Dining Room Project: Paint Tips

I mentioned earlier that you should avoid changing the color of any rooms. It is much easier to simply paint over the top of the same color. But keeping track of all those colors can be difficult.

Here is a trick my brother taught me. If you have a little paint left? Keep it for touch-ups. Otherwise throw the paint can away (in an environmentally sensitive way) and just keep the lid.

Keeping all these paint cans sitting around can take up a lot of room. So, nail a chain to the rafters of your basement (or garage/shed in warmer climates) and use hooks to hang the paint cans. Just make sure you do not store paint cans near a furnace or hot water tank to avoid a fire.