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Air Travel Dilemmas; Painting the Ceiling Masterclass; and Designing with Neutral Tones · Repcolite Home Improvement Show

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Speaker 1: Good morning everybody. How was your week? Did you have
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Speaker 1: a good one, a good week, a stellar week, a
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Speaker 1: record breaking week. Well, I did well. It was a
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Speaker 1: fine week. Actually, now that I think about it, this
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Speaker 1: past week was a fine week. I'm thinking about last week.
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Speaker 1: Last week was a big week for me. I flew
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Speaker 1: out to the Maryland area near Washington, d C. To
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Speaker 1: visit some friends. You're listening to the repcoll Light home
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Speaker 1: improvement show sponsored by Benjamin Moore, And yeah, that was
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Speaker 1: a big time for me. I went on a plane,
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Speaker 1: an airplane, I didn't need to say that, which is
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Speaker 1: something that I've done probably six total times in my life.
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Speaker 1: So I'm feeling feeling pretty pretty big about it. I'm
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Speaker 1: feeling special sporty about how I was able to do that.
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Speaker 1: Maybe I've done this eight times, I don't know. Basically,
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Speaker 1: what I'm talking about is that means four total round
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Speaker 1: trips at the most. So I'm not a big flyer.
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Speaker 1: But I did it. I nailed it. Just say I
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Speaker 1: did it. I did it. I did really well on
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Speaker 1: three quarters of all of this. You know, the different
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Speaker 1: legs of my flight. The very first experience was a
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Speaker 1: little rocky, and I guess I want to talk about that.
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Speaker 1: That's what I want to start the show with. I've
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Speaker 1: got good stuff planned. I'm not even going to tell
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Speaker 1: you what's coming. It's just all great. You're gonna want
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Speaker 1: to hang around with it or hang around for it.
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Speaker 1: I just want to get to all this good stuff
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Speaker 1: that I learned. And the first thing. First thing I
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Speaker 1: learned security people. They don't joke around. So don't try it. Okay,
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Speaker 1: don't try it. Don't even think about joking. You know.
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Speaker 1: When you get there, think about the saddest thing you
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Speaker 1: can possibly think of. Keep your mind focused on that.
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Speaker 1: Don't think about anything that might make you you know,
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Speaker 1: or might take you down a trail of humor. Don't
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Speaker 1: take you know, think of anything that's going to make
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Speaker 1: you smirk or smile. They frown on that. I think
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Speaker 1: sad thoughts, you know. For me, I arrived at the
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Speaker 1: little checkpoint, and I was nervous about this part because
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Speaker 1: you know, I knew I hadn't done a lot of
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Speaker 1: this before, and I am kind of socially inept, so
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Speaker 1: I wasn't sure how this whole experience was going to go.
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Speaker 1: But I had done a little bit of prep. I'd
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Speaker 1: talked to some people and they said, you got to
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Speaker 1: put your shoes in a big plastic tub. So I
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Speaker 1: was happy to know that much, and so first thing
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Speaker 1: I did chuck my shoes in that tub and look
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Speaker 1: around at everybody like I've done something to be applauded.
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Speaker 1: I was like a child most of this experience. So
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Speaker 1: if you can picture a small child looking for approval,
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Speaker 1: that's exactly what I look like. Put my shoes in
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Speaker 1: the crate the little tub, look around for approval, and
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Speaker 1: then I realized there's a lot more I had to
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Speaker 1: put in the tub. So I do all of that.
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Speaker 1: I put everything in the tub, and then I look
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Speaker 1: at the guy who's standing there, and I tried to smile,
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Speaker 1: you know, showing that I'm on this, but he just
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Speaker 1: stared at at me and he said, empty your pockets.
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Speaker 1: And then I laughed and I said I did. And
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Speaker 1: then first mistake, or first of many, maybe the fifteenth
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Speaker 1: of many, I don't even know. I didn't start enumerting
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Speaker 1: my mistakes. This is one of my mistakes. I proceeded
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Speaker 1: to pat myself down police style, you know, because I
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Speaker 1: thought that had some comedic effect. I thought it would
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Speaker 1: maybe lighten the situation. It did not lighten the situation.
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Speaker 1: And on top of it, I discovered I had my
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Speaker 1: phone in my pocket. So in my pat down, I
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Speaker 1: discovered I've got something. So I pulled it out and
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Speaker 1: I put it in a plastic tub and I said,
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Speaker 1: I'm clean. Now. You know, it's sort of seen on
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Speaker 1: cop shows. They pat him down and they say he's clean,
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Speaker 1: something like that. So I said that didn't again, no response,
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Speaker 1: no response. He just stared at me. He said, your belt.
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Speaker 1: Good grief. I should have taken my belt off and
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Speaker 1: put it in the box. That's what I should have done,
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Speaker 1: you know, just no jokes aside. I wasn't. I'm joking.
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Speaker 1: I was just nervously fumbling audibly. But instead of just
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Speaker 1: taking my belt off, I said, oh wow, you guys
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Speaker 1: need that too. You're taking no chances here, you know,
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Speaker 1: something like that again, cold stairs, cold stairs, don't do that,
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Speaker 1: don't engage, just do what they tell you to do.
