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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.
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 pic…lol
Jaci says
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I have two rooms I could use the paint in – one that I’m pulling colors from a photograph I took when I was up in the north shores at Tettegouche State Park in Duluth, MN and another that I’m pulling colors off a note pad, yes, note pad, that has a fabulous color scheme for my bedroom :)
Madelaine says
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I am pulling colors out of a great rug (name unknown) in my living room. Can’t wait to paint!
Amber says
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My inspiration would come from nature to paint my sunroom. I love the idea of bringing the outside in.
g says
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Priscilla K. says
PAINT ME! The Tuscan countryside in Italy.
jill says
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My inspiration comes from a great painting I’ve had for 10 years – love the greens and blues!
Ashley says
I’ve been on a painting frenzy lately so PAINT ME some new big bold stripes in my baby’s nursery!
Amanda says
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Lately I’m really feeling the vivid color + black combo, and feeling inspired by the palette of Van Gogh’s Wheat Field with Crows ( http://www.vangoghgallery.com/catalog/Painting/746/Wheat-Field-with-Crows.html ).
sue Ryan says
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I have an old lobster trap float that came from my grandparents home in Maine. Our guest bedroom will eventually be beachy themed and I want to incorporate the float.
Barbara says
Oh, I am so d.r.a.b. and in need of a paint-me-up! So don’t you think you should pick me…you know…spruce me up, give me a new look. I could sure use it!
Brittany says
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It would either be my bedspread or rug – deep purple and blue hues
Clare says
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Inspiration is coming from rooms I’ve loved from the pages of Elle Decor or from Sarah Richardson’s portfolio
Sarah says
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I am always inspired by the colors of sea glass. Since I live in an apartment, I would most definitely use this paint to update the dungeon of a basement at our church where the children meet for AWANA. It’s bad. Really bad.
Cathy K. says
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I have a beautiful photo of a local garden on a clear, “blue sky” day – I’d love to use that sky as inspiration for my guest bedroom.
Christy says
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I just took a picture at a local vineyard and love all the greens and browns not to mention the deep purple of the grapes. It would make a awesome room!
jill says
Paint me….a wonderful new orange and white stripped shirt from the LOFT….
Elizabeth says
PAINT ME! The beach…we live 4 miles from the beach and I’m always picking up sea glass there. I love the blues and greens of sea glass!
Colby says
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Spain! Love the spanish mosaic tiles and rich, saturated colors seen in Spanish architecture.
Anne says
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I take inspiration from cities like Tokyo and New York City–shades of gray and anything crisp, modern and glossy!
AnnabelVita says
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This summer I’ve been totally obsessed with this nail varnish: http://bit.ly/doWFyQ so I’d love to do a white-toned room with pops of that lovely corally salmony pink. A bit like this houseboat featured in the Guardian http://bit.ly/bW9grD (interesting note – my friend knows the couple who live on the boat and most of the accesories were brought in by stylists!)
liz says
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Inspiration = concrete (really digging grays right now!)
Christie DeSilva says
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Korie says
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I definitely have a photo that I would love love love to use as inspiration for my entire place! It’s a beautiful mix of stony blues, grays, and tans with bits of cream to accent.
Abby says
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My inspiration is a photo of Copper Harbor, Michigan. My husband and I lived there the first two years of our marriage while he finished college. It’s one of the most majestic, beautiful shorelines I’ve ever seen!
Sarah says
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One of our books has a sage green cover that looks like the perfect shade for our bathroom. Unfortunately, I’ve yet to land on a swatch/sample can that comes close.
Kristy says
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I have a photograph of my grandmothers house that I want to create a palate around. Its classically beautiful and a little bit funky at the same time (blues, creams, with a splash of orange)!
Emily says
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Inspirateion: a photo in our bedroom that my sister took. It is a beach in winter, and the colors are just fabulous – sand and water and snow and ice and dried grass and gray sky. I could stare at it all day.
Rebecca says
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My sister crafted a beautiful sculpture of coral, that has nice shades of tan, and punchy red accents.
Jodi says
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My inspiration is the Napa Valley, where I recently returned from a fantastic vacation and would love to re-create the color palette there in our master bedroom!
Katie says
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It is time to tackle our most difficult room yet.
alicia says
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I need to paint me a new laundry room so this would be a great win for me. Thanks for the chance.
I would be pulling my inspiration from an awesome indoor outdoor rug that I found for the flooring and now I need to match it to the walls somehow.
Colleen says
Paint me! We are renovating our 1950’s home and I’d love to score some FREE paint! :) I am going to match a pillow that I illustrated and paint my family room those colors.
Caroline says
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Bed side tables and a cedar-lined chest are in desperate need of an update in my home.
Nicole Payne says
PAINT ME! I am trying to find the perfect paint color to match my new bathroom tile. It’s got about every color in the rainbow which you would think would make deciding easy but not so much.
Ericka says
PAINT ME! I need to repaint my bedroom and I’m looking for color inspiration, but I’m thinking a lovely shade of light gray-blue with a hint of green.
Sara Brown says
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I want to paint my husband’s office the same color as the sandy beaches of our coastal Georgia Home and accent with the colors of the rocky beaches in Scotland where he is from.
Rose says
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Lately I’m loving whites and neutrals with bright punches of green.
Heather H says
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Two items that have inspired my paint choices in the past are my beautiful shower curtain and two fun painted tins that I found on clearance.
Abby says
PAINT ME!! Our whole house needs a fresh coat!
Heather Ricco says
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We just bought our first house, and all the walls are beige!
Tiffany says
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I would love to paint a room based on the color of a sunset that I took on vacation in key west. It’s full of purples and blues.
Heidi says
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MOnica says
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For my guest room I am pulling inspiration out of new curtains.
Katie says
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photos in a magazine!
Carrie Hamilton says
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I have this wonderful photo from Jamaica last year, of the lush green rain forest and a little cabana. All the colors are bright and vibrant. I took it after my bf and I got done with zip lining, and hiked in the rain forest.
Yong says
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some apartment listings! the staging was great!
Lissa says
Paint Me!! I just bought my dream comforter and I would love to pull a color from that to cover up the awful color of my bedroom walls.
Sherrie says
Paint Me: I have a comforter that is the perfect shade of gold. I’d live to use it as a wall color, but it has been difficult to match. I took the pillow case in to one of the big box stores that said it does color matching. The result was not that good.
Chelsey says
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I bought this BEAUTIFUL hand-blown goblet this summer and it has every color in the rainbow! It’s gorgeous! I really want to style our living/dining room area around this. I’ve seen so many wonderful rooms that don’t stick to just a few colors, but to all, and I love them! This paint would be the perfect way to start! :)