Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Laundry Room & A Giveaway!!


I have just a few more projects I am working on for my laundry room but I wanted to show you guys where I'm at now!


So... After priming and painting my cabinets I let everything dry overnight and used my ScotchBlue Edge Lock tape on them.


ScotchBlue recently sent me some of this awesome tape to get my opinion on it.  Many of you asked if it would work on walls as well.

Here are a few examples of the straight lines I ended up with...




I actually was super impressed with it.  I always have problems with paint bleeding under the tape but not with this stuff!  I love it!

Here's a few more pictures...













So that's it so far guys!  As I mentioned... I do have a few more projects I am working on for the wall to tie in the red just a bit more.  I will also share my how-to's on what I have done so far later this week.  

Who wants to try some of this fab painter's tape??

ScotchBlue is giving 8 more Shanty readers their own roll of

ScotchBlue Edge Lock!!

Whoop!!

All you have to do is leave me a comment on this post and you are entered.  Pretty simple!

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I am off to feed the fam!  

~Whitney

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308 comments:

  1. Love the finished room! I wish I had your talent and motivation. Maybe winning some painters tape would get me in gear!

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  2. love the way it turned out. u inspire us!

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  3. Gorgeous what you've done to the laundry room - I just love it! And yes, the tape seems to work perfectly!

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  4. The laundry room looks excellent! LOVE it!!

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  5. LOVE the gray! With the red accents! cute cute cute! And I recently used the edge-lock on a board and batten wall, fantastic stuff!

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  6. I love the gray cabinets with the red knobs. Perfect.

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  7. LOVE the new look! Especially the cabinet with the baskets!

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  8. I LOVE how this looks! Want to come update my laundry room? :) Oh & BTW I love your blog...such easy to follow how-to's. Keep it up & thanks!

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  9. It looks so pretty!! I love how you decorated the baskets.

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  10. I so could use this. I'm getting ready to redesign my scrapbook studio and want to paint stripes on the wall. THANKS SO MUCH

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  11. Everything looks great! I love the curtains. What a cute idea!!! The baskets were great also! I always look forward to your post!

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  12. It looks beautiful! Love the cabinets!!

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  13. Whitney, it looks fantastic! I love red with everything:)I'm working on my craft room...brown walls, red ceiling...I think I need to borrow your idea with the webbing. Yep, that's on my new idea list.
    For the last two days I have been caulking and priming windows,jambs, trim and baseboards in our living room. Tomorrow I start the paint. I could use that tape NOW!

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  14. Whitney, it looks fantastic! I love red with everything:)I'm working on my craft room...brown walls, red ceiling...I think I need to borrow your idea with the webbing. Yep, that's on my new idea list.
    For the last two days I have been caulking and priming windows,jambs, trim and baseboards in our living room. Tomorrow I start the paint. I could use that tape NOW!

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  15. I love your grey cabinets with the red knobs! The baskets are so "sassy" with the colorful ribbon and numbers keeps you happy while doing the laundry! I would love it if my laundry room was not in the cold dreary basement at my house! Looks great!

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  16. I'd love to see how well this tape works.....can't say I have ever found one that was 100% yet :)

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  17. Wow! I am so impressed with how this turned out and not scared to admit that I am a little jealous. Great job

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  18. I always have that problem with paint bleeding too! Rather annoying. Glad to hear there's something out there that solves that : ) Beautiful laundry room too!

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  19. I can't wait to see what you will be doing to tie in the red!

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  20. I can't wait to see what you will be doing to tie in the red!

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  21. I can't wait to see what you will be doing to tie in the red!

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  22. I love your laundry room! I need to get rid of all the junk in mine and paint it and maybe it'd be half as cute! lol

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  23. I want to try! I always freehand because I hate when the paint bleeds under the tape! Thanks!

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  24. I love that you kept your center cupboard uncovered! Such a cute way to add some personality.

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  25. Wow! Gorgeous laundry room!

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  26. Ooh! I would love some! Your laundry room is awesome!

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  27. Looks amazing!! I love everything! Those curtains are cute, the baskets are cute! Ahh heaven! I would love to do laundry in that room! =)

    I want to win too! I love my FROG tape so I would love to compare!

