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Decorating in Cozy Colors

Rev up the cozy factor in your home with these rich shades of red, orange, green, and brown.

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Warm Mixes

This window seat is covered in cozy pillows in mixed tones of warm colors.

Make it work for you:

--Find fabrics that work well together like this blend of orange, red, purple, and tan used on the seat cushion.

--Cool-hued molding pops against the warmer colors.

--Mix a cool shade like this lovely lavender pillow for added interest.

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alpacatex08 says:
a most important aspect to using a dark wall color is to be sure to use a base tint coat (for our ri......
a most important aspect to using a dark wall color is to be sure to use a base tint coat (for our rich wine color the underbase was a dark grey; it creates a richer color and you don't have to use more than a couple coats of red paint; otherwise, you are painting coat after coat of paint to cover all the light color wall underneath; I recommend Sherwin Williams paints totally.
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alpacatex08 wrote:

a most important aspect to using a dark wall color is to be sure to use a base tint coat (for our rich wine color the underbase was a dark grey; it creates a richer color and you don't have to use more than a couple coats of red paint; otherwise, you are painting coat after coat of paint to cover all the light color wall underneath; I recommend Sherwin Williams paints totally.

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