THIS GIVEAWAY IS OVER
Last week I showed you what I did outside of my house to get it ready to sell. This past weekend, I did a little updating to the inside, to the master bath.
I liked how my bath looked and functioned but neutralizing the decor and removing the occupant’s taste and personality is an important staging trick when selling your house. This helps buyers who tour the home more easily envision their furnishings and lifestyle in the home, making them want to move right in. :-)
To make this happen…paint is the tool of choice. Paint is truly AMAZING! You know how much I use it to transform rooms and furniture to add my personal style to my house. Paint is also amazing on the flip side of the coin, when you want to de-personalize!
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I found a paint that does the job extremely well and the best part is it only costs $20 a gallon!
The master bath had grasscloth wallpaper that needed to come down. When I started to remove it, I got a little surprise…I totally forgot that many years ago I had painted an accent wall in the room, blue.
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Whoa!.. surprise…surprise. Since I was going with an off-white color to neutralize, I knew I had my work cut out for me and guessed it was going to take at least 3 coats of paint to cover it.
Well I was pleasantly surprised to find that the $20 gallon of paint covered the blue…
…with only two coats. A win in my book with less work for me.
So what is this $20 a gallon budget-friendly paint that goes on smooth and dries to a lustrous finish?
The paint is from Glidden called High Endurance. It is sold at Walmart. I had it mixed up in the color Crisp Linen in a satin finish to neutralize the bath, but you can get it mixed up a wide variety of colors. It is a soft white that makes pure white trim, pop!
I cannot tell you how happy I am with this paint. It was my first time using it and I was a little skeptical of how a $20 gallon of paint would cover and look. It was a win all around!
I will be using it again, but in my new house to add my personality and style to our new home, wherever that may be.
Do you have any painting projects planned for your home? If so, I can help one lucky reader buy some paint and more with one $100 gift card to Walmart.
Giveaway IS OVER
Congratulations to the winner: Cathy E.
This post is sponsored by Glidden; thank you so much for supporting the sponsors that make In My Own Style possible.
I also LOVE the Glidden High Endurance paint. It has primer in it already, so there are no ‘see through’ spots. I got mine at Wal-mart too. It was on clearance for $11.00 …! WoW. I’ll use nothing else now. It spreads evenly without having to use a lot of paint and pressure rolling it on (which is good for my tired painting arm and shoulder…!) Very satisfied.
I would paint my living room.
Converting a bedroom into a playroom for twin two year old grandsons and future grand children! Too much fun!
I need to paint the dining room/living room. The last person that painted it didn’t cut in the corners. Weird!
I want to paint my living room a light tan with cream trim. It is a deep gold now and I love it, but the room is really small and I think re-painting it to a lighter color will make it look larger and lighter.
My living room is waiting for a new coat of paint, as soon as I get a day off! I also am adding a new kitchen so that room is going to need paint also!
I have my work cut out for me.
I would love to paint our bedroom. But really just about every room in our house could use it. Thanks for the giveaway!
I want to paint every room at my house. We have fake wood paneling- yuck!
Need to repaint Family Room as husband put hole in wall doing wiring job for sunroom addition.
I’d paint the guest room and bath!
I have been wanting to paint my guest bath in a light gray. I can’t wait to try this Glidden paint. Thanks for the review.
I need to repaint almost all my rooms as we may need to sell our house as well, exciting times.
Definitely the living room! I’ve been putting it off since I will have to rent a scaffold to reach the vaulted ceilings!
I am wanting to paint our master bedroom. It is the only room left with a darker color. We are also working on our home to get ready to sell it. I am using neutrals throughout the house but our bedroom is a darker sage green.
My guest room. I have lived in this house for 20+ years and have never painted this room. It started out as my boys’ room and is now the guest room. It needs painted so badly.
My bathroom needs painting. This would really help, and I am excited to try this paint. Blessings
I’m going to paint my family room!
I would paint my upstairs bedroom that is currently dark chocolate brown (thanks to the prior owner).