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Speaker 1: People behind me were piling up. It was starting to
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Speaker 1: make me nervous. So anyway, I whipped off my belt
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Speaker 1: and of course, of course we wear belts for a reason,
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Speaker 1: it's not just fashion. I whip my belt off and
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Speaker 1: my pants start falling down. Not far down, you know,
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Speaker 1: not like, oh my goodness, what's gonna happen now, but
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Speaker 1: far enough, far enough for me to make a quick
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Speaker 1: move to jerk them back into place. And that brings
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Speaker 1: about my second lesson. Don't make any quick moves in
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Speaker 1: the security checkpoint line unless you want to see the
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Speaker 1: floor up close, smell the carpet. You don't want to
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Speaker 1: smell the carpet. It's not good. Fortunately they all realized
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Speaker 1: I wasn't dangerous, just stupid, so I got a pass
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Speaker 1: on that one. They just gave me the cold stairs. Finally,
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Speaker 1: the guy let me go and I go to the
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Speaker 1: next person and it's a lady. She meets me and says,
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Speaker 1: empty your pockets. How is this even happening? I just
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Speaker 1: emptied my pockets, But because I'm dumb and socially an apt,
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Speaker 1: I figured, you know, the last time humor didn't work,
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Speaker 1: but this time it's bound to. So I did you
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Speaker 1: know the whole I'm clean, officer, and proceeded to frisk
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Speaker 1: myself again, only to find I had a pocket full
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Speaker 1: of candy. So I pull all of the candy out
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Speaker 1: and I held it out to her like a little child.
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Speaker 1: Picture that I need you too. That's important. Picture it
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Speaker 1: a little child, Just like a little child. Picture a
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Speaker 1: two year old standing with his or her hand held
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Speaker 1: out to you, something in it that they shouldn't have.
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Speaker 1: You know, you got that look of guilt on their face.
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Speaker 1: You can picture it. See that small ridiculous form standing there,
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Speaker 1: shifting from foot to foot. Picture yourself looking down that
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Speaker 1: child from a height of over maybe four feet above
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Speaker 1: that child's hat, just looking down at that angle. Picture
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Speaker 1: all of that, and then make me that child that
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Speaker 1: is exactly what I look like. She was so tall
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Speaker 1: and I was so short, and nervous and shifty third lesson.
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Speaker 1: No matter what, don't get shifty. It ratchets up their
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Speaker 1: suspicion in a big way. So she stared at me
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Speaker 1: a long time, and finally I said, like a complete idiot,
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Speaker 1: I'm holding out this palmful handful of life savers doing
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Speaker 1: all of the things I said, looking nervous and shifting,
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Speaker 1: and I say, I have life savers. Cherry is my favorite,
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Speaker 1: but I like the green ones too. On top of
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Speaker 1: all of that, that idiotic statement that again child would make.
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Speaker 1: On top of all of that, my voice broke, like
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Speaker 1: I'm twelve, or when it is puberty hits. I don't know.
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Speaker 1: I'm still waiting, or maybe I'm in perpetual puberty. Anyway,
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Speaker 1: they let me through and I was better on the
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Speaker 1: return trip. But man, my goodness, what a rocky start.
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Speaker 1: Will I ever fly again? Hmm? I don't know. I
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Speaker 1: just wish I'd made a video of this experience so
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Speaker 1: I could prove how ridiculous I was to everybody. Anyway,
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Speaker 1: that's my story. That was my week last, not this pass,
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Speaker 1: but the week before, end of that week. And believe
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Speaker 1: it or not, there's a paint point in all of that.
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Speaker 1: And yes, it's a great big stretch. You know, it works,
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Speaker 1: but it's not like super smart. You know, I'm just
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Speaker 1: stretching here. But it was a fun story, so it's
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Speaker 1: all good. Right, I wanted to tell that story, and
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Speaker 1: now I've got a paint point that we'll get to.
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Speaker 1: And here it is. When you don't know how to
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Speaker 1: do something or you're not familiar, it's daunting. You make mistakes,
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Speaker 1: you get nervous, you don't enjoy any of it, and
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Speaker 1: you maybe even put the whole thing off and just
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Speaker 1: don't do it. But when you're familiar with how things work.
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Speaker 1: When you have even just a little bit of good info,
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Speaker 1: things aren't quite so bad. And I can't help you
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Speaker 1: with flying and dealing with security, but most people, most
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Speaker 1: normal people, most functioning adults, don't need that help, so
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Speaker 1: there's no real loss there. I can't help you with that,
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Speaker 1: but I can help you with a common but pretty
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Speaker 1: daunting paint project, painting the ceiling. I can give you
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Speaker 1: the info you need to feel confident and to move
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Speaker 1: through that without the nervous shuffling around from foot to foot.
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Speaker 1: We're going to get to that in the next segment.
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Speaker 1: So we're going to take a break. You stick around,
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Speaker 1: stay right there, think about me in the security line,
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Speaker 1: and then we'll come back and we'll talk about painting
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Speaker 1: your ceilings. That's all next. Stick around and we're back.
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Speaker 1: You're listening to the Repco Lite home improvement show sponsored
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Speaker 1: by Benjamin Moore, and I want to talk about painting ceilings.
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Speaker 1: You know, it's one of those parts of a room
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Speaker 1: repaint that a lot of us skip, not all of us,
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Speaker 1: but definitely you know a good number of us skip it.
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Speaker 1: And it makes sense. It feels harder. You know, you're
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Speaker 1: working overhead, you're worrying about drips, lap lines and whether
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Speaker 1: it's actually going to look good when you're done. You know,
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Speaker 1: it's just something we don't do a lot of, not
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Speaker 1: like painting a wall, so we end up skipping it.
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Speaker 1: But here's the thing. A freshly painted ceiling can absolutely
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Speaker 1: transform a room. You know, it lifts the space, It
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Speaker 1: makes everything feel cleaner and brighter, just better. And really,
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Speaker 1: let me toss the sin since I'm talking about that,
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Speaker 1: painting the ceiling can make it feel better, make that
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Speaker 1: whole room feel better. But not painting your ceiling. When
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Speaker 1: you do the walls, you know, you go around, you
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Speaker 1: repaint all those walls, and then you leave the ceiling.
