The Best Color Ever

What’s the Best Color You Ever Painted Something?

You can still see it in your mind’s eye. Or maybe you are surrounded by it right now. Perhaps it was for you, or designers — for a client. But you could feel it in your gut.

You nailed that color choice.

Tell us the story of your best color ever. Share with us by Leaving a Comment, OR–even better–if you have a photo, share with us in the Challenge Entry Form here.

We Design Junkies want details, so if you remember, tell us the paint brand, the color name or number, and the finish. But mostly describe for us what made you weak in the knees for the color, and why it ended up being a great choice.

To ensure we get a rainbow of replies, a random entrant will win a copy of the new and idea-packed bookazine, “House Beautiful’s 500+ Favorite Paint Colors.”

Read a great review of it here by my friend, special event co-conspirator and color maven-blogger, Sonu Mathew. Sonu was nice enough to send us an
extra copy.

You’ll get one entry in the drawing for telling us your story in the Comments section.
You’ll get three entries, when you “show and tell” by uploading your photo with your story in the Challenge Entry Form.

Can’t wait!

The Best Color Ever

Submission Deadline: Thursday, October 21, 2010
Ta-Da! Challenge Results: Friday, October 22, 2010

Check out all 3 entries:

1. Debbie Perkins in Sandy, UT, USA	2. Michell Kaul in Sheridan, Wy
3. Tawnya Dodds in Topeka, KS, USA

1. From Debbie Perkins in Sandy, UT, USA:

I decided to use spray paint because I figured it would be faster and wouldn’t show mistakes as much, with this being my first attempt at refinishing a piece of furniture.

I love the way my end tables turned out. I think the end tables look like “thrift store vs. Pottery Barn”. I LOVE the black, and wouldn’t have done any other color. It matches everything, and looks very classy and beautiful. Black is the best color ever for furniture!

2. From Michell Kaul in Sheridan, Wy:

I am allergic to white! Every room in my home has color…
The hubby and I recently made a headboard out of Old shutters and I decided to paint the headboard green.

I love the green and gray in our master bedroom…You can see the headboard tutorial on my blog. http://girlinair.blogspot.com/

3. From Tawnya Dodds in Topeka, KS, USA:

Behr Premium Plus Ultra, Eggshell interior in Dusty Olive UL190-5.

It’s a warm, lovely sage green. It makes me so happy to be near it! I\’ve used it in the living room and bathroom of last 2 houses we\’ve flipped and again last weekend in our new home.

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8 Comments for “The Best Color Ever”

palladian blue, hc 114,by benjamin moore, dreamy pale blue gray, softened hallway, turned kitchen into jewel box, love it

tess said | September 21st, 2010 at 7:59 pm

I’m new to painting, but I found some cheap end tables in the classified ads that needed some work, and decided to give it a try. I went with what I think is the best color for furniture, black. I used Rust-Oleum’s Painter’s Touch Ultra Cover 2x in Flat Black. I decided to use spray paint because I figured it would be faster and wouldn’t show mistakes as much, with this being my first attempt at refinishing a piece of furniture. I love the way my end tables turned out. I tried to upload a picture of one end table done next to the other, but I kept getting “Error 404- page not found” message. But if you can picture it, I think the end tables look like “thrift store vs. Pottery Barn”. I LOVE the black, and wouldn’t have done any other color. It matches everything, and looks very classy and beautiful. Black is the best color ever for furniture!

Debbie Perkins said | September 23rd, 2010 at 8:47 am

Hi Tess,

Softened hallway and a kitchen jewel box? Me thinks you are a writer.

I found HC 144, Palladian Blue on BM’s site. Is this it? Seem like a soothing color – my blood pressure is going down just looking at the swatch. Lovely.

Thanks for sharing!
–Kathy

Kathy said | September 23rd, 2010 at 10:03 am

Oops Debbie!

Sorry for the technical difficulties. I appreciate you emailing me the photo, so I can upload your entry myself. I’ve got the “Chief Code Jockey” on the case now of why the upload wouldn’t work.

Anyway, the black is such a nice route, especially for table like yours with a graceful shape. It shows so much better in the black I think; and what room couldn’t use a touch of black??

Congrats on your first furniture reno.!! We will upload your photo as soon as the “glitch” is fixed!!

Thanks again,
–Kathy

Kathy said | September 23rd, 2010 at 10:09 am

yes, Kathy, that’s it! 😉

tess said | October 9th, 2010 at 10:59 pm

Thought so, Tess. Nice choice!

Kathy said | October 11th, 2010 at 9:24 am

Whew! Debbie & Tess, that took awhile, but we fixed the technical glitch and I was able to upload Debbie’s photograph. (Darn that WordPress upgrade – it messed up our custom code a bit. All better now.)

So I have extended the Challenge deadline to today, and I will do the random drawing and post the winner tomorrow!

Thanks for your patience and participation!
–Kathy

Kathy said | October 21st, 2010 at 1:38 pm

I love all shades of lime and bitter greens. I am getting ready to do this pattern in my bathroom. Have the same
one in shower curtain and have budget-searched for a lot
of lime and black accessories to go with it. It’s crisp
and clean and I love it. Enjoy; very nice bedding and back wall with trees. Soothing but happy.

Sher said | March 11th, 2011 at 4:29 pm