Bathroom colours and Dulux Colour Consultancy Giveaway

sponsored by Nuffnang

Dreams do come true...sort of.

While doing mind-numbing exterior painting I’ve been day dreaming about Dulux sponsoring Fun and VJs. I tell Jason frequently while he’s perched on the trestles and I’m below painting the fences:

[Imagine I have a noice Kath and Kim twang]

“Wouldn’t it be great if Dulux sponsored us, Darl?  After all the freakin’ Dulux paint we’ve used inside and out, you’d think they’d come out of the woodwork and reward us for our hard work.”

Jason ignores me and continues to paint.

You can only imagine my complete and utter delight when Dulux did come out of the woodwork in the form of Nuffnang who asked us to do a sponsored post about their Colour Consultancy Service. Would we be interested?

Like, yeah! (And by the way, do we get cheaper paint with that?*)

Setty the Dulux Colour Consultant came over to the Sow’s Ear to help me work out a colour scheme for the bathroom. The one hour service can be for internal and external colour schemes.

Old bathroom colour scheme. Yellowy cream walls and custard trim.
This photo makes the bathroom look better than it is

We can’t afford a complete bathroom redo since Jason spent the bathroom renovation money on a mid-life crisis sports car (a sore point). I really can’t stand the way the bathroom looks. It’s depressingly tired.  It needs a nice and easy spruce until we are cashed up again. And paint is the affordable quick fix.

The problem is the colour of the bathroom tiles does not lend itself to the crisp Dulux white that we’ve used in the rest of the Sow’s Ear. I had a couple of colour ideas but I wasn’t sure they would work.

This is why the Dulux Colour Consultancy is a good solution for people like me who are a bit apprehensive about deciding a final colour.  

Setty did a quick walk-through of the house and we tossed around a few ideas. She pulled out her trusty Colour Atlas and we went through the colours I had in mind. Dulux have fancy A4 sized brush-outs rather than the teeny tiny paint swatches of old.

Setty with her bag of brush outs

A4 colour brush outs used to visualise the colour scheme

Because Setty is an interior designer, she took into consideration our Queenslander house style, our mid-century furnishings and the lighting. She also factored in the type of paint we should use due to the mould inducing poor ventilation and advised a finish which would be more forgiving of our wonky walls.

Setty in motion. I can't show you Setty's face but I can show you the paint swatches she uses

The fact that she was able to consult in our home was fantastic and made the service very worthwhile. The whole experience was positive and I’m very motivated to get started with the groovy new colour scheme.

Colour Atlas

So, what colours did we end up choosing? You’ll have to wait and see… The walls, ceiling and vanity are in line for an overhaul. It’s going to be a dramatic change to what we’ve done in the past. Stay tuned!

And now to the fun part ...you can win your very own Dulux Colour Consultancy Service. All you have to do is answer this question in the comments: What Dulux colour would you choose to repaint one of your rooms and why? (Click here for terms and conditions)

1.       1. Go to the Dulux website and view the colour gallery. Click here

2.       2. Competition is only open to Australian residents

3.       3. If you are an anonymous follower, please remember to leave your email details in the comments.

4.       4.Competition closes Sunday 9 October midnight AEST.

Good Luck!

*Yes you do!  After a Dulux colour consultancy service, you'll receive a redemption voucher ($1 per litre up to $100) for Dulux premium paint.