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Speaker 1: Doing that can be a huge mistake. You know, I've
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Speaker 1: done it more than once. I've repainted the walls, love
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Speaker 1: the new color, and then step back to take a
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Speaker 1: look at it and really soak it in, you know,
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Speaker 1: to absorb the wonder of what I've created. And that's
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Speaker 1: when I realized suddenly how dingy the ceiling looks. You know,
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Speaker 1: I hadn't noticed it before because the old wall color
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Speaker 1: distracted me. But now that that's covered all and looks great,
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Speaker 1: now I realize the ceiling looks horrible too. And now
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Speaker 1: I've got to choose either I'm going to leave the
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Speaker 1: ceiling as is, or am I going to try to
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Speaker 1: paint it without messing up all the fresh, newly painted
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Speaker 1: walls that I just accomplished, you know, all of that
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Speaker 1: moral of the story. At least check your ceiling before
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Speaker 1: you decide to skip it. All Right, with that out
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Speaker 1: of the way, let's get into the process. And the
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Speaker 1: first thing is going to be prep work. It's always
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Speaker 1: prep work, won't won't wall paint projects. That's what they
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Speaker 1: start with, that's what they're built on. The prep work
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Speaker 1: is the foundation if you skimp on this. Even though
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Speaker 1: it stinks, and even though it's as much fun as
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Speaker 1: going through the security checkpoint at the airport, even though
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Speaker 1: it's really not a fun process, it's important. So you
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Speaker 1: got to start with the prep work, and you start
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Speaker 1: by cleaning the room. In this instance, move out as
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Speaker 1: much furniture as you can. The more stuff that you
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Speaker 1: get out of the way, the easier this whole process
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Speaker 1: is going to be. For the big pieces that you
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Speaker 1: can't move, slide to the center and then cover them
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Speaker 1: with a drop cloth or plastic or something. Next up,
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Speaker 1: protect the floors. Canvas drop claws are really great here.
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Speaker 1: They're durable, they're easy to walk on, they're reusable. Plastic
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Speaker 1: can work, but it is slippery. It's not so fun
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Speaker 1: to walk on. I hate working with drop cloth plastic
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Speaker 1: plastic drop cloths on the floor. I don't like it.
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Speaker 1: Maybe you can get by with it, but canvas is better,
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Speaker 1: more expensive, so you kind of got to weigh that out.
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Speaker 1: There are paper and plastic drop claus that you could do,
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Speaker 1: kind of a combination of the two. Plastic on one side,
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Speaker 1: paper on the other. The paper absorbs the paper, makes
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Speaker 1: it spread out a little nicer on the floor. Still,
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Speaker 1: don't particularly like working on those, so think about it.
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Speaker 1: You're going to have to just look into that and
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Speaker 1: find the best solution for you. Stop out at Repcolite.
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Speaker 1: We'll help you figure it out. If you're working on
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Speaker 1: hard surfaces, you know, wood floors or vinyl floors or tile,
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Speaker 1: ceramic whatever. If you've got that surface, consider using masking paper.
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Speaker 1: We sell three foot in four or for what rolls
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Speaker 1: at Repcolite. They work great and they're not going to
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Speaker 1: break the bank, So that would be another option again,
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Speaker 1: protect those floors. Next up, you've got a mask off,
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Speaker 1: you know, using masking tape. Whatever shouldn't get hit with paint.
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Speaker 1: So light, fixtures, fans, crown molding, all of those things.
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Speaker 1: Take the time to apply painters tape carefully. It's absolutely
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Speaker 1: worth it, all right. Next up, don't forget about lighting.
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Speaker 1: Make sure the room is well lit so that you
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Speaker 1: can see what you're doing. All right, Next thing, still
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Speaker 1: in prep work here again, Like I said, you gotta
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Speaker 1: love prep work. Ninety percent of the project is prep work,
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Speaker 1: you know, just tell yourself that every time. Ninety percent
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Speaker 1: is prep work. So next step in prep work is
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Speaker 1: cleaning the ceiling. You know, ceilings collect dust and cobwebs,
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Speaker 1: just to name a few things. So before you paint,
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Speaker 1: you definitely need to give them a quick cleaning. So
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Speaker 1: vacuum the ceiling. You know, if you've got a shop
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Speaker 1: back with a bristled face on that, you know, the
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Speaker 1: vacuum part of that, vacuum part of that, the vacuum head,
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Speaker 1: you know whatever. I'm a professional, I'll just mash words together.
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Speaker 1: Tell everybody gets my understanding, right, So vacuum it with
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Speaker 1: a shot back, swipe it with a broom real fast
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Speaker 1: or slow, I don't care. How quickly or not quickly
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Speaker 1: you do this. Wipe it down with a broom, you know,
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Speaker 1: hit it with your broom, or get a damp rag out,
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Speaker 1: whatever you want to do. Get the cobwebs, get the
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Speaker 1: dust off the ceiling. If you don't do that, you're
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Speaker 1: going to roll into them and you're gonna spread all
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Speaker 1: kinds of little goobies all over the place. Nobody wants that.
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Speaker 1: Wipe the ceilings down ahead of time. If you've got
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Speaker 1: stains up there, like water stains, you know, something that
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Speaker 1: could have been from a roof leak, make sure that
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Speaker 1: you prime them with a stain blocking primer. Just painting
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Speaker 1: over them isn't going to work. That those stains are
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Speaker 1: going to bleed right through. So stop into Repcholite, tell
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Speaker 1: us what you've got, and we'll help you select the
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Speaker 1: right primer to spot prime those situations or those spots.