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  28. I love the red knobs, but love the red ticking even more! I think you ARE going to love doing laundry in your awesome room!

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  29. Your laundry room is absolutely enviable!!!

    Sign me up for the giveaway!

    :)

    Kelly

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  30. pretty! this looks so calm and relaxing, wish it were my room lol

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  31. That looks fabulous! I'm working on the chair rail in my son's room and this tape would come in mighty handy!

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  32. I would love to try this tape out! We just moved into a new house and we have LOTS of painting planned!!!

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  33. Looking great! I always enjoys the Shanty 2 Chic posts. I really like the tags on the baskets!

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  34. Love it! I especially love the knobs!

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  35. I love that cabinet color and love it 100 x more with those red knobs. I would love a chance to win some of the tape, with so many painting projects to do around here, it would surely get a test. Thanks for the opportunity.

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  36. I would love to try some painters tape that actually works!

    salgado.sarah@gmail.com

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  37. It looks great, I'd love to try it!!

    sarah8914 at gmail dot com

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  38. Love it! I'm moving soon to a new house (well, new to me at least) and we'll be painting the whole thing. I'm always on the lookout for painter's tape the works well, thanks for the giveaway :)

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  39. i would love to win some of that handy dandy tape! especially since i have a few painting projects i am ready to start on! thanks for the chance! i love how your cabinets turned out! i am planning on painting my kitchen cabinets gray!

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  40. I want to win! I'm really going to need some when I repaint our family room in 2 different colors!

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  41. turned out great, i love the curtains, knobs and little baskets. i would love it if you linked this to my party tomorrow.

    http://typeadecorating.blogspot.com/

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  42. LOVE it! I'm so glad you used the RED--it looks AWESOME!

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  43. Love how it all turned out! It's adorable!

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  44. So calm and yet so elegant. would love to try to tape.

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  45. This laundry room is fab-u-loso!! I LOVE how the cabinets turned out! Beautiful.

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  46. I always have the bleeding problem with painters tape. I have a number of painting projects coming up so effective tape could certainly help!

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  47. I looked for the edge lock last week and couldn't find it! Would love to win a sample.

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  48. Me too! I'd love to try some good painters tape. The laundry room is so calm and pretty.

    janeclifflittle@yahoo.com

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  49. Love how you're doing grey with splashes of red! Looks amazing! Would love to win some painters tape! Maybe I wouldn't have so many touch-ups to do if I had good tape!!!

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  50. Love the grey with the pops of red! Looks amazing! Can't wait to see what else you do! Would love to win some painters tape that actually works! Maybe I wouldn't have to do sooooo many touch-ups!

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  51. Love the laundry room and would love to try that tape for my bedroom painting! :)

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  52. AWESOME JOB!!!! I LOVE the gray and red together!

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  53. I am waiting somewhat patiently to overhaul our laundry room. Love yours!

    kkrmh@yahoo.com

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  54. I'd love to try it... very glad that they came out with something to compete with the green stuff... you know? ribbit ribbit ;)

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  55. LOVE your laundry room! Great job!!! :)

    elisegeorgoussis at gmail dot com

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  56. I would love to try some of this tape! Love the new laundry room:)

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  57. I love how this looks. It is definitely inspiring to see something. I'm in the process of redoing my craft room - I hope it turns out inspirational as well!

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  58. Gray and red...who would have thought? It looks fabulous! I'd love some tape. I have paint bleed on all my projects. Quite the bummer. Hopin' I get lucky!

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  59. Love it! I love your color choices.

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  60. Can't wait to post my new laundry room someday soon! Thanks for the inspiration that you provide. A little painters tape would sure help too... :)

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  61. I love you laundry room. If I had it I won't mind doing laundry so much. Seriously.

    I love ScotchBlue edge lock tape. I picked some up about a month ago when I started refinishing my 3 years bed.

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  62. Me, me, me!!! I would love to try it out. You've inspired me, the laundry room is gorgeous!!!!

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  63. I am envious of your PRETTY laundry room! That's on my project list...someday!

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  64. Love the updated laundry room. I cooped use some tape so we can get started on ours!!

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  65. Oh my goodness- love the baskets! What a clean, chic room ~ love!

