:: What I did with my Free Paint Sample ::

Back in May, Ace Hardware was giving away a free quart of paint... CLARK AND KENSINGTON~Paint and Primer In One
Now, I usually don't go to the trouble. But this time I did. 
I went and picked up my can! 

I had no idea what color I would get.  I wanted something in a Shade of Red; because well, I just don't paint very much red around our place. But when I got there was told that I couldn't do a Red or Yellow based paint. 

So... I chose something in the BLUE RANGE... 

"Lewisporte"

It was free...so what did I have to lose. 

 My test subject was this jelly cupboard. I had this cupboard for about 21 years... and have never done anything with it as far as painting and what not. I bought it a garage sale and paid I want to say about $7 bucks for it... It's been a telephone table and held phone books and recipe books in the kitchen. It's been a jelly cupboard and it has been the Snowman cupboard... and held all my snowman dishes, candles, and accessories for eons!  It was sitting right back there in the background of this picture, under neath the painted skillet! 

Right... so plain jane cupboard... 

Now it's looking very TURQUIOSE...

...AND HERE...  sort of  'light blue' 

I love how the paint went on. This cupboard, like I said...was pretty much raw... except for years of dust and grime... I cleaned it up pretty good and then painted it.  The paint dried fast. It's a flat paint so I knew it needed some wax... 

I haven't waxed it yet... but I did rub some Minwax * Walnut stain on the paint to tone down the 

turquoise-ness (if that is a word) of the cupboard. 

 I like the "greenish- blue" aspect more now after the stain is on it. I also stained the top and it looks much nicer than the photo up top...but I don't think I got a photo of that one, you'll just have to believe me when I say , 'It looks way better.' 

I put it in the bathroom this time... and am using it for storage. Right now I have a couple of mismatched baskets inside... I'm looking for another. I will probably paint them; not sure about the wire mesh in the door. I thought of putting a curtain there-- not sure yet. But I DO LIKE IT in the bathroom! 

While I was sampling... 

 I also painted a mirror. 

and a little wall shelf (here is a peek or you can see it in the mirror above!) I purchased at a yard sale Father's Day weekend. The primer and paint is ALL IN ONE... and this little shelf started out a barn red... hmmm...should have taken a picture of that before painting. Oh well, it covered the red paint quite well in one coat. I didn't do a second coat just touch ups where I missed. I'm pleased with it.

More on those later... ;) 

 Generally, when I paint- You know I use Ooops! paint, cause it's cheap. But if I were going to paint a big project ...say, a matchy bedroom suite, where I'd need plenty of paint and want to have enough paint the same color. I'd buy this. The primer aspect and dry time make this paint to me a good deal; both in price and time. 

Ace Paint Division 124M340-8 "Clark + Kensington" Interior Latex Matte Flat Paint & Primer 5 Gallon, Neutral Tint Base

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