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Speaker 1: All right. Step three, we're finally to the picking the
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Speaker 1: paint part of this. Most pros when they're choosing ceiling
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Speaker 1: paint are going to pick a flat paint. And it's
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Speaker 1: really for one main reason. Flat finishes height imperfections, and
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Speaker 1: they're ridiculously easy to work with compared to anything that's
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Speaker 1: got a sheen. One of our favorites to recommend is
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Speaker 1: Benjamin Moore's water Boor and ceiling paint. It's ultra flat
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Speaker 1: and it stays flat even when you tint it to
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Speaker 1: a color. And that's a big deal because most ceiling
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Speaker 1: paints pick up a little sheen when they're tinted. This
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Speaker 1: one doesn't. So it's much easier to work with than
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Speaker 1: it gives you a better result. If you're on a
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Speaker 1: tighter budget, we've got other options like Super High or
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Speaker 1: Final Touch. Both of those are Benjamin More products. They're
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Speaker 1: going to cover well, perform great. We've got some repcolite
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Speaker 1: ceiling paints as well. Get a good one. Even those
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Speaker 1: more inexpensive ones that i'm talking about right there are
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Speaker 1: still good ceiling paints. Get a good ceiling paint. Don't
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Speaker 1: skimp on it. If you go cheap, you're going to
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Speaker 1: feel it when you're part way through the job, and
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Speaker 1: that's when it really stinks. All right. Step four, let's
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Speaker 1: talk about the tools really quickly. Use three eighths inch
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Speaker 1: or half inch nap covers for smooth or lightly textured ceilings.
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Speaker 1: If you've got a heavier texture on that ceiling, you know,
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Speaker 1: popcorn knockdown something like that. A half inch napper roller cover,
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Speaker 1: maybe even up to a three quarter inch nap It depends, definitely,
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Speaker 1: talk to us about that to make sure that you
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Speaker 1: don't overdo it. But you don't want to underdo it either,
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Speaker 1: so make sure you get the right nap roller cover.
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Speaker 1: And seriously, you've got to use an extension pole on
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Speaker 1: your roller. It's a backsaver, it's a game changer. You're
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Speaker 1: going to fly, you know, speed wise, compared to using
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Speaker 1: a ladder. I've run into people doing that. Don't use
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Speaker 1: a ladder. Save the ladder for cutting in around the
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Speaker 1: edges with a brush, but not for the main ceiling.
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Speaker 1: Get that extension pole. Speaking of cutting in, you're going
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Speaker 1: to do that first, and you're going to paint a
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Speaker 1: two to three inch border along the ceiling where it
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Speaker 1: meets the walls. That way, when you roll, you don't
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Speaker 1: have to roll too close to the walls and risk
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Speaker 1: smearing paint where it doesn't belong. All right, So that's
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Speaker 1: the cutting in part. Now let's get to the rolling technique.
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Speaker 1: And there are a couple of schools of thought here. Now,
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Speaker 1: some painters work in four foot by four foot sections,
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Speaker 1: especially in large rooms, you really just have to work
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Speaker 1: quickly and keep a wet edge if you're going to
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Speaker 1: do this, and keeping a wet edge means that you're
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Speaker 1: rolling into the previous section while it's still wet. That
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Speaker 1: helps you avoid lap lines. So four by four foot sections,
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Speaker 1: that's one way to go. Another approach is to start
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Speaker 1: in one corner and roll in long straight lines across
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Speaker 1: the ceiling, just side to side, line to line. Work
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Speaker 1: your way around the room that way, overlapping each pass
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Speaker 1: slightly as you go, and again, keeping that wet edge
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Speaker 1: is key. That's going to give you that uniform look
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Speaker 1: without the start and stop lines showing up in the lighting.
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Speaker 1: Whatever method you use, you want to make sure that
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Speaker 1: you're rolling towards your light source like a big window.
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Speaker 1: That's going to minimize the chance of lapmarks showing up later.
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Speaker 1: If your room is long or awkwardly shaped, talk to
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Speaker 1: us at Repolite and will help you figure out which
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Speaker 1: method makes the most sense for you. All right, last
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Speaker 1: thing here. You don't need to sprint through the job,
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Speaker 1: but you can't drag your feet either. If the paint
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Speaker 1: starts drying before you finish blending it, in you're going
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Speaker 1: to see it, so keep a steady rhythm, don't overwork
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Speaker 1: the roller, and don't keep going back over dry areas.
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Speaker 1: Some pros even turn the heat down a few degrees
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Speaker 1: before painting. That can slow the dry time down just
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Speaker 1: enough to give you a little extra wiggle room. Now,
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Speaker 1: depending on the color you chose or just how everything
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Speaker 1: shook out, you might need a second coat. If you
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Speaker 1: do that, make sure that that first one is fully
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Speaker 1: dry before you roll back onto it. And then when
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Speaker 1: you're done, pull that tape off while the paint's still
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Speaker 1: a little bit wet. That's going to help you get
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Speaker 1: a good clean line and avoids tearing the fresh paint. Now,
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Speaker 1: that's pretty much it, but here are some last minute
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Speaker 1: tips you know to help you get the most out
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Speaker 1: of this project. First off, don't overload your roller. You know,
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Speaker 1: You're listening to the Repco Lite Home Improvement Show sponsored
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Speaker 1: by Benjamin Moore. And right now, let's talk about neutrals. Now,
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Speaker 1: neutrals in DIY design, you know, interior design, they often
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Speaker 1: get mixed reviews. You know, some people love them, absolutely,
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Speaker 1: absolutely love them. Some people think they don't like them.
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Speaker 1: And the reason some people think they don't like neutral
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Speaker 1: color schemes is because they have one single idea in
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Speaker 1: their mind, you know, a space bathed in beige or
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Speaker 1: an off white or a gray or something like that.
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Speaker 1: And while some may love that idea, you know, in
19:36
Speaker 1: that description that I've given sounds like heaven on Earth
19:38
Speaker 1: to them, other people find it a little bit boring
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Speaker 1: or flat, or you know, just something that's a real snoozer.