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  66. It looks gorgeous. Love the color. Hugs, Marty

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  67. FABULOUS laundry room... I'm oh so jealous!

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  68. I love it all, but especially the little red knobs!

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  69. What a great room. Love all the little details! ... And of course I'd love some tape!

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  70. I love your laundry room. How is your crafting table working out? Love that tape.

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  71. I"ll need this, we are moving to our first home in a couple months!

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  72. Oooh I need that! My laundry room is painted except for all the trim, lol. I wasn't sure which tape actually worked...
    My sons bathroom and my kitchen are up next!

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  73. I need to try some of that tape...tired of the paint bleeding through!

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  74. I would LOVE to try out the new tape. We are in the process of painting the interior of our house, so this would come in really handy!!

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  75. Great laundry room! The tape looks like it works wonderfully.

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  76. I would love to try that tape! I have got paint peojects going all over the house. The laundry looks awesome! Love the red accents.

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  77. Your laundry room looks fantastic!
    I could really use this tape, as I'm wanting to paint a few rooms soon. This would be perfect! I hate cutting in trim, because it always bleeds!

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  78. We're closing on our new construction house in two weeks and two days. This would be awesome as we work on switching out our builder beige!

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  79. Love those baskets, the red accents and those blooms! Great job!

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  80. I'd love to try it!! I actually almost bought some last week. It definitely beats having to use the caulk method or paint with the opposite color!

    Staci

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  81. Love your laundry room and your house! All beautiful - I sure I hope I get lucky and win the tape so I can start my own project!

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  82. How sweet are those curtains! I totally want to try this tape. I am so scared of paint and color and I am finally trying to get up the nerve to just paint something in our new house!

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  83. i LOVE the red knobs. I can't wait to see how you tie it together.

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  84. I love to paint and I would LOVE to try this tape!

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  85. LOVE what you've done. DH was just saying I have to use tape next time I paint. lol...I told him when I do it always bleeds under. I'll have to try this.

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  86. Would love to get some painting done around here definitely want to test out that tape!

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  87. I not only want, but I NEED some!!! We are going to paint our master bed and bathroom, as well as our hallway. It sure would help!

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  88. Beautiful laundry room, I am getting ready to do my craft room the tape would be very helpful.

    Shellyhectic@yahoo.com

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  89. I know this isnt the point but Im lovin the curtains!

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  90. Your laundry room is beautiful. The trim on the baskets, never thought of using it for that; and the red striped ticking ruffle; Oh my gosh I love it; two of my favorite things! I may have to borrow the basket idea! :) I am hoping to paint my cabinets and my kitchen soon!

    Jodi

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  91. I have tons of painting projects coming up - insane amounts actually. (Remodeling a home that hasn't been touched since the 70's - possibly even 60's) I could sooo use this tape - it sounds wonderful. I love your new laundry room - you're a great inspiration.

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  92. Love the new laundry room!!

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  93. I could definitely use this! I have needed to repaint my kids bedroom... I have all of these horrid peeled paint spots up and down the walls and all around the ceiling. Since having the baby I haven't had the opportunity to repaint and all!

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  94. would LOVE to win this tape!! your laundry room is GORGEOUS! puts my laundry room to shame LOL this is why i need that tape! :)

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  95. Wow would love to win...redoing my bathroom and your redo has given me some great ideas.

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  96. Beautiful paint job! All of the cabinets in my entire house need to be painted. I could use some of that tape.

    Kasey

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  97. Beautiful laundry room! I am hoping to do some painting soon and would love to try the tape!

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  98. Awesome! Have you been inspired to do more laundry? Please tell me you did not go out and buy another roll of upholstery strapping to make those baskets after you sent me home with yours!

    Would love to see you this week! Darn ice...we're getting stir crazy over here!

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  99. I'd love to try out this tape!
    good (dot) cooker (at) hotmail (dot) com

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  100. Ok. The laundry room is a masterpiece. Love the storage and how finished the space looks. I do have to say that my absolute favorite thing is those curtains. I love them to pieces. Count me in for the tape. I use old blue all the time and would love to try out the new stuff.

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  101. Love the laundry room....if I win the tape will you come help???

