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10-22-05, 05:16 AM

wildheart

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painting with red

I want to paint my walls the color cactus flower and drop dead georgous.I'm going to rag roll both of the colors mixing glazing in the red .tell me do you think this will be to bright and what other colors will work with it my couch and chairs are a brownish gray like color.any advice on making it come out looking right will help. I like color but don't want to over do it . wildheart

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10-22-05, 11:14 AM

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sounds like a thread for decorating and design maybe.

http://forum.doityourself.com/forumdisplay.php?f=30

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10-24-05, 10:14 AM

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well........having no idea what "cactus flower" or "drop dead gorgeous" LOOK LIKE, i can't comment on whether or not they'll be too bright. if you're worried about it, then it's probably too bright. try it out on a big piece of poster board first.

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