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Speaker 1: And really, when I think about it, I'm sure that
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Speaker 1: we've all been in spaces where the use of neutrals
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Speaker 1: it really is profoundly bland and boring. You know, the
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Speaker 1: space feels lifeless, soulless. You know, there's no personality there.
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Speaker 1: It can be warm, it can be cool, doesn't really
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Speaker 1: matter which way it leans. It's just utterly boring, you know,
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Speaker 1: so ridiculously safe that the room doesn't really feel like anything.
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Speaker 1: Maybe you've got a rumor space in your home like that,
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Speaker 1: for sure, you visited one. I'm absolutely positive we've all
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Speaker 1: been there. You know. Years back, I remember walking through
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Speaker 1: a bunch of parade of homehouses that all use the
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Speaker 1: same neutral gray color scheme on every single thing. It
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Speaker 1: was the color that year, and honestly it was the
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Speaker 1: color for quite a number of years. But when I
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Speaker 1: went and I saw it on all of those walls
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Speaker 1: in all of those homes, it was just way too much.
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Speaker 1: By the end, after visiting four or more houses, I
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Speaker 1: could not distinguish in my mind between any of them.
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Speaker 1: They all felt the same. They all seem the same, boring, flat, lifeless,
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Speaker 1: even though they were beautiful, expensive new homes. So that's
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Speaker 1: the power of neutral. It can take an expensive beautiful
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Speaker 1: home and make it bland and mundane. But we also
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Speaker 1: know that neutrals can really be used to create some
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Speaker 1: powerfully beautiful spaces. And that kind of sounds like cowboy talk,
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Speaker 1: doesn't it? That space has powerful beauty, ma'am just saying
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Speaker 1: powerful beauty, right, cowboy talk? Right. Neutrals have an incredible
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Speaker 1: superpower that provides you with a safe framework to work within.
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Speaker 1: You know, even if you're completely new to design, neutrals
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Speaker 1: can take some of the guesswork out of all the design,
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Speaker 1: all the things that you're pulling together. They take that
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Speaker 1: guesswork out. They can make it easy for you to
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Speaker 1: achieve results that look powerfully beautiful. You know, like the
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Speaker 1: cowboy guy says, So, how do you stay away from
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Speaker 1: bland and boring? How do you dabble with neutrals and
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Speaker 1: not go bland, not go boring, not go lifeless, not
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Speaker 1: go soulless, but instead end up with that you know,
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Speaker 1: powerful beauty that we were talking about. Well, to help
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Speaker 1: us get there, let's start by looking at the concept
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Speaker 1: of neutrals in general. We're going to explore they're expansive
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Speaker 1: and expanding palette. You know, what exactly constitutes the neutral.
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Speaker 1: We'll talk about that, and then we'll also dig into
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Speaker 1: some strategies to use so that you can use them
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Speaker 1: effectively in your homes and businesses. All right, First things first,
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Speaker 1: let's define things this way. A pure neutral. Let's talk
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Speaker 1: about pure neutrals. It's as basic as it gets, no
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Speaker 1: strong undertones, no hidden surprises. You know, we're talking white, black, gray, beige,
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Speaker 1: sometimes brown depends, but you know, those main colors. These
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Speaker 1: are the ones that just sit back and they kind
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Speaker 1: of let everything else do the talking. Right. They don't
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Speaker 1: lean warm, they don't lean cool. They're just there. Kind
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Speaker 1: of like me at a party, I'm just there, kind
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Speaker 1: of fading into the background. You know, yeah, just there.
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Speaker 1: That's really how I sum up my whole existence at parties.
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Speaker 1: He was just there, wasn't he? Now he's not anyway.
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Speaker 1: They're super versatile, they're super safe, and they're perfect when
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Speaker 1: you want to clean simple background that's not going to
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Speaker 1: clash with anything else. Right, those are pure neutrals, but
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Speaker 1: the neutral palette is usually expanded to include near neutrals
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Speaker 1: as well, and these are basically colors that have just
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Speaker 1: enough personality to stand out. You know, I'm not a
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Speaker 1: near neutral I'm a pure neutral at a party, you know.
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Speaker 1: Here here, I don't know what I am. I'm over
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Speaker 1: the top, amazing and exciting, But at a party, I'm
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Speaker 1: a pure neutral. Other people, some of my children are
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Speaker 1: near neutrals. You know, They've got just enough personality to
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Speaker 1: stand out, but not so much that they take over
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Speaker 1: the whole room. Right, It's just a hint of color.
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Speaker 1: Soft greens, dusty pinks, faded blues, you know, colors that
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Speaker 1: are toned down enough that they still work as neutrals.
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Speaker 1: Those are near neutrals. Now, as the years have gone by,
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Speaker 1: the neutral palette has continued to be expanded to include
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Speaker 1: earthy tones, muted hues, and desaturated versions of classic colors. Now,
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Speaker 1: these colors really add interest and depth to a space
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Speaker 1: while still functioning technically as neutrals in the sense that
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Speaker 1: they don't overwhelm it. Now here are some of the
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Speaker 1: most popular and versatile of the new neutrals. And I
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Speaker 1: know it's radio, and so doing colors on the radio,
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Speaker 1: you know, it's not for the faint of heart. It's
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Speaker 1: for the experts out there. I'm going to do my best,
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Speaker 1: So put your thinking caps on, your imagination glasses. Whatever,
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Speaker 1: you need, and we'll just go through some of these
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Speaker 1: new neutrals. Sage green, you know, a soft gray green
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Speaker 1: that feels grounded, feels organic. Sage almost acts kind of
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Speaker 1: like a chameleon. It appears really well with whites, with
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Speaker 1: warm wood tones, with deep blues, even with blush tones,
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Speaker 1: it can work kind of brings nature indoors while maintaining
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Speaker 1: a calming, neutral feel. So that's a sage green, all right,
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Speaker 1: still considered. You know, one of the newer neutrals a
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Speaker 1: blush pink. Another one kind of a dusty pink. It
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Speaker 1: can read as neutral, you know, when you used thoughtfully.