In my master bedroom, the previous owner had a hideous shade of a brownish-pea green…! Yeee…what the hell..? I truly understand. I used the Glidden High Performance paint. It was on clearance at Wal-mart for $11.00 a gallon. It also has primer in it and covered that ugly paint in 2 coats of White satin/eggshell finish. I procrastinated terribly until I could no longer take it. Surprisingly, it only took 2 days. Just me doing the painting including the ceiling. I feel much better. :~)
Hi Lydia – I love hearing happy paint stories like this. I love that you even got the paint on clearance. A true Victory for you all around.
I would paint my kitchen.
I would love to paint the living room.
I would love to paint my upstairs!
My master bedroom is in desperate need of a make over.
Our bedroom needs an update.
My bedroom is in serious need of repainting. I can’t do it myself anymore but my son is a great painter. It has been put off long enough!
all of them? hahaha my bedroom would be first
I’d love to paint my family room/kitchen. Thanks for sharing your experience on this budget-friendly paint.
I want to paint the kitchen.
Diane, you have taught us so many things that are doable and practical. Thank you so much for the chance to win a gift card. I have a blue room room that’s needs this paint. Win are not I’m going to purchase a gallon.
This sounds weird, but I’d love to paint my garage!
I would love to paint my dining room, its so dull and dreary.
I would like to paint the bedroom. Right now it is a neutral dove gray, so I would love to personalize it.
My living room. I read your blog the first thing in the morning while drinking my coffee. So refreshing and I am learning so much from you. Thank you.
I would love to win the paint! My next project is stripping down the wallpaper in the kitchen and bathroom and painting both rooms. This giveaway couldn’t have come at a better time! Thanks again for the opportunity.
It is a toss up between our kitchen and our master bedroom. Not sure which will get done first.
I would love to paint our master bedroom a very pale blue. It’s olive green now, courtesy of the previous owners.
I need to repaint my bedroom…from a darkish brown to something lighter and brighter…yellow, maybe???
If anyone had told me that ALL the rooms in our next home would be taupe I would have said “no way.” Well, almost eight years later they are all still taupe. Blue is my favorite color so I guess I would start in our master bedroom since our bedding and matching drapes are a Waverly print that is white with shades of blue and yellow. New paint would work wonders!
We just moved into our first house a few months ago so painting has definitely been a priority for us! We already painted our bedroom and we’re actually painting our home office today! Next up is the dining room!
Like you I have a darker color on one wall in my master bath. Would like to paint master bath in a more neutral color. Love your blog!
I would like to paint the kitchen/dining room. Again….
Oh my goodness, the master bathroom. Should I even admit that I have not painted the master bathroom in over 20 years or that it is lavender – really, what was I thinking. Love the linen color you used.
I love reading about your DYIs, I just finished reading about your painting the blue bathroom wall. My husband and I bought a used mobile home, with the plans to redo every room as we could. The kitchen is brown, and even though I do like the color brown, I would love to have a more cheerful kitchen.
Our entire house is crying for a new coat of paint. It’s been 15 years and besides just looking dingy, I’m so ready to have a new color on the walls!
I would finish my bedroom that I turned into a closet 10 years ago.
I need to paint my accent walls in living room and loft.
I desperately need to paint my son’s bedroom. It is really time for a change!
I would love to paint my bedroom! it needs a new look!
I would like to paint my master bedroom first, thanks for the chance
I would love to paint my kitchen!
Our whole house! We just purchased a Century home, circa 1900, which requires some major TLC.
;-) But we will be finishing our little girls rooms first.
My outside deck needs attention. You always have such great ideas.
I would repaint my bedroom to fit more with my current style rather than when we moved in 10 years ago. Thanks for the giveaway! I love your site!
My daughter is dying to repaint her bedroom !
I would like to take down the wallpaper in the kitchen and paint it a sunny yellow!
Wow, that’s a good price! I have two bathrooms that need the wallpaper removed and painted. Would love to win, and get started right away!
I would love to try the Glidden paint, and would paint my kitchen. Thank you!
I would paint my bathroom, in the same color you used!
