Showing posts with label Home Depot. Show all posts
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Friday, June 26, 2009

Mint Chocolate Chip Paradise



It took me forever, but I took pictures. I still need to do some touch up, hopefully I will get to that this weekend. If you look closely you can see orbs, a ton of them! One picture had 11. I know there is a high energy in my house, around me, I always blow light bulbs.

I used Behr paint from Home Depot. The green is Ryegrass, the brown is Woodencabin. I researched and researched painting with dark colors and no one! Not a one said that it would be difficult or that you should use a primer or a 2 in one. If I paint with this dark a color again, I will use the 2 in 1. It took about 4 hours and 3 coats of paint. I only painted 2 of the walls Woodencabin. I used the Ryegrass for the other 2 walls, the ceiling and the bathroom. I love, love, love the green! I like the brown, its different, and everyday get more and more use to it. I wish my room was large enough to paint all of the walls dark. I really wanted to do chocolate brown with white and orange accents. Maybe my next house will have a large enough room for that.

I definitly recommend using the blue tape to tape off. And a lamb paint roller. Also use a drop cloth. Although I now know how to get paint out of the carpet. If you use a water base paint like Beher, you can dump a bucket of water on the spill and get a steam vac to suck it up. Or you can get brush cleaner, use a white cloth, I never knew why they said use white, until I realized that colored will rub off on to the carpet. Make sure that the area is well ventalated and use a little bit at a time. Take turns with the brush remover, and soapy water and rub until it comes out. I even got paint from 2 years ago off.

My next re-model will be painting my cabinets very dark. I can't wait!