I come from a long line of thrifty people, so I really hate wasting anything.
When I finish a house remodel or a rental update I always have a lot of paint left over. 1/2 quart here 1/2 gallon there, just not enough to do anything with except kids school projects.
So I mix them, and I have become quite good at it.
I know that some landlords keep sea-foam white in 10 gallon buckets in their garage, but I like to add a little color to my rentals, nothing bright, just soft greens, yellows and beige’s.
I have a rental that four 20 something boys have been renting…They pay on time, so I have let some things slide. However 1 has moved out and the remaining have fixed the place up and I am going over this week to paint with my gallon on mixed green. It’s quite pretty if you ask me.
So this gallon is going to paint a small living room of our 1850’s farm-house rental. There will be plenty to do 2 coats and now I don’t have to store 4 paint cans for the winter.
Will do a paint post later on this week and you can be the judge:)
~The RHOM
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