Your eyes do not deceive you -- in fact, they should be wide and sparkly right about now. Pantone, infamous for their color swatches and identification, has come out with their own line of paints matchable to any Pantone shade.
Now you know you can find the perfect shade for any project by just matching up the names or codes for your specific Pantone color choice and will never have buyers' remorse again.
According to their website, "PANTONE Paints are imported from Holland, the country that has led the world's paint industry for more than two centuries. The paints of Holland are the best because they are formulated with expensive resins, which are carefully combined with high concentrations of finely ground pigments, inexpensive fillers are never used."
About a year ago the blogosphere was all abuzz about FrogTape, a new painters' tape product with paint-blocking technology purported to stop paint from bleeding under the tape. With that in mind, the point of the tape was to ensure straight, clean, professional paint lines to assist with nearly every kind of paint project imaginable. Well, it took just about as long for FrogTape to appear in our local home improvement stores (that happens when you live in Ohio, more often than you'd think) and we're here to give you our thoughts on it.
As you may or may not be aware, we paint A LOT in our house. Nearly every surface has been touched, and we're nowhere near done yet. So when we first heard about FrogTape we were pretty intrigued about the possibilities.
We used the tape for painting trim around a window and a doorway -- we were painting the trim deep teal and both areas had white we wanted to maintain, so we thought this would be the perfect opportunity to give the product our full attention.
While working on our epic antique claw foot tub project, we came across a suggestion to help us with our oil paint for her exterior -- moreover, to help ensure the paint application went on as smoothly and evenly as possible that we think could help with all sorts of projects with the DIY set.
While perusing our guilty pleasure Pinterest, we clicked through to a post about painting laminate furniture. There, we found a tip to use oil-based paint for a smooth, even, lacquer-like coat and to use an additive usually regulated to outdoor applications.
If you're looking for a unique way to liven up a boring cement slab, decorate a retaining wall, or just leave your mark without leaving a chemical footprint, then we have the solution for you -- moss graffiti!
Sounds crazy, right? But it isn't! Using moss you either gather or buy (sans the dirt attached to the roots), some buttermilk or yogurt, water or beer (so many options), and a wee bit of sugar in a blender, you can easily make moss "paint" with which to graffiti to your heart's content -- or until you run out of homemade paint.
