colors for almost my entire house.
lauren says
paint me!
Patty says
Paint ME!
I have had difficulty finding the right shade of seafoam blue and I would love to be able to match paint to some accessories that I have!
Rachel Henry says
Paint Me — my husband and I had some canvases that were taken out of frames from the thrift store. We painted the canvases white then did our own paintings: only applying the paint with things found in nature (a flower, sticks, etc). They are white, grey, and red, and the perfect inspiration for our master bedroom. Yay for paint!
Angela says
PAINT ME!
This post is timed perfectly! I spotted this pillow at Wal-Mart and hope to design our new bedroom around it:
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Hometrends-Horus-Decorative-Pillow/13269417
I think I’d like to do silver-gray walls, white bedding and curtains, and use the color of this pillow as an accent/accessory color. Our furniture is black. I’ve never done this before and I’m pretty nervous! You guys are an inspiration!
sara says
Paint me grey…that’s exactly what I need for my master bedroom redo. Grey paint for my trim work!!
Yulia says
Paint Me! My father painted a painting of the ocean and it’s beautiful. I want to repaint my bedroom to reflect the color of the ocean.
Amy says
PAINT ME! I take paint color inspiration from the colors found in nature, even just right here in our own backyard.
Jennypenny says
Paint me!
I’m dying to redo my master bedroom. I painted it brick red when I moved in 7 years ago. My inspiration for my new paint color came from a show my son watches on Nick, Drake & Josh. Ha! The show drives me crazy, but I love the living room.
autumn dell says
PAINT ME!
I bought a quilt from Pottery Barn for our master bedroom earlier this year that has several colors that I’ve used to paint and decorate our house with!
Bridgit says
Paint me!
I am inspired by the colors of a vintage surf book I bought recently!
grace hester designs says
PAINT ME!
We recently had a local photographer take some photos of our two girls outdoors in a metro park and the colors were just breathtaking on a specific shot so I would definitely use that photo as a sample!
Grace
joanne moy mcIntyre says
“paint me!”
i just bought a sham from crate and barrel and have decided to make over the guest bedroom…can’t wait to paint!
Heidi says
PAINT ME. I’d love to draw some inspiration from the ocean.
Shani says
Paint me!
I’d like to use the faintly-purpley gray of my children’s eyelids when they are sleepy. It would be a great color in my bedroom.
Mira Williams says
PAINT ME! We’re ready to change out from wood paneling to light and bright! The stone fireplace gives us lots of ideas for complimentary colors.
sim says
Paint Me!
Lindsey R says
PAINT ME! ….the color of my roses from my wedding day!
Elizabeth says
PAINT ME!
I need inspiration–we want to make our bedroom a warmer color (it is a basic, cool, beige). Just in time for fall!
Courtney says
PAINT ME!
My husband and I are inspired by natural, organic things. We’d love to pull the calming colors of nature into our new house!
Becca says
PAINT ME! :-)
Emily Ernst says
Pick me! I mean, Paint me!
Amberle says
Paint me!
Chrissy says
Paint Me! My hubby has a 1958 photo of a MN Steam Threshers Reunion that I love the colors of and want to use to decorate our office/guest/exercise room. It has lovely gray blue and tan colors.
Sarah G says
PAINT ME! I’m thinking a gallon for my bedroom in which I’ll be drawing inspiration from our embroidered silk curtains, and a gallon for the kitchen which will get its inspiration from our painted canisters! :)
Kristin D. says
Paint me! I need some paint for a guest room, I’m pulling all the colors for the room from some floral curtains.