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  102. I would love to win this ANd I love your laundry room! danajeanward@gmail.com

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  103. Loving that red! Can't wait to see how you incorporate more red into the room.

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  104. I would love to try the new painter tape out! Your laundry room look awesome, I'm jealous!!

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  105. This would be great as I am getting ready to paint 4 rooms in my home--one of which is my laundry/bathroom!

    Thanks
    Melissa

    vegafarm@wwt.net

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  106. Gorgeous laundry room! Maybe I would like laundry more if my LR looked like that, LOL.
    Thanks for the chance to win the tape.
    debbi

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  107. I would LOVE to try that cool tape out!

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  108. I want some:) Just starting lots of new painting projects.

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  109. I need a laundry room re-do!!! Maybe that would get me in there more often!!! LOL!!!

    Love what you have done!!!

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  110. I think I want to repaint my laundry room now!

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  111. Looks gorgeous! Can't wait to see the finished product.

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  112. i love the red knobs!! they are very sweet.

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  113. Looks great.Good work.You must be feeling accomplished.Thanks so much for sharing.

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  114. I would love to try some of this. We are moving so there will be lots of projects in my near future!

    tracemclee at yahoo dot com

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  115. I never would have thought of painting cabinets grey - LOVE THEM!! The red is a great option with them too. Thanks for sharing so many ideas!!

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  116. Your laundry room is adorable!

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  117. Your laundry room looks lovely!!! Great job. I especially love how the baskets give it the perfect touch.

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  118. When I saw the "before" picture of your laundry room I thought, "What is she going to do? It looks fine." But it's SO cute now! I love the cute details you added like the red knobs. Nice!

    I've been so curious about the new blue tape. I hope it works well!

    mikeyandkarie.blogspot.com

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  119. caaute laundry room! I love the colors. I just have a laundry nook so not much to decorate. As for the giveaway...I always have some painting project in the works now that we have our own house. I'd love to try some of the tape. I'd also be willing to do a review on it.

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  120. I LOVE every detail about your laundry room, especially the red knobs. I wish I had that much light and space in mine!

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  121. OMG! Awesomeness! Love the color scheme.

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  122. I love your laundry room! It is so pretty! (Which seems strange to say about a laundry room :)

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  123. I would love to try this tape! I have a few projects in mind.

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  124. What a beautiful space you have for your laundry room!

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  125. I want to paint some stipes and keep putting it off. Sounds like this would really help!

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  126. since we have no choice but to spend some time in the laundry room-you at least get to spend it in a beautiful space! Nice work.

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  127. Grey & red?!? Seriously gorgeous! Love it! Can't wait to see what's still to come! If I told my hub y I wanted to "beautify" our laundry room, I don't think I'd get a positive response! Guess I'll just be jealous of yours!

    Ershay8@hotmail.com

    P.S. Where'd you find the cute white flowers? Hobby Lobby?

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  128. Super cute! I love it!

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  129. My laundry room is in dire need of a facelift. Painting wall and cabs are on the list....sounds like this tape should be on my list too! :)

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  130. i really like the curtains! so cute!

    nelly dot barney at yahoo dot com

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  131. Your laundry room looks great. I love the red that you have used in there. So pretty!!! Thanks for hosting a great giveaway. Love & blessings from NC!

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  132. I LOVE your new gray cabinets! I've wanted to redo mine that color for a while now, and that just inspires me to even more. Also, I hope you do a tutorial for your curtains, those are way cute :)

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  133. Love it!!! Can't wait to see more pics =)

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  134. Love the gray cabinets & the red touches.
    I'd love to try some tape!!!

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  135. The room looks great! and my family room could use a makeover! thank you for the chance to win!

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  136. whoo! i love the red knobs, what nice details!

    and yay for tape.

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  137. Looks amazing; can't wait to see the last finishing touches!
    I want to paint some stripes in my son's room and think this tape would be perfect!
    Thanks for the opportunity & sharing your space!

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  138. AWESOME laundry room! I'd love to try the tape too! Thanks for the Giveaway!

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  139. Love the laundry room makeover - it looks wonderful! I'd love to try the tape.

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  140. Laundry room looks awesome! That looks like great tape.

