I recently had some painting done in the living room area of my house.  I bought an expensive paint at Home Depot and hired a painter to do the job.  It cost me a fortune in paint!  So when I decided to take a DYI approach and tackle other rooms in my home, I knew I had to find a paint that was less expensive and still do a good job at coverage.Enter Color Place paint.  This...

I like everything about the Behr Ceiling Paint. I have used it on various surfaces with both a brush and a roller, and it performed well in every case.In the apartment that I recently painted there were both plaster ceilings, and three rooms that had been fitted with lowered panel ceilings. Of these three, each had a different kind of surface.  One was smooth, one of medium texture, and on...

Bulls Eye 1-2-3 is a water-based primer-sealer that I have used many, many times and have always been pleased with it's performance.  It can be used for both interior and exterior applications. I like the time this product saves on paint preparation, because you can apply it without having to sand first.  It can also be tinted with the paint your going to top coat with to make the...

I have always used Bher paint when painting the rooms of my house. Recently I moved to a place where Ace hardware was by far closer than anywhere I could get Bher paint from. I decided to try Ace paint because it was going to be so much simpler to get more paint if I ran out here than driving a half hour. I started with the economy version of Ace paint and it was just OK. I missed my other pain...

I have been helping my ex-husband decorate his house since he moved in. When we got to the downstairs bathroom, I was dreading working in there. I knew he wanted to repaint it but my past experiences with painting bathrooms have not been pleasant ones since they have so many built in obstacles that have to be worked around and getting a smooth coat of paint up is hard to do.Since we knew w...

We just painted our house with in these last few weeks. This product was reccomended by the worker in the paint department.  We bought the paint in 5 gallon buckets and used a total of 3 to cover the entire house. The following is from the product container itself.BEHR PREMIUM PLUS ULTRATM is a revolutionary, patent pending coating that will change the way you paint. This exciting pro...

My husband and I have used Behr paint to decorate all the rooms in our house.  Behr offers a HUGE selection of colors and finishes (and the ability to custom-match any color by bringing a 2" sample to any Home Depot store).  We tend to favor the eggshell finish, which is more forgiving of our 80-year old home's imperfections.  Although it's relatively inexpensive com...

Behr latex enamel undercoat goes on nicely but can be brushed too thin too easily, and sometimes even two coats aren’t enough to prime some surfaces well enough.This was my first experience using this brand of paint.  Although I’ve been happy with all the various top coat types I’ve used in the past couple of weeks, I have to say that I expected better things of the prime...

Both the eggshell and semi-gloss finish of Behr Premium Plus Enamel paints are excellent in coverage and durability.I recently had a temporary job painting an apartment.  All of the walls and woodwork were painted with Behr Premium Plus Enamel paints.  The walls were covered with a light color, Swiss Coffee, in an eggshell finish, and the woodwork was done in semi-gloss in Decorator W...

We recentley repainted my living room, hallway, hall bathroom and a bedroom (including the ceilings). We have used the cheaper paint from Wal-Mart and decided to buy the more expensive brand from Lowes. We decided on the Rolls Royce of paint, Olympic. It costs $110.00+tax for a 5 gallon bucket. Which I think is ridiculously expensive. I liked that the smell was not really strong, but it is pain...

When I was re-doing a room into a play room for my daughter I knew I wanted it to be a fun place where she would want to spend lots of time. I wanted to do something unique with the walls and remembered seeing chalk board paint on a few home improvement shows. I decided to just get a container of it and see what happened. Right now my little girl is still too little to be able to draw on the wa...

My husband and I went through a massive remodeling effort a few years ago. We wanted more space in our home, but didn't want to give up our land that was on a small mountain. Our views are spectacular, it isn't far from where we both work, but our small 900 sq ft cabin wasn't cutting it. Instead of moving, we transformed the footprint of our home to create a unique habitat, rem...

For the project I am helping my ex-husband with, we are taking the wall surrounding his fireplace and boxing it in with wainscoting. This is a 2 step process. Step one was to paint the wall underneath in a semi gloss paint in one color. Step 2 was adding the wood strips over this color in white to complete the wainscoting look.We knew we had to plan out the placement of the wood ...

I recently had my house painted.  It has been a little on on the rainy side, but my contractor used a new paint called resilience by Sherwin Williams.This paint is different because it dries and becomes moisture proof after two hours.  The standard exterior paint is dry and moisture proof after four hours.  This is more a benefit to someone who is painting a house rather then the...

For the money, Wal-mart ColorPlace Flat Interior Latex paint is an excellent bargain at just $7.97 a gallon. I picked up two gallons of a "Salt Fork" color (a light bronze) to paint several walls in my mobile home, and I couldn't be happier with the coverage of this paint. It takes two coats to properly cover stark white walls, but I find that's true with every paint...

Our teen daughter is very creative and wanted to have a chalkboard wall in her bedroom when we re-painted it. At Home Depot we found some different kinds of paint, including challkboard paint. She decided that she would like one wall in her bedroom painted with it so she could keep track of her busy social calendar. The pain was not cheap, at $25 per quart, but luckily we were doing only one wa...

When we bought our old farmhouse 5 years ago, I knew that I wanted to paint the walls cream.  I also knew that we were planning on having more children and I needed something that was easily washable.  The paint guy at Lowe's recommended the Valspar brand.  I agreed until I saw the price.  Who pays $30/gallon for paint?  Especially when you're painting over 3000...

Recently we had to re-do some trim around some windows and we choose Behr Premium Plus Exterior paint for the job. We wanted a paint that would stand the test of time, would cover in one or two coats, and could be easily matched to our existing trim color. Upon the recommendation of the sales associate, Behr was what we purchased.We were told this paint is durable and resists fading over time. ...

 I am not a painter as a matter of fact I hate to paint but for financial reasons I do my own instead of paying to have it done. I have tried many brands of paint over the years from the very best  to the very cheap and I think that the Kilz paints are some of the best I have ever used. They are sold exclusively at Walmart and are very reasonably priced. When we bought our house eight...

Minwax water-based wood stain is a good product that should provide you with a nice finish. Staining is a bit of a tricky process, and you might have to live with a few imperfections, but it's very rewarding to completely transform a piece.  We got a pint of this Minwax stain on an unbelievable sale at Menards. It was on the shelf with other paints and stains that had been made ...