Cheap Paint & LINK UP DAY

Ok, this is one to make you laugh a little.
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Has anyone ever told you to NOT buy cheap paint?  Yeah, I've heard that too.
If you have been following my blog, you'll know that last week on Friday I went shopping and was quite pleased with myself to have found a gallon of paint on sale for only $15.

I knew better than to try this in a large area of the house, but since the powder room bathroom is so small, I honestly thought I could sidestep buying a gallon at full price.  The "cheap" paint even had the colour I wanted.  Lunenburg Blue.  The "cheap" paint on sale was even cheaper than I can buy it through a friend of mine.  I just couldn't resist. I just had to try the sale paint.

You get what you pay for you know... (you can laugh now! ha ha)

Here is the powder room before the painting.  This was a ragging technique that was very popular a while ago, and we had that style going on in here.

It is almost impossible to get good pictures of the bathroom, as it is narrow and small.  I tried to grab a couple of pics that show you the ragging style painting that was there.

It was time for an update, and I was all set with the paint colour my hubby and I had discussed and agreed would look good, and then the sale on paint!  I was sooo excited to start.

It turns out the cheap paint is VERY DRIPPY, and has the strong odor of paint formulas of years ago, and in addition to that, the WORST PART was that this paint is supposed to be an eggshell paint, but it's almost completely flat in the finish.  Think of a chalkboard and you'll get the idea.

In any event, I was only halfway through the first coat of paint and I told my hubby we will need to buy something else.  My disappointment gradually set in as I at least completed 1 coat of paint, which will now serve as a primer to the next paint to grace these walls. 

Here is the beautiful Lunenberg Blue, which is not so beautiful up close because the paint is cheap.

(yes, I left the painter's tape in place, this job isn't done yet)

And after all that, the hubby isn't even sure the colour is good.  We might go in a different direction now.  I look forward to sharing my story of the awesome paint we'll find and use next. 

Remember, the next time you organize a paint job, be sure that quality paint tops the list of priorities.

Thanks for reading,

Cassie