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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.
Chris Marcum says
Paint me! I could paint my whole mancave after my golf clubs!
Shannon says
Paint Me!
I have a small candle holder from Target with a Scandinavian look to it in soft greens and golds that is the color scheme I want in my new kitchen.
Katheryn says
PAINT ME! Hubby just finished sheet rocking our son’s room, so now it needs paint. We have a great picture of our son in a kayak in the ocean. Would love to find paint to go with the picture!
Jules says
PAINT ME! I have a jar of seashells that I want to pull colors from to create that beachy feel around our new house. (Our home is nowhere near a beach)
Sarah says
PAINT ME!!
Shae says
“PAINT ME!” I’m wanting to paint our new playroom and draw inspiration from the bright colors of my son’s toys. The rest of our home is traditional so this is my one room to go crazy with colors!
Rachel E. says
PAINT ME!
There’s a pillow from Etsy that I could totally draw some inspiration from!
Muriel says
Paint Me!! Luckily I have a target and home goods in the same parking lot!! I can always find inspiration there!!!
Heather C says
Paint Me! :)
Sheena says
PAINT ME!! We painted our first house’s dining room red…inspired by a large oil painting with every color imaginable (including red) of the italian coast that hung on the red wall after we finished. :)
Katie says
PAINT ME!!!
My honey and I live with our 3 boys in a 2bdrm condo. To get more space for the boys we moved them into the master, but now we have their old room and I’m not so keen on their blue & green striped border anymore. I recently went to a spa and loved their relaxing color palette… browns, tans, burgandy, orange and muslin hanging from the ceiling. So warm and inviting. But then I’m a beachy girl at heart and a summery bedroom with blues and tans would be great too! Choices, choices!
Sarah says
PAINT ME
hmmm your blog inspires me to decorate and paint and get excited about embracing our home and it’s loveliness!
Suzanne Lafreniere says
PAINT ME :)
Jenny Joy says
PAINT ME!
I would LOVE to paint one of my rooms a cool retro green that is the exact shade in one of my grandmother’s handmade quilts. It’s sooooo 1940’s!
Rebecca K says
PAINT ME! I’m inspired by our soon-to-be first home’s brick fireplace. I love the look of a slate blue and white accents with brick.
Jacqueline v says
Paint me! I would use a photo of machu picchu I took five years ago :)
Jennifer B says
PAINT ME!
I am using my friends grey dog Athena, a Thai Ridgeback, as inspiration! She is the most beautiful color, I have to have it in my house.
Lizzie says
PAINT ME!
After a whole weekend of cleaning out closets, paring down furniture, giving away as much as we could (totally inspired by your do-more-with-less mentality!) – we went to target today and found the most perfect living room rug. Only problem? It completely clashes with the paint on the walls. We would LOVE this paint and plan to use the olympic tool to get just the right colors!
Mary Ann says
Paint me! I love the bright greens and blues that make me think of summertime. Pretty much any picture from this summer inspires me.
Julie says
PAINT ME! We are in the process of buying a house and I know I’ll be painting up a storm. Since we’re in the northwest, we’ll be keeping things light and bright to keep it cheerful inside on those dark, rainy days. I get my inspiration from all kinds of places….nature, fabric, photos, etc.
Also, thanks for the painting tutorial on the previous post. Perfect timing!
Stephanie Cisneros says
PAINT ME! I am inspired by a new painting we received as a gift and got a gold frame for.
Jen says
PAINT ME! I love the rich purplish red of a bottle of merlot or cab and am dying to paint our dining room along these lines.
Brittany Frederick says
PAINT ME!
We are in the process of picking out interior and exterior colors for our 1920’s craftsman house.
Everytime we go across the bridge over Tampa Bay I draw inspiration for a color pallette from the blues and greens in the water. Hopefully we will be able to paint the accent colors on the exterior of the house with those ocean inspired hues!:)
Rae says
PAINT ME! I have a whole inspiration folder just waiting to be used!
renee brown says
PAINT ME!
I’m very inspired by the colors in nature.
Teresa T. says
“Paint Me” We are focusing right now on our house so we can “live” in it without always having a project since our “project house” is Rita’s Rambling Ranch”.
