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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.
Lisa in Seattle says
PAINT ME!
I’m pulling colors out of the Karastan “Persian Vase” area rug in our living room. There are a *lot* of colors to choose from.
katy says
Paint me!!
Inspiration = the beach! We are on vacation now so all I can think about is the sky, sea and sand!
Christy B. says
Paint Me!!! Pics from the beach!!
Ellen says
PAINT ME!!
I’ve got some great ideas for a “beach at sunset” color palette!
Ana says
Paint me! I’d love to match the aqua color from my baby’s BabyGAP dress for an armoir. It’s such a beautiful, happy color!
Tara says
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My in-laws are building a new house and my mother-in-law is letting me decorate the guest bedroom. Only requirement – I have to use a quilt that her grandmother made. Winning the paint would definitely help! Great giveaway!
Katherine says
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We need new paint in just about every room in our house.
Jen says
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I’d love to use some of my vacation pics from Italy or Napa Valley as color inspiration!
Merideth says
PAINT ME!! There’s a cool white lamp with black/white shade @ Lowes! I want 2 of them for my bedroom furniture I just painted black. However, now I need to find a decent affordable bedding option!!
dara says
PAINT ME. I’d like to create a room around a vanity I got on craigslist and a chair inherited from my grandma.
Sunny says
PAINT ME! I would have to say that I’d love to use one of the colors in our duvet to match… I have brought home a bazillion paint strips and cannot find anything with the right tones to save my life. Going to have to take a picture of it and test out this ColorClix program! Thanks!
Alicia says
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Sooooo much inspiration! A lot from you guys! Fantastic giveaway!
cj says
PAINT ME! I am looking at fresh green apples as inspiration for a yummy kitchen color!
Cheryl says
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Just discovered your site and absolutely love it. Our home is vintage 1947 and is definitely in need of some new paint! I’m thinking I’ll use my photos from our trip to Scotland for inspiration.
Thanks for the fun giveaway!
Kari says
PAINT ME!!! I saw an awesome pillow in pottery barn today that I would LOVE to design a room around.
Lauren says
Paint Me!
If I win, I may just be nice and give the paint to my sister who just moved into her very first “grown up” apartment here in Richmond. She desperately wants to paint, but there are so many other things her limited budget must cover first! Then again….there is my living room…….
Melissa says
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I love the color of fall decorations. The browns, golds, oranges, and would love to decorate my bedroom with those colors.
Sara C. says
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We received a beautiful three-panel screen with Monet’s Starry Night on it. I would love to plan a room around it!
Lauren A. says
PAINT ME! I recently took a photograph of the river on our annual float trip, and the browns, tan and taupes of the river rocks were very inspiring!
Abbi says
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I would like to paint in soft blues and greens.
melanie connell says
Paint me a smile
we took some family pictures at the beach and it has inspired me to decorate our new home as a modern beach cottage.
hope i win
Tara H says
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I have an enormous serving platter from Pier One that I plan on using for the color palate in my kitchen. I would love to color match to it!
Samantha says
Paint me! I’d draw inspiration from a jar of seaglass I have in my bathroom. Blues, greens, so pretty!
Elena says
PAINT ME! Lots of great web pic inspiration over here!
Jill Young says
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I have three fern prints and I took them to Ace Hardware and had them match a very bright green paint color to them and used it to paint our dining room. When I was painting, my husband, mom and MIL all thought it was way too bright and green, but after we got the table and some white dishes and ceramics in there, it looks awesome.
So not a paint to do, but a paint to done.
Carla says
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I do not know at this time where I would pull colors from ,But I have many rooms to paint in the near future. I look forward to playing with this new color matcher , sounds great.
lis says
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I’d love to match a chunk of color from the marimekko unikko wallpaper. Getting ready to redecorate my daughter’s room and that wallpaper is going up *but only on one wall so I need to paint the other three*! Can’t wait.
Andrea | HomageStyle.com says
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…with a color that stretches my decorating style, just a bit!
Goodbye builder white!
Jane says
Paint Me!!! For one of the rooms in our new condo, we’re using a super awesome poster of the Hancock Center in Chicago.
Emily says
Paint me! I would probably draw inspiration from a beachy glam thing… It’s in my head I guess.
Max says
PAINT ME! A friend takes great photos of early 20th century architecture, so we plan on using his photos for inspiration in the office.
Jordann says
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The forest, I love all of the green mixed in with the brown ground, it is all so natural and pretty
Elaine P. says
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I have a small picture from a Pottery Barn catalogue filled with warm colors. Its a sort of sunset pallet.
gabby says
Pain me!!!!
My insperation is my dog, Romeo. I love the color of his coat and I would love to do my guest room with him as my insperation.
N. Nanny RN says
Paint me! I have to repaint every surface of my new old house!
julia says
Paint me!
My current inspiration is Le Creuset’s stoneware in Caribbean. I love the color and would like to paint my small bathroom this color!
Micah says
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My mother-in-law made a beautiful quilt for my wedding that has wonderful warm bright colors that remind me of her. I would love to center a room around those colors!
Sherry says
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Something light, bright and fresh!
Stephanie says
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We just bought a new house (new to us), so I constantly planning new paint colors. We painted an accent wall in the dining room (Silk Lining by Martha Stewart) and it looks great, but I’m having trouble deciding on a contrast color for this inset portion of the ceiling that we want to paint. So I’m trying to draw inspiration from everywhere…
Rena says
Paint me. The beach is my color inspiration.
sophia says
PAINT ME! I’d love to draw colors from the gorgeous orchids in my living room.
Molly says
PAINT ME!
While strolling through the aisles at Target a few months back, I found a grey and yellow pillow that served as the color palette for my in-progress office renovation. I’m now seeing slate and mustard colors EVERYWHERE!
kim says
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I have new Ikea curtains in my bedroom that have nice slate blue, beige and brown stripes.
meryl rose says
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We’ve had our office redo on the to do list for some time and I’ve had my eyes on some pretty sweet fabric for curtains and maybe some wall color inspiration….
Laura says
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We are buying a house soon (!!!) and would use this paint to de-nasty the living room an awful shade of red. I was recently to Lowes to pick out Olympic paint colors, and I am torn between the soothing shades of Silver Dollar and Secret Passage!
Erika says
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My inspiration comes from my kiddo’s comforter (and personality!)
April says
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I have an amazing photo of a silhouetted plant with the sunset peeking through the branches and leaves. The yellow, orange and green melt together and it’s beautiful.
Jenn says
Paint Me! My inspiration, as with life, is the beach…with it’s calming blue waters and subtle soft sands.:)
Ashley says
PAINT ME!!
I’m fed up with my plain white apartment, and you guys have inspired me to make it my own. :-) I want to paint my office a bright sky blue, so I can still have something fun and summery when winter rolls around.
barb says
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my room inspiration would be either this gorgeous blanket i got, its a great color and also similar to it would be my dog, her fur would be a good inspiration as well. the colors are close but i could probably get the blanket to sit still longer for the pic…lol