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Speaker 1: You've got to be a little careful with this one.
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Speaker 1: It does add warmth and softness to a room. It
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Speaker 1: works especially well with natural wood with charcoal tones, really
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Speaker 1: good with charcoal tones, with olive greens, deep navies, So
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Speaker 1: sage green, blush pink, navy blue. We talk about that
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Speaker 1: on the show all the time. You know, a deep blue,
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Speaker 1: particularly navy or midnight blue, can function as a dark neutral.
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Speaker 1: You know, it grounds a space in a very similar
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Speaker 1: way that you know a black or espresso brown wood.
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Speaker 1: It offers richness without being stark, and it's often used
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Speaker 1: on cabinetry, accent walls, upholstery, things like that. Charcoal grays,
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Speaker 1: you know, they're darker than typical grays, but they're softer
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Speaker 1: than blacks. So you're going to get this sophisticated alternative
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Speaker 1: for modern or industrial type interiors. These colors are going
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Speaker 1: to offer some depth, you know, apperium with warm and
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Speaker 1: cool accents. That works well, and they'll highlight texture beautifully.
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Speaker 1: So that's charcoal grays. Terra cotta and clay tones. You know,
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Speaker 1: these are muted versions of rust. They're going to function
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Speaker 1: as earth tone neutrals, you know, especially when they're used
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Speaker 1: in textured materials like plaster, ceramic or matte paint finishes.
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Speaker 1: These hues bring a soft sun baked that sounds really
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Speaker 1: nice this time of year, doesn't it? Sun baked warmth.
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Speaker 1: I'd sure love to be sun baked. I'm hung up
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Speaker 1: on that word. I wish I hadn't written it into
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Speaker 1: my notes sun baked. I'm sure some of you are
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Speaker 1: getting ready to go to Florida and you're gonna be
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Speaker 1: sun baked. I'm not, but I could paint my space
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Speaker 1: in terra cotta and clay tones and they will bring
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Speaker 1: a sun baked warmth to my interior without shouting for attention.
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Speaker 1: And that's nice because normally I'm shouting about stuff while
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Speaker 1: in my interior, and I don't need my colors doing
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Speaker 1: that for me. So terra cotta and clay tones, dusty blue,
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Speaker 1: muted teals, oyster or mushroom colors, soft olive or moss colors,
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Speaker 1: all of these are newer neutrals, newer neutral tones that
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Speaker 1: can be used. All right, So when you think about
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Speaker 1: that and you realize how big the umbrella is for
26:53
Speaker 1: neutral colors, you really then start to see the power
26:56
Speaker 1: that they possess to help you create not just a
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Speaker 1: calm and inviting space like we think of, because I
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Speaker 1: guarantee when I said neutrals at the beginning, everybody's picturing
27:05
Speaker 1: you know, a room that looks like a washed out
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Speaker 1: shopping bag. You know, the paper ones, not the plastic ones,
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Speaker 1: but that tone that canvasy tone. That's what we picture
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Speaker 1: a room bathed in that. Well, Neutrals really expand the
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Speaker 1: palette is very large and includes a lot of different tones,
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Speaker 1: And when you think about that, you see all the
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Speaker 1: power they bring, not just to create that calm, you know,
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Speaker 1: really inviting space, which they will do, but also a
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Speaker 1: space that's filled with depth, warmth, and even sophistication. And
27:36
Speaker 1: even in a home like mine, I could use these
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Speaker 1: things to create some sort some level of sophistication. Basically,
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Speaker 1: you can use them to create space that's got powerful beauty,
27:46
Speaker 1: right like the Cowboy talked about earlier. All right, how
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Speaker 1: do you do that? You know, we just covered all
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Speaker 1: the neutral tones. How do you actually use them to
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Speaker 1: pull that off in your own design? Well, let's get
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Speaker 1: practical and dig into some tips and tricks to working
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Speaker 1: with new so you can achieve the results that you want.
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Speaker 1: That's coming up after break. Stick around, and we are back.
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Speaker 1: You're listening to the Repcolite Home improvement Show sponsored by
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Speaker 1: Benjamin Moore, and the last segment we talked about neutrals
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Speaker 1: and the power that they possess. But in order to
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Speaker 1: really unlock that amazing power, you know, like the infinity stones.
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Speaker 1: To unlock that power, you need to know a few
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Speaker 1: tips and tricks. But I'm going to warn you right
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Speaker 1: off the bat. These are not rocket science, and that
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Speaker 1: shouldn't surprise anybody out there. Of course, they're not rocket science.
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Speaker 1: I am giving them to you. These are low hanging fruit.
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Speaker 1: I assure you low hanging fruit. And if you've ever
28:46
Speaker 1: seen me, you know I'm talking the lowest hanging fruit.
28:51
Speaker 1: And yeah, that's a hYP joke. I can take it
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Speaker 1: because I made it. Anybody else i'd get belligerent, but
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Speaker 1: I can make fun of myself. Can roll with that anyway.
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Speaker 1: Let's not to say that all these ideas, you know,
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Speaker 1: because I got way off track there with the short joke,
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Speaker 1: I was making a joke that these are low hanging fruit.
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Speaker 1: But that's not to say that's how the transition should
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Speaker 1: have worked. That's not to say that these ideas won't work.
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Speaker 1: In fact, everything that I'm going to spell out is
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Speaker 1: going to help you achieve high end professional results, no
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Speaker 1: matter what your design skill set is. All right, that's
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Speaker 1: the power of neutrals. They provide you with a great
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Speaker 1: framework to work within while still offering you a ton
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Speaker 1: of variation and freedom so that you can bebop and scat.
