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What's wrong with white? Jack 02-28-2007
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Posted by Mark Lloyd on March 1, 2007, 11:24 pm


wrote:

>
>> I was going to paint one wall glossy white for
>>> this purpose, but I don't show slides that often anyhow anymore.
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>You could buy special paint for movies and slides. The paint is pricey but
>>not as pricey as a good screen.
>
>Thanks. I didn't know that. Looks like I'm not the only "lazy" one.
>Plus with a screen you have to fold it up, have a place to store it,
>and take it out again.

And you can...

>>
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Posted by bremen68 on March 1, 2007, 2:48 pm


> On the TV home improvement shows, seems like everyone hates the wall color
> white and replace it with funky colors like purple, orange or somesuch.
> Funny when a new owner comes in and repaint the existing purple wall with
> green, brown or other bodacious colors. In most cases, the rooms seem dark
> compare to white so you need to add more lighting. I like white as a blank
> canvas as I (more like the wife) could add splashes of colors from my
> furniture, paintings. door and wall trims. Painting walls in bright bold
> colors seem like a sensory overload to me. Doesn't anyone like white
> anymore?

Me and the Mrs. are getting ready to do some painting and I'll be
heading off to the local Sears to request several gallons of good ol
BO34 (Winter White). Nothin at all wrong with white as far as we're
concerned. The Sears paint is just our preference.

We have branched out a little bit and done some other colors in our
new home, but the last house was all done in white.

It all comes down to... what do you want in your house. Which
translates (mostly) to if it makes the Mrs. happy life is happy... ;-)

Most of the TV shows go overboard with their style and color mixes to
keep it interesting. Not that many folks would watch every week if
the designer walked into the house and said "I SEE ---- WHITE".. :-)

Just my two little pennies worth... Good luck!



Posted by on March 3, 2007, 9:54 pm


Our house is a bit over a hundred years old. Before we did any work on
it, we carefully peeled back the layers of time on the walls.

Only one room has ever had white walls -- the living room was painted
white when we bought the place, appears to have been done in the 1970s.
Before that, it had a variety of pastels in different rooms.

Before that, wall papers ranging from pastels to very deep prints
downstairs, while the bedrooms had paper with scenic prints -- floral in
one, cowboys and indians in another, tropical scenes in a third, etc.

The original interior was deep green, painted cloth instead of paper,
except the dining room which was green below with a band of sky blue on
top, with a gold stripe between them.

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