Tuesday, September 27, 2011 To Paint is to DIY + Giveaway!
***This giveaway is now closed!***
Lovelies! How good to see you! Welcome to day #2 of our top five favorites when it comes to making our/your house a home, the DIY way! We use to not like to paint. It was a long and painful process. Then after a few rooms we started to figure out tricks and tools to make it go quicker. Things to make it look better. Things to not ruin everything surrounding us. Eventually we got a little adventurous and even started to stencil full walls.
So let's talk what makes a good paint job. We never used a drop cloth. Ever. Until I noticed tiny little paint dots on our 80+ year old floors. They were a killer to "pick" off the floor. Enter the canvas drop cloth. I love canvas so much, I almost want to make curtains out of them. Purdy is our brush of choice because you never get any strays with them and they tend to last longer than other brands we have tried. As you probably already know we love our Scotch 3M tape, I almost feels it's part of the decor sometimes. If you peel it just before the paint dries, you get a perfect line every time! Now for the major moments, Shur-Line makes awesome rollers. Remember this mess? I think we bought every Shur-Line roller and Scotch Blue at True Value.
We thought for day #2 of our awesome giveaway week courtesy of Stack Exchange, we would doll out a sweet painting kit to a lucky reader! Everything you need but the paint to get your next room done line a pro! How do you get a smooth finish when painting trim? Click here to see what's a buzz about this question and other about painting perfect rooms and DIY in general.
Giveaway info:
- Prize: One (1) care of Stack Exchange: Home Improvement One (1) complete 9-piece kit, One (1) pack of extra rollers, a canvas drop cloth, an extendable roller frame, three rolls of 3M Scotch Blue Tape, and a three pack Purdy Paintbrush set.
- How to Enter: Tell us what you dislike most about painting! Spill it!
- Extra Entry: Follow @StackDIY on twitter, come back and tell me you did!
- Giveaway Ends: Monday October 3rd at 9:00pm EST
- How Many Lucky Winners?!: One (1)
- Ships to: US Only
- Also: Please only enter once, with the exception of the extra entry. We select our winners using random.org and will select a winner by October 6th and notify by email, so use a real email address!
Reader Comments (81)
Painters neck. That horrible crick in my neck that shows up around hour 3 of painting a room. It's the worst.
I hate the clean up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What I dislike about painting is cleaning the paint brushes!
Following on twitter now! :)
Great giveaway- the thing I hate most about painting is the actual painting part. My arm gets tired! But the final outcome is usally worth it. ;)
as a professional painter by trade, i believe people should give it a go at home always. The only thing i recommend is for people to learn how to do it propyl or get instructions first. The has been hundreds of times when i have walked into someones house and i can tell straight away that they have done there own painting. Then again i have also walked into peoples homes that have done there own painting and it looks spot on.
If you don't know how to do it but you want to try do your own painting and decorating, always do some research into how to do the job properly.