Why not start your own mistint makeover this weekend?
September 5, 2013
By Jillian Owens
September 6, 2013
Summer is almost over, my friends! It’s time to finish those around-the-home projects you’ve been putting off! Fortunately, one of the easiest and most impactful DIY endeavors is also one of the cheapest…if you do it right!
Paint is awesome. Painting your dwelling is the easiest and cheapest way to transform it from ugly to upscale! I don’t care if I’m only going to end up living in a place for just a couple of years– I want to live in a place I LIKE.
Psssh! A fresh coat of paint is all it needs!
When I moved into my new digs, I loved the size of my bathroom, but it was looking pretty shabby. It hadn’t been painted since the house was built about 10 years ago, and its drab eggshell white walls were covered in scuffs and splotches.
Ugh.
Meh. :/
A decent gallon of paint to cover all of this will cost you about $30 a gallon…but only if you’re picky.
Seriously…can you even tell the difference between Dusty Beige and Sahara Sand (who comes up with these names, anywho)? Do you really care what color your walls are as long as they don’t look like crap?
Frankly, the paint chip wall terrifies me. :/
I’m more frugal than finicky, so I always hit up the Mistint Shelf when I’m about to start a new painting project!
WHAT’S A MISTINT, YOU ASK?
A Mistint is a custom color that was mixed at the store, but didn’t quite get the exact right color the original overly picky (and probably verbally abusive) customer wanted. There’s nothing actually wrong with it. And mistints only cost $5 a gallon! Booyah!
Hell yeah!
That’s more like it!
Check out that drab & dreary bathroom now! 🙂
Wowza!
Short on storage for your necklaces? Hang ’em on a towel rack with shower hooks!
I loooove my new bathroom now! Why not start your own mistint makeover this weekend?
Jillian Owens is a writer, designer, motivational speaker, and eco-fashion revolutionary. A Columbia SC transplant, she graduated from the University of South Carolina with a BFA in Theatre and English. When she’s not gallivanting about, she’s busy refashioning ugly thrift store duds into fashionable frocks at ReFashionista.net. Jillian has been featured on The Rachael Ray Show, Good Afternoon America, ABC Columbia, Jasper Magazine, Skirt, Columbia Metropolitan, The Free Times, Grist, and NYC’s Guest of a Guest. She also reviews local theater productions for Jasper Magazine and Onstage Columbia.
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