If you read my blog on a regular basis you might recall a post I did about a week or so ago about colors. I had shared several color “swatches” and asked for readers and followers (Facebook, Twitter) to share their thoughts about the colors and what the colors were for. Were they for a new line of beauty products? Furniture? Toys? If you guessed paint you were 100% correct. The color swatches are from Clark+Kensington, available exclusively at The Paint Studio at Ace.
The helpful folks at Ace Hardware sent me color swatches for all of Clark+Kensington’s paints to pick out a color for a project. When considering a color palette, I pulled inspiring images from fashion, beauty and nature that I thought might work well within our home. I have to tell you that Clark+Kensington has hundreds of colors to choose from. I thought it would be impossible to pick one color. There were so many beautiful colors to choose from.
My project is our bathroom. Our bathroom wall color is HORRIBLE!
We remodeled our bathroom a few years ago (well, as much as we could with our budget). We replaced the toilet, sink, vanity, hardware, light switches and medicine cabinet. We also put up a ceiling fan and had the painters cover up a massive hole that the previous owners did a horrible job of covering up. It was where the old toilet paper holder was.
It’s hard to tell from these photos, but during the day the color is a boring beige/yellow combination. By night it looks like a mustard color – that is the color we can’t stand.
Since we had planned on putting our place on the market we opted to have the bathroom painted in a neutral color. We went to our local supply store and looked over swatches. We found a color that looked to be beige in the store and picked up enough to have the bathroom painted.
The color we liked in the store looked nothing like it at home.
When we did put our condo on the market we had four rooms repainted – the bedroom (light turquoise blue), living room (pale light green), dining room (one shade lighter than the living room) and the hallway (dark yellow with white trim). The bathroom however remained the ugly mustard color. We didn’t have enough money at that time to have the bathroom repainted.
We ended up having to take our home off the market. Now that we’re stuck here indefinitely we wanted to repaint the bathroom to a color we can enjoy. Thanks to Ace and Clark+Kensington paint+primer in one, our bathroom is going to be painted in a nice sage-green color called “Believe Me”.
I chose this color because green is my favorite color and I find green to be cheery and relaxing at the same time. It reminds me of nature. Since we don’t have a yard I do what I can to bring the outdoors inside.
It was a toss up between “Believe Me” (a sage green color) and a soft blue color called French Rivera (below).
I received a paint swatch when I picked up my paint and supplies from our neighborhood Ace store. I immediately taped the swatch up on the wall so I can view the color from different times during the day. During the day it’s a light sage green. At night it’s a darker green (more like a moss color). Dark or light I like how the color looks at any time of the day. I can’t wait to have the bathroom painted.
I can’t wait to see the finished product. I’m already keeping an eye out for new bathroom accessories to match the new paint color.
If you are looking to refresh a room or two in your home, or give it a completely new look with a totally different color, be sure to check out your neighborhood Ace store where they believe “Helpful is Beautiful” which means with their Paint Studio and their help, you’ll be able to find the perfect color. You may have seen their commercial on television.
Unlike other paint stores, The Paint Studio at Ace’s “boutique-style” paint shopping experience is has the style and sophistication one might find when shopping for high end cosmetics. Ace offers exclusive paint collections from brands like Clark+Kensington, Valspar and more.
If you are like me and not sure about what color to choose, Ace’s knowledgeable and helpful sales associates can help you to find your perfect color. They offer consumers personalized service as well as mood inspired color palettes that are displayed in unique drawers with bright lighting, similar to a cosmetic counter at a high end department store. You’ll think you are shopping at a department store – not a hardware store!
At the Paint Studio you’ll find a rainbow of colors to choose from.
If you are “on the fence” with some colors you can purchase paint samples for only $4.99. That is a great way to really get to know the color/colors and how they will look in the room you want to paint from all angles and lighting situations (daylight, night time, lamps…). That way you can feel confident that the color you end up choosing will be perfect.
Valspar offers a Color Guarantee – if you don’t like the first color you choose, you can select another color for free. Please check with your neighborhood Paint Studio representative for more information.
I am looking forward to working with the Clark+Kensington paint. It’s a paint and primer in one so we should be able to paint the wall once instead of having to paint the entire bathroom with a primer first then paint it again with the paint. Having the paint and primer in one saves a lot of time, energy and money. Plus it will help cover up any little imperfections our bathroom walls might have.
Clark+Kensington has colors for the entire color spectrum. I realized that when I had the swatch book and I was trying to narrow down all their beautiful colors to just one!
We chose eggshell as our paint finish. We felt semi-gloss would be too much for a small bathroom, even though Clark+Kensington
was recently ranked #1 by Consumer Reports for its semi-gloss interior paint.
I like that the paint also forms a stain resistant barrier which helps keep the color looking fresh and vibrant for many years to come. With kids and pets you need a paint like this.
Although we haven’t painted the bathroom yet I hear that Clark+Kensington paints reduces sticking which means you shouldn’t have to worry about your windows getting stuck when you paint them (providing that you do it correctly).
I think my most favorite thing about the Clark+Kensington paint is that it has low VOC (volatile organic compounds) levels, minimal odor and environmentally safe ingredients.
To find an Ace location near you to check out their Paint Studio visit www.AceHardware.com. For specific information about The Paint Studio at Ace visit www.ThePaintStudio.com.
From July 2, 2014 – July 7, 2014 Ace is having a Star Spangled Instant Savings in-store event. When consumers purchase their paint at Ace during the Star Spangled Sale they will get an instant savings of $5.00 off the purchase of Clark+Kensington paint as well as $5.00 off Valspar paint.
You can also check out Ace Hardware on the various social networking sites – Facebook, Twitter (@AceHardware), Pinterest and Instagram. You can also check out the hashtag #HelloBeautiful.
Do you have any rooms in your home you’d like to paint? Have you checked out the The Paint Studio at Ace yet? After reading this post do you think you’ll check out the The Paint Studio?
I’d love to hear from my readers. Feel free to comment and share your thoughts.
Kimberly
*I received free paint and supplies as well as compensation from Ace however the opinions expressed are entirely my own and not influenced in any way.