A DIY Blogger's Guide to Paint Products That Work!

When it comes to paint, I've tried tons of dissimilar products. In our recent kitchen makeover, I got to travail out about products that were novel to me, hence today I persuasion I would portion which ones ended upward beingness my favorite.

So, let's larn started amongst the pigment colors as well as the production breakdown.

In yesterday's post, I talked nearly how I painted my kitchen cabinets a pretty white. 

Here's the information for my cabinet color:



Since the insides of my cabinets looked similar this when nosotros moved in,

I decided to larn creative, as well as I painted the insides of each door amongst  chalkboard pigment (seen here).

For the chalkboard doors, I used chalkboard paint, which has speedily boot the bucket 1 of my faves. You simply pigment it on pretty much whatsoever surface as well as you lot forthwith guide keep a chalkboard!

I used the same chalkboard pigment on my chalkboard accent wall inward the corner of the kitchen.

I wanted to build a permanent carte du jour on our chalkboard, hence instead of regular chalk, I used a bistro chalk pen (Amazon Affiliate link).  It writes simply similar a pen. The solely matter is that it doesn't erase all the way, hence whatever you lot write stays there. I used it to write the Mon through Friday, as well as and then I purpose regular chalk for the residuum of the board. 

Let's verbalise chairs. I decided to build my white thrift shop chairs await similar metallic industrial chairs.

 I used Rust-Oleum titanium silver, 1 of my favorite silvery spray paints. I dearest the complete the pigment creates as well as it's super durable.

I also used the titanium silvery spray pigment on this mirror. 

Tip: Use a modest brush to pigment dark pigment inward the grooves of whatsoever ornate mirror as well as allow dry. Then spray amongst the silvery spray paint. After the spray pigment is dry, boot the bucket dorsum inward as well as add together a piddling to a greater extent than dark pigment inward a few areas. You'll hold upward left amongst a genuinely peachy dimensional finish.

Now, let's verbalise wall pigment as well as trim back paint. 

I've painted my entire 1970's describe of piece of occupation solid total of trim. 
See all of the earlier as well as afters AND a genuinely slow tutorial here.
 When I pigment my trim, I ordinarily purpose Behr Ultra Pure White inward a semi gloss finish.

Here's a pic of the look-through bar inward my kitchen. You tin sack encounter the white trim. I dearest the ultra-pure white because it has zip amounts of whatsoever other color. That agency when you lot pigment your walls, the color genuinely pops against the pure white.

See how gorgeous the wall color looks against the trim? I dearest it. That's a build novel pigment project inward our kitchen, too. It's my novel favorite greige paint, a perfect blend of beige as well as gray.

The kitchen used to hold upward a warm beige, as well as afterwards awhile it started to habiliment on me. Here is a pic of the master copy wallcolor correct afterwards I brushed about of the novel pigment color on. You tin sack genuinely encounter the departure when they're correct side yesteryear side to each other.

The novel pigment color I used is called Behr Mineral.

I've tried hence many dissimilar beiges as well as grays, as well as this is handsdown my fave. 

I had it mixed inward Glidden (just because it's cheaper). Here's a pic of the exact specifications. You tin sack guide keep the below information to whatsoever pigment store, as well as they should hold upward able to mix it for you lot there.

Here's the side yesteryear side awesome production that I use. When I get-go shared it inward this post, the questions came pouring in.

Basically, I guide keep tile floors inward my kitchen as well as all three bathrooms. The tile is inward peachy condition, but the grout was disgusting. So, I did about enquiry online as well as discovered that you lot could pigment your grout. 

Not amongst simply whatsoever onetime paint....you guide keep to purpose grout paint.

I used Polyblend Grout renew as well as a toothbrush every bit an applicator. For to a greater extent than details you lot tin sack go here.

This side yesteryear side product was a total gamechanger for me. I've been annoyed yesteryear the outdated tile on my bar expanse for nearly three years. It drove me nuts. 

It screamed 1980's every fourth dimension I walked yesteryear it.

So, I painted it.

It's durable, beautiful, as well as looks similar porcelain tile now. 

I dearest it.

You tin sack encounter all the details nearly how I painted my tile inward this post. 

So, that's all for today! Thanks hence much for stopping by!

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