Here's one thing I've done that I'm really thankful for. When we renovated our house and started painting all the rooms, I decided to keep little airtight jars of paints for each room. My only regret is that I didn't just go ahead and paint all the rooms the same color. Even the two bathrooms are a different shade of white. Ah well! 
When the furniture delivery people came, they put a scratch on the gray handrail. I think they were surprised when I said, "Don't worry about it." I just got out my jar and used a Q-tip to dab paint on it. Another crew also put a ding in one of the bluish-white wall corners. No problem. I just put on a little plaster and got out the Q-tip again.
If I had to go into the tool shed every time there's a scratch to find the right color and bring it back upstairs to do the painting, I'd probably never get around to it. Since this paint sample box is in my closet, I can take it out easily to do any fixes around the house.
Don't you love it when you do something right sometimes?`
That is such a clever idea. I don't know that I'd benefit from pinching it though, as I tend to be perhaps too happy to live with the scratches that appear!
ReplyDeleteGreat idea! Makes perfect sense.
ReplyDeleteThat's a brilliant idea, Kay:-) You are so well organised.
ReplyDeleteKay, you are brilliant!! Good job done!
ReplyDeletewhat a smart idea! We are repainting in the not too distant future, and I will be keeping this in mind!
ReplyDeleteThank you for your lovely comment and visit Kay :-)
I'm happy to have found you!
That Nan....she's good, isn't she? lol
Have a wonderful day
Niki
Unfortunately for me, the white paint on our walls gradually turns yellowish with time, and the paint I might have stored would no longer match it. This is true of both interior and exterior paint. It turns color with time.
ReplyDeleteOh, Kay, you do so many things "right"! This is just one more of them and a very clever one at that! Hope your week is going well!
ReplyDeleteSylvia
you are so organized!!!
ReplyDelete...and don't you just love it when a good friend shares her ideas!
ReplyDeleteI know I do!
Now this is a brilliant idea, I just keep the old cans with a little in, but I bet this lasts better. You would die in my house, ours was white when we bought it, but now every room is a different colour!
ReplyDeleteYou certainly are well organized. I really admire you, and people like you, but have long ago accepted that I am me, and probably won't change. I'm working on developing a similar attitude about my husband. LOL
ReplyDeleteHi to Art, and all the best to your mom.
-- K
Kay, Alberta, Canada
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A fantastic idea. I'm not at all surprised you were the one to think of it.
ReplyDeleteVery good idea. Maybe if we ever paint around here, I will do something similar. Probably not, though. I just live with chipped paint. 8-)
ReplyDeleteyou are super organized, wow.
ReplyDeleteOur landlord did that! It is a totally brilliant idea. I was so tickled to find little labeled bottles of touch up paint on the storage shelf in the garage. I have used it twice!
ReplyDeleteYou are amazing. I wish I'd done that. I've been looking at all the little nicks lately, but it just seems like too big of a job to get out those paint cans and fix them.
ReplyDeleteWhat a smart cookie you are to think of this. I will have to file this idea away for future use...whenever I get around to doing the painting I need to do.
ReplyDeleteThat's a great idea. I don't have that many different colors in my house.
ReplyDeleteSmart idea, Kay. I usually try to keep the gallon with whatever was left over in it. It works for a year or two and then I will forget to bring it in the house and it freezes once or twice and is ruined. I will have to mimic your trick.
ReplyDeleteIt's a great idea. When we redid our house the painter had me go get a box of pint canning jars and he did the same thing. It has come in very handy!
ReplyDeleteThis is a great tip! I wish you'd posted it this time last year, right before I started all the painting of my house :(
ReplyDeleteNever mind, I'll implement it from now on.
That is a good idea..I am going to do that as we paint....
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