Our most recent thrifty find made me immediately want to blog it however.
Checking the clearance shelf at Menards is my number one rule when I do any type of painting. I'm slowly convincing my husband of the treasure that can be found on those 3 shelves in the back corner of the store. It's a matter of being flexible and approaching a project with an "only if I happen to find the right paint" attitude. It is the epitome of one man's junk is another man's treasure. Someone doesn't like the greigh paint she had mixed? It will be perfect for my spare bedroom which I didn't want to paint if I had to spend $35 to do so. (This actually did happen and I liked the other ladys reject so much I ended up buying another gallon to use in our bathroom and behind our built ins!)
Without further ado, because you need to go to Menards, i will nowI reveal WHY this clearance rack is so exciting.
A gallon of paint typically costs at least $25. The good stuff that won't drip or take three coats (don't ask how we know) is at least ten dollars more. Any gallon of paint on the reject rack (sometimes REALLY good paints) is $5. Yes. FIVE dollars. The 2 gallon premium outdoor paint i found when we were painting our barn last summer was $10.
And, the reason for breaking my blogging silence, the 5 gallon jug of outdoor stain WITH a sealant was $15. We are using it for the new barn doors to contrast the white steel siding. We didn't get to pick the color but I look at it as the color picked us. Any thoughts that I had about wanting a shade darker flew away when I scouted out how much that darker shade would cost. See below.
So. Please. Check out the clearance paint before your next project. (Or if you want to start a project because, trust me, it works that way too.) Tell everyone about it and where you learned the secret. Just don't take the colors i want.
