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Dress Your Outdoor Living Space
with Fashionable Paint Hues

Paint color selection is often a prime consideration when painting the exterior of a home. With outdoor living spaces gaining in popularity, many homeowners are incorporating color on decks, patios, and outdoor furniture as well. Given today’s vast selection of hues, there’s no reason these entertaining areas can’t be a showstopper. Try a few of the colorful ideas below to add punch to your own outdoor living area.

Happy Painting,

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Debbie Zimmer, Editor
dzimmer@rohmhaas.com



With neighborhood barbeques, family gatherings and graduations right around the corner, dress your outdoor haven with hues that complement your home’s exterior color palette. Easy and quick ideas to add style and color include:
1. Paint wooden furniture with vibrant hues such as
    bright yellow, sky blue or candy apple red.
2. Give garden and deck planters a facelift by painting
    them a bold or contrasting color.
3. When contemplating a deck color scheme, try the
    unexpected. The simple incorporation of two-tone
    railings and multiple colored deck benches
    can revitalize that exterior living space.
4. For added inspiration, “borrow” colors that appear
    in nature or take a cue from patio furniture and
    colorful umbrellas.

Today’s outdoor spaces are often viewed as an extension of the homes interior and are designed to be inviting, relaxing and personal. By incorporating a dash of color, these exterior rooms will be a favorite gathering spot, long after sundown.




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