Painting your house and need ideas? Look no further:

Start with an inspiration board/book.
Bringing ideas to paper is a great way to visualize you project and get focused. 

Tip: My house is a work in progress so I created an inspiration book. 

                                   This books holds measurements, doodles, lists etc...

                 I  started mine  when I first bought my house in 2005 and take it with me                   whenever I go shopping or am researching material,finishes, furniture, decor etc.

 If you have a smaller project an
 inspiration board is the best start.

next step: 
I start by looking at paint chips.Take your inspiration board/book
 with you to the paint store.  Choose paint chips that are
 close to the color tones you created on your board. 

Back at home arrange and tag them to the wall. 
Leave them up for a few days and see if you like them.
The great thing about this is that you see the colors in all the
 different shades of light through out the day,
 which can really help with the color choice.

next step:
 if you are happy ( and only if your truly are, otherwise I suggest to go back and look at more color chips at the store and do a few more rounds of this)

go to the store and get paint samples. Different companies offer different sizes of real samples for different prices, check with the paint store.

I left these on for a few weeks so I could make sure
 that it really was what I wanted.