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clueless with home improvement
So we finally closed last week and this week, I had planned on painting and cleaning the crap out of the tiles/grout and basically making the house move in ready by friday. Yesterday, I took a trip to home depot for the paint. I'm a neutral color kind of a girl so it really wasn't that difficult for me to find the colors I wanted. Anyways, we have a banister that needs major painting and so I bought regular white paint. I started painting it last night and was like, why does it look so weird?? come to find out, that i needed to sand the wood first and then apply enamel based paint!!!!! my parents told me this last night as I sat at the dinner table talking about how the banister was looking. And then...I had bought regular matte paint for the walls, which I was told would look too blah and I needed to buy the satin one. so...i spent like $50 on paint that I don't think I can use anymore. I'll be honest in admitting that I have no clue what I am doing. uuugghh!!!
Re: clueless with home improvement
Girl, I'm there with you! Thank God DH is a handyman b/c otherwise, our house would be a disaster zone. The people at HD are very knowledgable. When yo go back to buy anything, just let them know what you are using it for and they'll tell you what you need.
Also, not sure what renovations you are doing, but Lowes IMO has better selection for residential pieces. There is one on Kendall and 137.
GL with the remodel! I'm sure it will turn out gorgeous. : )
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