Originally Posted by
joe'smom
Have you tested colors on foam board (taped with painter's tape to your walls) to see what looks good in the room? They have little pots of inexpensive samples of most paint brands these days. I have found it's well worth the extra time to make sure you have a color you will love. The light in a room will determine what color looks good. I painted my sewing room white and lilac (two walls of bright white, and two of lilac, in a north room that needed brightening).
This is very good advice. We did it for our condo in FL. It' same good idea to look at the samples at different times of the day, too. Just buy your board at Joann's or somewhere like that. The kit they sold at the paint store was more expensive.
We didn't tape our boards. Just leaned them against the wall, placed them on furniture or held them up next to the trim in different parts of the rooms. Paint colors that look good on a tiny sample can sure look different on a larger area.