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Help with decorating

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    paigesprinkles    June 26, 2010  

    Hi Bees! I am trying to pick paint colors for my FI's house so it is ready when I move in. I am having such a difficult time. Does anyone know good sited where they have lots of pictures of decorated rooms for inspiration? Thanks!

     
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    OttawaBride2011    May 21, 2011   Ottawa, Ontario

    Have you tried looking at home decor magazines? I usually find a ton of inspiration in there. Otherwise I usually just do a google image search for pics of the specific room I am decorating!

     
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    Mrs. Spring    May 10, 2009   California

    I LOVE HGTV's website... especially the "Rate my Space" section!  I've been known to spend hours on there at time, browsing for inspiration.  :)

     
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    Minutiae    May 2011  

    I second Rate My Space. Design*Sponge is a great blog for inspiration, too. :)

     
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    AnnieAAA    October 25, 2009   Dallas, TX

    I actually posted the excat same question a few weeks back :)

    The responses I got were younghouselove & apartment therapy. Both were good, but now I've been addicted to "Rate my Space" as another person suggested & have got some great inspiration pics!

    Also, better homes and garden's site, but it was a little annoying b/c they kept wanting you to pay to see more, but still good for inspiration nonetheless.

     
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    joey    August 1, 2009   Seattle

    Decor8 or Apartment Therapy are great.

     
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    littlemissmoo    July 18, 2010   London, UK

    Apartment Therapy is my favourite. Otherwise I generally try to just google images that I like and create my own inspiration board.

     
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    JeniRae    May 2, 2009   Pittsburgh

    Also try the Sherwin Williams Color Visualizer:

    http://www.sherwin-williams.com/do_it_yourself/paint_colors/visualizer/

    You can pick a room similar to what you're working with and try different colors. It's really addictive!

     
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    joey    August 1, 2009   Seattle

    I would also go to google images and type in "Blue and Orange room" or whatever colors you may be interested in whatever room you are looking to decorate.  It pulls up lots of pictures from a bunch of different sources.

     
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    pinkmonkee    5/15/2010   Orange County, California

    I went on the Good Housekeeping Website and they have a program where you can put in different colors and see how it will look in different rooms for the house.

     
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    caitlanc    September 12, 2009   Western Slope of Colorado

    On behr.com you can upload your own picture and "paint" it.  I've been having a lot of fun with it.  (Ok.  Not sure why the link's not working.  Just take out the weddingbee part and it will get you there.)  Sherwin-Williams offers a similar thing but I like Behr's program better.  It's worked really well for me since we haven't closed on the house yet so all I have are the listing photos.  But it gives you a good idea of what might work in the space.

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