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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thanks to everyone who weighed in. I think my next step is to borrow the fan deck and try out the colors in my kitchen. I appreciate you all. Have a wonderful evening! [/quote]

A suggestion.  We have found that those little sample squares on the fan deck are often not enough to really tell how well it works.  So we pick a few, like 4-5 colors that we think will look good and have SW mix up a small sample size (costs like $3-4 each).  Then go to Michael's and buy a pack of poster boards (the 11x17 size).  Or you can just cut up boxes that are heading for recycling and cut side panels off the boxes.  Paint a square at least 8x11 or larger the color and then tape them up on each wall.  Check how the panels look in the morning, afternoon, dusk and night with your lighting.

Colors that look good on a small sample chip in the fan deck in the store (or even at home) can look completely different in larger sizes up on the walls, in various degrees of direct or indirect light, at different times of day, etc.  We found this very helpful in avoiding the painter's remorse (I swear that looked more gray/less purple/more beige/whatever).[/quote]

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