Last week I talked about ugly homes, so it seems fitting to talk about magically transforming ugly homes with paint.
Paint: Why It’s So Great
It is an inexpensive way to completely transform things like walls, cabinets, furniture, bricks.
Anyone can do it. It doesn’t require a great deal of skill to do a decent job!
It’s something to keep you busy while stuck at home.
Here are a few examples of what I’ve recently accomplished with paint:
Complete Kitchen Renovation
Instead of changing out ugly cabinets which would have cost $3500-$5000, I bought two gallons of paint off of Kijiji. A lady had planned on repainting her kitchen, but never got around to it. She didn’t tint the paint or primer. I bought one gallon of Benjamin Moore cabinet primer, and one gallon of Benjamin Moore cabinet paint.
Actual renovation costs:
Elbow grease to clean the cabinets and doors-FREE (1.5 hours)
Remove cabinet doors, and turn basement into cabinet painting room-FREE (30 minutes)
Primer and paint: $40 (seriously) and a three minute drive from door to door (45 minute investment from source to pick up).
Prime two coats: FREE (4 hours)
Paint two coats: FREE (4 hours)
Hang cabinet doors: (30 minutes)
Painted Furniture
Time to turn old to new again. I had a kitchen table with six chairs, a hutch, and a credenza that was given to me. My plan was to put them into a furnished rental property. Cost: Free…well I had to pick it up so ($10 in gas). The furniture was heavy duty solid wood. If this was new, it would cost upwards of $2000.
Paint and Primer combo: $57
Time To Complete All Furniture: 10 hours
Transform the look of any room!
Check out this example of what you can do with less than $100 of paint
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