Our eight year old daughter has always had a pink room since she inherited the color from her sister. Now it is her time to shine. She would like a “Parisian bistro” theme. Hopefully she can use this tool with me to get a better idea what colors she would like in her bedroom. She has silver plate servers. real china dishes and plastic “crystal” displayed on her shelfs already to serve her next guest.
I see more pink, black, stripes and polka dots. I don’t know if that is what she sees!
Thank you for a great giveaway!
Always, Teresa T.
Andrea D. says
PAINT ME!!! For me, the inspiration is always in fabric- and the inspiration seems to change every time I go to the fabric store!
Emmary Roemer says
PAINT ME!
I have drawn inspiration for my baby girl’s room from a beautiful wool rug we have from our previous home. It’s allowing me to add a little vintage charm to this precious little room.
Lisa says
PAINT ME! My current dining room tablecloth is full of this lovely deep teal color. About to find out what color it is on ColorClix.
Laura D says
Paint Me…
we have a large framed photograph my husband took on a vacaction years ago that I would love to use as inspiration for our bedroom.
Liesal says
PAINT ME!
I’m not a very good designer/homeowner, and so I’m still trying to figure out what inspires me for my home.
Emily says
PAINT ME! I love the colors in a dress that I have…
Catelyn Franklin says
Paint Me!
My friend had the most gorgeous orchids at her wedding. They were a beautiful purple. I would love to have accent wall (Oakwood Brown D37-5) in my bedroom.
Jess R. says
PAINT ME!
I am in dire need of new paint for my very boring living room! It’s currently a light cream color and I would love a calming green or blue for the room. I find inspiration in the colors you have chosen for YOUR beautiful home… I’m so jealous!
Jordan says
PAINT ME!
We get bits of inspiration from natural colors around us–from the fall leaves beginning to turn, to the beautiful ocean colors from our recent Hawaiian vacation.
Penni McNamara says
PAINT ME! My inspiration is the opposite of pretty. I want to get rid of a wall in our house that is the color of kitty litter. Ugh.
Emily says
PAINT ME!
I’ve actually used this tool! It started when I couldn’t find any nursery bedding that I liked, so I got some Asian-inspired purple and green prints. A friend of mine is making everything, and I used the colors from the fabric to narrow down the paint color with Color Clix!
The ceiling is Diamond Blue, the walls are Flowering Raspberry and Mauve Magic.
Destiny says
Paint Me! My kitchen faces my huge backyard-I would love to paint it a brighter color to help go with all of the green!
Ashley says
Paint me!
I’m sure I’ll want to draw inspiration from our honeymoon coming up. Turquoise waters and white sand beaches…yes please!
Kristina says
PAINT ME
I’ve been looking through photos of sunny, golden-yellow kitchens and I am so inspired! I just moved into my home a couple of months ago and most of the paint colors aren’t “me”.
Heather P says
Paint me!
We have some great artwork in mind for our son’s big boy room so it would be fun to switch up the color to go with it!
Kristen says
PAINT ME! I took an awesome photo of a dogwood blossom this spring and printed 20×30 but it doesn’t look right in any of our rooms!
Christine says
PAINT ME!
I would love to use a painting that my boss recently brought back for me from Haiti – the colors are so vibrant!
Samantha says
PAINT ME! I’ve been eyeing an awesome West Elm comforter for months for our master bedroom. I’d love to paint the walls a calming, light grey color to coordinate :)
Brit says
PAINT ME
I find the best inspiration in Traditional Home magazine. I love everything in there…cover to cover.
Wanda says
PAINT ME!
I draw inspiration from nature. We just got back from vacation and the photos we took have a plethora of shades from which to choose. I love warm earth tones, but I would like to try some cooler colors. Thanks for the chance to win a great prize!
Alyssa says
PAINT ME!
Can’t wait to try the ColorClix…
Rose says
PAINT ME!
The creamy yellow found on our living room pillows for our new baby room!
harmony says
PAINT ME!
I’m completely inspired currently by a mother-of-pearl wall art piece I just found!
Rachel says
Paint Me! I’m usually most inspired by my furniture & bedding- I have some beautiful copper-y sheets that are inspiring me to find the perfect bedroom paint color.