Painting Secret for New Home Owners
As a new home owner I have bought paint from so many different places. Of course I bought Benjamin Moore paint. I also bought Sherwin-Williams, Martha Stewart, Glidden and Restoration Hardware paint.
Of course I used the new home owner coupons and looked for a discount on paint, but I got tired of spending $30+ on a can of paint only to find that it didn’t look right in my home. I didn’t buy the BM small paint containers for $4 because I didn’t want to waste money and when I purchased the paint, I wanted to start painting.
So what’s the best paint to paint your home? Well I loved the creamy Restoration Hardware paint and I loved Benjamin Moore’s colors. But they aren’t the best in my opinion. Towards the end of my home painting, I found Valspar Contractor’s Paint at Lowe’s.
Now this isn’t the regular Valspar paint and it doesn’t come in as many colors as the regular Valspar paint, but a gallon of Valspar’s Contractor Paint is $14.99.
And the colors are so beautiful. Valspar was able to recreate popular colors at the major paint stores for the Contractor’s paint. We used Vanilla in the hallway and I love how warm and beachy the color feels.
It is low voc and low odor paint. We found that it had a strong paint smell so I put two drops of vanilla oil in the paint can and mixed it well to cut down on the smell. The paint smell only lingered for one evening.
Yes, it says contractor’s paint and I guess many contractor’s purchase it, but I purchased it too! In both Lowes that I go to, the Contractor’s Paint can be found in the middle back part of the paint section – look for the white cans. I purchased the flat paint because I don’t like shiny walls.
Hugs,
marlene
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