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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…
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Matthew says
Paint me!
April Standley says
PAINT ME!!!
Two months ago my boss bought me a very colorful block of post-its…the only colors left on it are pink and orange. I would love to somehow coordinate them into the spare bedroom…I’m thinking stripes :)
Bri says
Paint me! I have a guest bedroom that is in dire need of a makeover. I tested some purple paint on the wall a week after I bought the house (don’t judge, I was young and foolish) and have been covering it up with a framed print for the last 6 years. I guess it’s high time I actually did something about that room, huh? :) If I were gutsy enough I’d use one of my pictures from Venice as inspiration, but I don’t know if I could handle all the saturated colors!
Stacie says
PAINT ME….all of our walls are stark white.
I just got some gorgeous votive candles that have me inspired to re-do our master bedroom..
Christine says
Paint me! We need to repaint our kitchen badly – and I already have my “inspiration piece” – a ceramic pitcher I bought in Italy a few years ago.
Melissa says
Paint Me!!
Karan says
I love repainting our walls!
Leanne says
PAINT ME! I am about to redo my boys’ bedroom and I would love to be able to pull colors from their new comforters!
Alison says
PAINT ME! No specific object of inspiration, I just love greens and blues. We still have to paint one of the bedrooms in our home and I want to repaint our kitchen (shhh… don’t tell my husband).
Brenda says
Paint Me!
Dana from http://www.dana-made-it.com just redid her daughter’s room, totally inspiring!!
claire says
PAINT ME!
We are in the process of looking to buy our first home and I’m betting there will be a goodish bit of painting involved once we buy….at least I hope so! Yay for paint! :-)
Kathryn G. says
“PAINT ME” I just scored 7 vintage robin-egg blue posters of animals and I am dying to make up a nursery around the new finds.
Kat says
PAINT ME we might have bought a new house today (fingers crossed) so there will be much to paint!
Meg says
PAINT ME! I’d pick the colors for our family room out of vacation photographs..
Jamie says
PAINT ME!
I found the most beautiful vase at my local goodwill for $1 and would love to design a room around its colors!
Kay James says
“PAINT ME” and…
I really love sunflowers and use them in much of my artwork. My plan is to paint my studio space sunflower yellows with dutch boy blue accents!
tracey says
PAINT ME!!!! I have a picture of a tree with blooming pink/purple flowers and the grass is soooo green with the lake in the background that is so blue, along with the blue sky. such a calming picture!!! I would love to use it in my bedroom.
monica says
PAINT ME! I am inspired by the bedding patterns I see while pretend shopping online…
Steph says
Can’t enter, but thought I’d share that the inspiration for our wedding colour came from the green border on the toolbar at the bottom of our computer screen! Strange place to find the perfect shade but there you go, inspiration is found anywhere :)
Brianne says
Paint me!
My workspace is ripe for a makeover and I love Olympic paint. My vacation photos and a thomaspaul fabric print would be great inspiration!
Janene Casey says
PAINT ME! – Got this thing for GREEN! Just love it in nature, water, foods! Want to bring more of it in to my family room!
Samantha says
PAINT ME! I am inspired by the beautiful landscape photos my husband takes. I am hoping to repaint our fitness room and use several of his landscapes as art in that room!
Laura @ so alaurable says
PAINT ME!
I’d love to match the color of the blue gondolas we took photos of in Venice!
Liz says
PAINT ME!
I’m in the process of redoing my living room based. I was inspired by my wedding bouquet of wildflowers. I want the walls to be a light green, like the stems and leaves. And I’m planning to have touches of the various wildflower colors sprinkled modestly throughout the room. I’m hoping it will feel alive and vibrant, but still somewhat soothing with the green walls.
Jen says
PAINT ME!!
megan marie says
paint me! I am still trying to find the perfect bedroom wall color to go with our duvet (seen here: http://bit.ly/bzYwTd). The blue we have right now just isn’t working for me!
Amanda Ray says
PAINT ME!!!!!
Ashley says
Paint me! My husband and I are actually about to close on our first house, and painting is the first DIY thing we’ll do. I’m drawing my inspiration for our guest bathroom on his alma mater – WSU. A room of crimson, gray, and cougar heads.
Ruth Anne says
Paint me!
I want to paint something, anything, a breezy, aqua/teal color. Like they paint the porch ceilings in the South, to ward of haints. =)
rachael sudlow says
PAINT ME
I’d use my waterpond as inspiration!
mandi says
PAINT ME!
I would probably honestly use a photo I had taken at a concert to replicate that dark, moody feeling in my bedroom!
Mrs. Moore says
Paint Me!
I have been pulling bright spring colors in to our living room from a painting I was gifted. However, now I just need to find the motivation to actually paint….
Tasha says
PAINT ME! Our bedroom is in desperate need of painting (and redecorating). I’d use a photo my husband’s mom painted for us as our starting point!
Amanda says
PAINT ME…from a fabulous canvas picture we have hanging in our kitchen! It’s of the Mediterranean Sea.
Kristin says
PAINT ME!
I painted my bedroom the color of a Hershey’s chocolate bar!
Amy says
Paint me!
I love the color of my mixer. I want to make a fun room inspired by the color. :)
Jessica says
paint me! I don’t have an inspiration yet, but I would love to re-paint our bedroom. I chose a color that turned out way differently that I thought, and I would love to re-do it.
Jan says
PAINT ME!
Were changing a teen’s bedroom into a guest bedroom. I’d like to transform it into a very serene space using colors like photos I’ve seen of boutique hotels.
Mary Margaret says
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Emily H says
Paint Me!
I’ve been getting inspiration from the outdoors lately, the trees and water and sky that I left behind in Oregon. I think they would make my tiny NYC apartment that much nicer….
melanie says
Paint me!!!
I bought some green and cream striped fabric I loved a while ago and now we are expecting our first baby so I am taking that green in the fabric to use as the color for the walls for the nursery!
Joe says
PAINT ME!
Elizabeth says
PAINT ME!
We have two mini globes that are serving as the color inspiration for our living room. The blues and tans of the ocean and lands are perfect!
Diana R says
PAINT ME!!!
I HAVE THIS REALLY GREAT FABRIC THAT I WOULD LOVE TO INCORPORATE THE COLORS INTO MY NEW NURSERY…..
Tami says
Paint Me! Paint ME!
[We’re closing on our oober-cool-CA-beach-pad on Friday- boy would this come in handy!]
Hubs and I recently got married in Maui. We took a drive to upcountry [VERY off the beaten path] and there was this off wind whipped white and sand blasted chocolate brown church. It was sitting atop the greenest rolling hill that lead down to the most vibrant of blue oceans with large jet black lava protruding. It took our breath away and would love to recreate this color palette in our outdoor patio.
Pamala says
PAINT ME!
We just returned from our first vacation and have some amazing photos on the beach. I’d love to redo our bedroom so that every time I walk in, it feels like we’re back in that moment.
Suzanne Taylor says
PAINT ME! I want to repaint our children’s bathroom. As inspiration for the color palette, I will be using a photograph given to us as a wedding gift. It is a picture of a beautiful empty beach in St. Thomas.
Meg says
Paint me! We need to paint a room that was an office that we hope will soon be a nursery.
Kate says
PAINT ME!
I have a pillow that has colors that would make a fun and pretty room.
Erin K. says
PAINT ME!