Hi, I'm Monica D. Higgins with dontremodelwithoutus.com here at the Tremont Luxury Condos in Los Angeles, California. Let's talk about trendy painting ideas for apartments. Now, the chances are that all the walls in your apartment are painted one color, white. Boring! You need to bring in some color to your life and get some ideas from the fashion world. So, for example, color blocking is hot right now. So, why not take your favorite color and use it to paint one wall as a focal point in your apartment. Two colors that are really trendy right now are purple and orange. So, use that as your primary color for the focal point. Another idea is black and white because it's trendy and it never goes out of style. So, you can either choose to do the wall in black or you can do black and white as in stripes, whatever suits your fancy. There are some great resources online. Those resources are in essence color palette generators. All you need to do is pick one color and they let you know what other colors go with that color. So, another idea that's a hot trend for painting is to actually create a mural from your favorite image, whether it's an image on your smart phone, your computer or your, even your, even your favorite T-shirt. Create this image and put it on that focal point wall. All you need is paint, pencil and a projector and off you go. So, here are some tips before you start painting. Don't just go to the paint store, buy a gallon of paint and hope the colors going to look great on the wall. What you need to do is test a few paint colors that you like. How? By actually painting a large two-foot by two-foot swatch on the wall, leaving it there, let it stay there for a few days so that you can see the paint color during the day without the light on, during the day with the lights on and at night. And the great thing is that when you're testing paint colors, you don't have to buy a gallon of paint or even a quart because most paint manufacturers create sample sizes. And if you can't find a paint color that you actually like, you can have something custom-blended. Just bring in your favorite item to the paint specialist and they'll color match it so you can have the color of your dreams. I'm Monica D. Higgins with dontremodelwithoutus.com; paint away.
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