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Speaker 1: You know, with your colors, you know, you've got a
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Speaker 1: ton of variety, a ton of things you can do.
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Speaker 1: But within this neutral framework you can do all those
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Speaker 1: crazy things and still stay on the tracks. So you've
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Speaker 1: got the template, You've got the framework, but you've got
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Speaker 1: pretty much limitless variety, so that what you create in
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Speaker 1: your space is uniquely you. So let's get to some
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Speaker 1: of these tips and tricks to help you get the
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Speaker 1: most out of an neutral color scheme. And first off,
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Speaker 1: let's talk about one of the most important parts of
30:04
Speaker 1: working with neutral color schemes, and honestly, it's one of
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Speaker 1: the things that people miss a fair amount. You've got
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Speaker 1: to balance the warm and the cool tones. See warm
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Speaker 1: neutrals things like beige, tan, grayish, you know, with a
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Speaker 1: yellow or red undertone. These colors bring coziness and comfort.
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Speaker 1: Cool neutrals like gray with a blue undertone, or those
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Speaker 1: crisp whites, you know, they feel clean and calm and
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Speaker 1: a little more modern, but they are a little cooler.
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Speaker 1: And it's easy to build a color scheme around one
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Speaker 1: or the other, warm or cool. But the real trick
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Speaker 1: to taking your neutral color scheme to a more professional
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Speaker 1: level is to mix the color temperatures intentionally, you know,
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Speaker 1: to keep a balance. For example, if the neutrals that
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Speaker 1: you've picked for the walls and the ceilings in your space,
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Speaker 1: and therefore by definition, you know, since you're doing the
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Speaker 1: walls and the ceiling most of the space, the bulk
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Speaker 1: of the space. If those colors feel cool, then you're
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Speaker 1: going to want to balance them by bringing in some
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Speaker 1: warmer tones. So think wood tones, think clay colored acts, sense,
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Speaker 1: you know, anything like that to heat things up. Those
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Speaker 1: warm tones are going to balance out the cool tones
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Speaker 1: a little bit. If you've got the flip side, you know,
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Speaker 1: the reverse of that. If everything feels too golden and heavy,
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Speaker 1: you know, too warm, you want to balance that with
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Speaker 1: cooler accents. You know, maybe a charcoal or a soft
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Speaker 1: blue gray, maybe a muted sage. Now you bring these
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Speaker 1: balancing colors and tones in in the form of throw pillows,
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Speaker 1: in furniture, in the frames around your artwork, in the
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Speaker 1: artwork itself, you know, in draperies and fabrics and so on.
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Speaker 1: You know, all these different accessories, all these different components
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Speaker 1: of the room bring the balancing tones in. Succeeding with
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Speaker 1: neutrals really is all about balance, you know. Think of
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Speaker 1: it as tuning the color temperature of your room like
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Speaker 1: you would a thermostat, a little warmer here, a little
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Speaker 1: cooler there, until it feels right. You know, That's what
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Speaker 1: you're doing. And when you nail that balance, that's when
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Speaker 1: the neutrals really shine, they don't just sit in the background.
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Speaker 1: They're not just boring. They're not just leaning against the
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Speaker 1: wall at the party. You know, they're bringing the whole
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Speaker 1: room together at that point. All right, So that's the
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Speaker 1: first tip. Balance the tones and the temperatures. All right,
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Speaker 1: Moving on, Let's talk about another tip, another trick. It's
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Speaker 1: not really either of those, I guess it's more like
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Speaker 1: a superpower. Let's talk about a superpower that neutrals have.
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Speaker 1: Neutral color schemes can handle big stuff. They're strong, they've
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Speaker 1: got broad shoulders, they can handle bigger accents, bolder accents,
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Speaker 1: you name it. You have no idea what I'm talking about,
32:27
Speaker 1: I'll try to get there. We often talk about neutral
32:30
Speaker 1: color schemes on your walls as a blank canvas. Well,
32:34
Speaker 1: take that idea, that concept and take it literally. You know,
32:38
Speaker 1: the neutral tone on your walls gives your space a calm,
32:41
Speaker 1: settled and controlled feel, and because of that, you can
32:44
Speaker 1: feel free to stretch a little bit with accessories, artwork,
32:48
Speaker 1: or whatever. The neutral space that you've created, all of
32:51
Speaker 1: that neutral space that can take it, it can take
32:53
Speaker 1: that stretching. So an oversized piece of art, for example,
32:57
Speaker 1: or a lot of pieces of art. You know, a
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Speaker 1: gall works beautifully on a neutral backdrop, or maybe in
33:03
Speaker 1: your situation it's something different. Maybe you want this chunky
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Speaker 1: coffee table or a massive woven wall hanging. You know,
33:10
Speaker 1: things that might look chaotic in a bold color scheme
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Speaker 1: are going to feel right when they're surrounded by neutrals.
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Speaker 1: You know, the neutrals point at the piece and they
33:17
Speaker 1: let it be the focus that it was meant to be.
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Speaker 1: Neutral colors they're absolutely happy, absolutely thrilled if they could
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Speaker 1: be said to have emotions. They're absolutely thrilled to take
33:27
Speaker 1: a back seat and let the spotlight shine on something else.
