My Image Inspiration: A Fun & Funky Green Chair

You all know that I love to paint. Furniture, walls, junk, whatever. I just love being able to change the color of anything. I’m not afraid to paint, but sometimes I get a little scared of using a completely new color palette that takes me outside of my comfort zone.

 Not long ago, in my post “Do Not Fear Paint,” I shared with you a new tool from Glidden called My Colortopia. MyColortopia.com provides inspiration, tools, and advice from the Colortopia Team to help you gain confidence throughout the painting process. Glidden also has another tool that lives on MyColortopia.com. If you are stuck in a rut or don’t know where to start on your room transformation, My Image Inspiration is a tool that allows you to upload a picture of anything you like, to be the starting point, the inspiration for the room. Whether it’s a piece of art, furniture, fabric—anything really, My Image Inspiration will give you a selection of color palettes that are a perfect fit for that image.

“Looking for ideas to kick-start your room redo? Upload a picture of something you like and think would work for your space. . . You’ll get a selection of color palettes (one main color and two coordinating colors that you can use for trim or accents) to browse through, save, print, share and paint!” {From MyColortopia.com}

So I thought I’d give it a try myself. Where better to find an inspiration photo than on Pinterest? I had pinned this one a while back under the board “Colors I Love.”

I LOVE the green in this chair and would love to use this color somewhere in my house but not sure that I can pull it off! It’s SO different than any of the colors I have now. I’ve always told you NOT to fear paint, and I don’t, but this one is a little out of my comfort zone!  Let’s see what MyColortopia.com Image Inspiration says. . .

I’ll admit that at first I didn’t get it. It didn’t quite give me the colors I anticipated. I was hoping for more {or some} of that funky green. But then I realized, if I was to use this piece in the room, I really probably don’t want that dark green paint on the walls! Duh! I would want the chair to stand out and the wall/trim colors to be more subtle. I did discover that you can select a more specific area of the picture by cropping and it will give you matches to that exact color rather than the colors from the entire area.

But I was happy with the colors it gave me. From here it tells me I am supposed to choose a color I like. My two favorites were the Antique Silver and the Seal Grey. I’m really wanting to add some grey to my house too! I decided to go with Antique Silver {it seemed a little safer} . . .

I was give three different color palettes. I really liked the middle one. It actually blends well with the other colors in my home which is important. Even though funky colors are fun, a room that is completely out of place is not. Especially since our house is so open. My Image Inspiration gave me the options to email, print and/or share on Facebook. I printed my color palette and the photo of the green chair to put in my notebook. Yes, I have a notebook filled with torn pages from magazines, printed photos and paint samples! It’s my “old school” version of Pinterest, but I still use it!

If you are having a hard time matching colors to an inspiration piece for a room, or even if you just don’t know where to start, I suggest you give this tool a try! Whether is’t a piece of furniture, a piece of artwork, or a photograph from your favorite vacation spot, let  My Image Inspiration tool be the starting point to a fabulous room!

So will I do it? Guess you’ll have to stay tuned to find out! Have a great weekend!

   I have been sponsored by Glidden brand paint to write this post but the thoughts and opinions expressed are my own

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