{"id":834,"date":"2016-01-26T11:14:55","date_gmt":"2016-01-26T16:14:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/serpentinewalls.com\/?page_id=834"},"modified":"2018-01-31T20:44:08","modified_gmt":"2018-02-01T01:44:08","slug":"crazy-things-to-do-with-your-color-samples","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/serpentinewalls.com\/?page_id=834","title":{"rendered":"Fun Things To Do With Your Left Over Color Samples"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Your color consultant insists that you buy samples of your favorite paint colors to test on the walls. \u00a0Here are a few ideas of things to do with the left over paint. \u00a0They are, after all, colors that you love.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-834 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/serpentinewalls.com\/?attachment_id=827'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/serpentinewalls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_2312-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-827\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-827'>\n\t\t\t\tThose purples you loved can be used to paint vintage books for display.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/serpentinewalls.com\/?attachment_id=836'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/serpentinewalls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_2397-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-836\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-836'>\n\t\t\t\tMagnolia leaves painted with left over paint samples.  Unless you went in a completely different direction with your palette, these will likely wind up looking fabulous with the new colors of your house.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/serpentinewalls.com\/?attachment_id=854'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/serpentinewalls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/albers-rocks-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-854\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-854'>\n\t\t\t\tPaint rocks to spread color around your neighborhood.   (These were painted in the style of Josef Albers.)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/serpentinewalls.com\/?attachment_id=821'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/serpentinewalls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_2302-e1453823738935-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-821\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-821'>\n\t\t\t\tThese Pearl S. Buck volumes were painted using samples that matched a favorite painting of the homeowner.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/serpentinewalls.com\/?attachment_id=1137'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/serpentinewalls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Art-Polka-Dot-Peace-Sign-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1137\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1137'>\n\t\t\t\tDotted Peace Sign\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/serpentinewalls.com\/?attachment_id=889'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/serpentinewalls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_3514-e1460068939776-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-889\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-889'>\n\t\t\t\tPaint a peace (or other) sign for your house.  Georgian Green HC -115\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/serpentinewalls.com\/?attachment_id=1270'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/serpentinewalls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/heart-wreath-before-after-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1270\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1270'>\n\t\t\t\tMake a wreath, painting old toys.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your color consultant insists that you buy samples of your favorite paint colors to test on the walls. \u00a0Here are a few ideas of things to do with the left over paint. \u00a0They are, after all, colors that you love. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":205,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/serpentinewalls.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/834"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/serpentinewalls.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/serpentinewalls.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/serpentinewalls.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/serpentinewalls.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=834"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/serpentinewalls.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/834\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1271,"href":"http:\/\/serpentinewalls.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/834\/revisions\/1271"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/serpentinewalls.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/serpentinewalls.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}