33:30
Speaker 1: Neutral colors are like ringo, right ringo. They provide a
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Speaker 1: good beat that doesn't distract from the pall and the
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Speaker 1: john pieces in your room. So go ahead, make a statement,
33:41
Speaker 1: stretch and push a little bit. You'll find it's really
33:43
Speaker 1: easy when you do this to infuse your space with
33:45
Speaker 1: your personality, which is what we're really after. When we're
33:49
Speaker 1: designing and working on a space in our home, we're
33:52
Speaker 1: trying to infuse it with our personality, something that makes
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Speaker 1: us feel at home and that reflects us. It's really
33:58
Speaker 1: easy to do that and make your home uniquely yours
34:02
Speaker 1: when you've got this neutral, blank canvas to work on,
34:05
Speaker 1: and if it doesn't happen, if the things that you
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Speaker 1: brought in, these big statement pieces that you brought in,
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Speaker 1: if you get tired of them after a while or whatever,
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Speaker 1: they can be easily replaced. You know, yeah, you've got
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Speaker 1: this big piece and there's expense there, but it's not
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Speaker 1: like you're repainting an entire space or anything like that.
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Speaker 1: You can just swap out the pieces and bring another
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Speaker 1: statement piece onto that blank, neutral canvas and you're good
34:27
Speaker 1: to go. Now. Another tip that I've got is similar
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Speaker 1: to our balance tip that we started with, but rather
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Speaker 1: than balancing warm and cool, we're actually balancing light and dark.
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Speaker 1: And keeping that balance is critical for pulling together a
34:38
Speaker 1: room design that feels professional and correctly weighted. So if
34:42
Speaker 1: your room, for example, again trying to do this on
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Speaker 1: radio without pictures. Again, it's not the work for the uninitiated.
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Speaker 1: If your room's feeling too light in aira, it's all
34:52
Speaker 1: light tones, won't anchor it with some dark accents and
34:55
Speaker 1: you can go straight to black if you want black
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Speaker 1: ads edge. It adds poly black credenza for example, or
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Speaker 1: coffee table or something like that. It's going to bring
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Speaker 1: elegance and weight to an otherwise washed out or maybe
35:08
Speaker 1: maybe washed out but too light of a space, and
35:11
Speaker 1: it can completely change the look and feel of that room.
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Speaker 1: So black works really well. Charcoal, it's another color that
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Speaker 1: you can use, has a similar effect as black, but
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Speaker 1: it's of course, you know, being charcoal a little bit
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Speaker 1: less dramatic. Navy blues they work here, and even browns
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Speaker 1: can add some old school, you know, library leather chair
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Speaker 1: type depth to a room that's all washed out in white.
35:32
Speaker 1: And don't forget about the power of plants, artwork, wallpaper
35:36
Speaker 1: and other ways to bring in that heavier, weightier, darker
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Speaker 1: tone if the space is just too light or leaning
35:42
Speaker 1: too light, and if you're already swimming in dark colors,
35:45
Speaker 1: if you've gone that route with dark neutrals and stuff
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Speaker 1: like that will bring in the light accents. Warm metallics
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Speaker 1: can actually be you know, a neutral warm metallics like
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Speaker 1: an unpolished brass, creamy whites or light wood tones. Things
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Speaker 1: like that can really lighten things up. So keep the
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Speaker 1: balance again, whether it's with temperatures the warm and the cool,
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Speaker 1: or it's with light and dark. Keep those balances. That's
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Speaker 1: what really makes these things work. Don't go too far
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Speaker 1: one way or the other. Now, a fourth tip to
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Speaker 1: think about is this, if your color palette is feeling
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Speaker 1: boring or flat, but you don't really want to go nuts,
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Speaker 1: you know, and bring in a lot of accent tones.
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Speaker 1: Maybe that's not you, but you know you're seeing it
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Speaker 1: all and it's just feeling boring and flat. Don't want
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Speaker 1: to go crazy. Remember that textures can really work in
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Speaker 1: your favor here. And texture is going to add depth
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Speaker 1: and it's going to make the space feel finished instead
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Speaker 1: of flat. It's the difference between intentionally being minimal and
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Speaker 1: kind of giving this idea that I, you know, just
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Speaker 1: moved in yesterday something like that. So try mixing opposites
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Speaker 1: hard textures with soft So think wood furniture and some
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Speaker 1: kind of chunky knit blanket, something like that, smooth with
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Speaker 1: rough a leather couch meets a jute rug. You know,
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Speaker 1: that's an idea there, Matt with a little bit of shine,
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Speaker 1: natural stone next to brush metal. You know. The different
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Speaker 1: textures will do a lot. Wool rugs, fabric curtains, weathered wood,
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Speaker 1: stone tabletops, all of them add a ton of character,
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Speaker 1: even if you're not really branching out or changing the
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Speaker 1: color tones from the neutrals that are on the walls.
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Speaker 1: You know, all in all, when we're talking about neutrals,
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Speaker 1: the best thing about them is that they really give
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Speaker 1: you this solid base for almost anything. You know, any
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Speaker 1: style and any color that you want to work with.
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Speaker 1: You know, it's fun to throw color on your walls.
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Speaker 1: I get that, and to jump into the deep end
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Speaker 1: of the design world, but it's also a little bit
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Speaker 1: risky and it certainly could be a pain if it
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Speaker 1: doesn't work out. You know, many of us have been there.
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Speaker 1: That mid range yellow we thought we were buying that
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Speaker 1: it was on your walls. We've all been there. We've
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Speaker 1: got to live with it, or we've got to, you know,
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Speaker 1: sell the house and move on. Neutrals, on the other hand,
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Speaker 1: may seem boring, but they give you that perfect blank
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Speaker 1: canvas for you to really stretch and get creative. And
37:54
Speaker 1: what's really cool with them is that you can shift
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Speaker 1: the mood of your room with just a few swaps.
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Speaker 1: You know, add rust color pillows in the fall, cool
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Speaker 1: grays or sagegreens, in spring and suddenly the living room
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Speaker 1: looks like you, you know, completely flipped it over, when
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Speaker 1: really all you did was switch out a couple of accessories.
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