Paint Selection Tools

Built in bookcases add value and charm to any room, but finding a skilled carpenter to build them can be a challenge. Luck stepped in and after living in the guest room for the past fifteen days, the master bedroom is almost completed. Stripped, primed, painted and updated, finally, the bookcases are almost finished, and the large room has gone from a tired tan wallpaper the previous owner loved, to a rich dark blue, Sherwin Williams Dignity. Always a lover of color, the spring green silk drapes look regal against the deep blue walls. The full wall of built in bookcases is over ten feet long and ten feet high. Crown molding at the top and bottom add formality to the room. The remaining soft finishes include cranberry, fuchsia, yellow and green, and a deep blue and spring green silk duvet cover. Once the room is back together and suitable for living, a finished room will be displayed for your viewing pleasure.

Sherwin Williams offers an interesting site that allows the viewer to select a room and then see it painted with the desired color to visualize how it will look. Called the Color Visualizer, complimentary colors are also displayed to help the at-home decorator pull interesting colors together before painting. An amazing tool, this verified dark blue was the color for the master bedroom. Benjamin Moore Paints also offers a personal color viewer but the colors are "off" from the actual paint samples and colors actually selected and mixed. Sherwin Williams paint visualizer is far more accurate.

In a few days life will return to normal as the bookshelves begin to fill with important personal memorabilia and books. As for the bottom closed shelves -- those will hold files that have been hidden for far too long.
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