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  141. I love the red with the light blue! Can't wait to see what you do next!!!

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  142. Love the revamped laundry room! Just told hubby last weekend about the tape & how I wanted to try it.

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  143. Love the splash of red. I think every room oughta have at least a little red in it!

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  144. your laundry room looks fantastic! I love the little hits of red here and there (fun surprise in such a classically pretty room against the grey background now) those baskets are darling.

    Who couldn't use more painting tape - ESPECIALLY if it works like THAT!

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  145. that looks like a laundry room from a magazine! Very nice, clean and classic looking. I have a question--if I have wood cabinets that are stained and sealed, what do you recommend for prep work to paint them? My husband says I have to strip and all that, but the primer you used seemed like it would be sufficient if I sanded it. I hope you can help me out.

    I would love to try to new painters tape, haven't had much success with non bleeding in the past.

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  146. Whitney, I love everything you do. This laundry room looks so pretty and fresh. What an inspiration. I would love to try the tape. I paint quilt boards for our county in Tennessee and use miles of painters tape, so a new product is of huge interest. Thanks for considering me!

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  147. Love your laundry room. Makes me want to do mine. Sure could use some of that tape.

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  148. Love the new cabinets and the red pulls! What a great idea.. leaving the door off the top! How wouldn't love doing laundry in there now?!

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  149. Love your transformation. Love the baskets. Would love to try the new tape as I have given up on tape because of past poor results.

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  150. Love the room!! I am just about to start painting our laundry room cabinets white. Hoping it opens up the room a bit.

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  151. LOVE the laundry room. The red knobs, awesome curtains and baskets are a great touch.

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  152. I wish I had a laundry room like that! Mine is in the basement...dark and dreary. Maybe I can spruce it up with some paint!

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  153. Love your makeover! I love the red too!

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  154. LOVE the room turnout, Whitney! It's just gorgeous -- I think I would be doing laundry all the time if mine looked like that! :) Haha! I'm really digging the color scheme with the grey and red -- it's just perfect! And those window curtains are FANTASTIC! Awesome job!!

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  155. My eyes were immediately drawn to the baskets. I LOVE them. I might have to make them my next project!

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  156. The room looks great! I wish my laundry room would look that nice:) I would love to go into the laundry room. The curtains are adorable. I would love to win this tape. Maybe it would motivate me to do some painting!!

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  157. Ooh! I've got a surprise painting project up my sleeve and this stuff makes it easy! Thanks for the giveaway!

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  158. I have fallen in love with your baskets! I am such a fan of burlap. I have a ton left over from my wedding and am always looking for a way to use it! Thanks for the idea!

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  159. love the little hints of red and the grey cabinets turned out great!

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  160. What a lovely room! :)

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  161. Love what you've done to your laundry room. It looks great.. those baskets are awesome. I'd love to try this tape too.

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  162. Looks great. I'd love to try the painters' tape.

    stacy.jacob@hotmail.com

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  163. I love how you incorporated the red. Very unexpected for a laundry room. You've just inspired me!

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  164. I think my favorite part is the silver pail with the flower "sprigs"..even though it's probably the most simple, I love what it does!

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  165. I love your laundry room!!! We are getting ready to repaint our family room and kitchen...this tape sure would come in handy!!

    mi3ragamuffins at aol dot com

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  166. Looks so great! I'm pretty sure I would never want to leave my laundry room.

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  167. Would LOVE to try!!! Love the curtains. :)

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  168. I'm hoping to tackle my cabinets one of these days...hope I win :)

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  169. Love the room. I have a extremely small laundry room/pantry/catch all. I've been looking for inspirations. Got some great ideas here. Thanks.

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  170. Love the gray paint with the red and leaving the middle open made a huge difference.

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  171. I love the baskets best of athe webbing, and binder clips. Way to go!

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  172. I always love a paint project! I'd love to give it a try:)

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  173. Man, I think I would seriously enjoy laundry if I had that room to do it in!!! Good work!

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  174. We have so much painting to do in our house..I'd love to win this tape. Your laundry room is amazing and may be just the motivation I need to get started on some of our projects!

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  175. NEVER thought grey would look better than white, I was wrong. and I really need some good painters tape that won't bleed through.

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