Wow! Your bathroom looks great! My whole house could use some fresh paint! However, I guess I would start in my den/ kitchen. We’ve been in the house 10+ years and when I first move in I painted these rooms that are open to each other a rusty red. I would so love to make them a more neutral color to brighten things up! Thanks for a chance at this great giveaway!
Kara
I really want to paint our laundry room.
The family room. It is a big room and will take more than one gallon.
I would love to paint my bathrooms!
My bathroom is the wrong shade of blue. I would like to paint it Wedgwood blue.
Smiles
I would do the entry hall which is two stories
My laundry room and family room both need to be painted.
I would like to paint the kitchen
I desperately need to paint my bedroom! The walls are bright yellow so this Glidden paint seems to be just what I need for the job. Thanks for the chance to win the gift card!
I would love to win this and paint my guest bath.
I love your blog. Thank you.
Just last month, we used Glidden HE paint in our kitchen and living room. It is awesome and beautiful! Our painter even commented on the quality. He was surprised to find it came from Walmart and cost $19!
I’m transitioning all my walls from boring beige to glorious gray and my next room to do is the guest bedroom. We’re expecting Labor Day guests. Thanks!!
I would love to paint an accent wall in our family room. Plus the entry and walls in the hallway could definitely use an update!
I would like to paint my kitchen. It needs some cheering up.
Our bedroom….Needs some love.
My bedroom! Hasn’t been updated ever!
My kitchen desperately needs a facelift with a new color!
I am ready to paint my bedroom next.
My kitchen is the one room the most in need of a fresh coat of paint, Thanks!
Diane, I just used this paint myself! I wanted to paint an accent cabinet that was a garage sale find. It had been painted maroon. I, too, was skeptical about the coverage but it is an amazing paint, covering in only 2 coats. I wanted to add feet to the cabinet and was inspired by the wooden feet and placement that you used on your filing cabinet. They were attached and painted as well. So happy! Thanks for your creative ideas and products.
ps I would use the paint to freshen a bench, a cabinet that belongs to my son, and the front door.
Sherry
I would love to repaint my 1/2 bath on the main floor. It has been the same for awhile, and I want to spruce it up a bit. Also, my kitchen could use a new color as well…ahh, so many choices!
Hi Diane,
Your bathroom looks so fresh and new! We need to paint our living room, kitchen, and dining room the moment our weather becomes cooler. Thank you.
Just moved into a new house, so… I would like to paint every room in the house. But I’ll start with the bathroom at the back of the house and move my way up.
the kitchen is so dull and blah blah blah – it could use help – color!
My basement has horrible paneling dating back to the 50’s with a built in bar. Takes me to a time warp every time I go down there.
Changing a guest room into an office and it needs to be lightened up, so will be painting that room soon!
I would like to paint our kitchen. Right now it’s a chocolate brown that we decided on years ago and it’s just…no….nope.
My dining room and entry way need to be repainted, along with the guest bed room. They look dated. I am excited to hear about Glidden, I have been meaning to investigate further, and this is the perfect opportunity. Thank you Diane.
I am debating with my husband to color our main floor white but it’s definitely a difficult decision
I need to paint my daughters old room. She’s been out of the house for 6 years now, guess it’s time.
I would love to do the bathroom. Dark room with no windows. sigh.
In a related vein- I loved your painted rug- but it sure doesn’t fit into the impersonalizing of your house.
Any thoughts on that?
My dining room is in dire need of some paint! Would love a chance to win!
Thanks!
We just finished painting our son’s bedroom. The family room needs a fresh coat of paint next.
Forgot to mention that I’m thinking of painting my master bedroom
Great review Diane! I am not set on any particular paint company so I really enjoy when I get a chance to read a review on paint. New project ideas! Thanks for posting and I’ve shared it on my FB page.
Our master bathroom is needs updating and a fresh new color on the walls is needed!
My living room/kitchen! I have an open floor plan that I fell in love with when I toured the house….unfortunately, every room had a nice coat of BEIGE..all the dang BEIGE! I’d love to finally start adding some personality to my little house :)
The Office/Dog Quarters needs fresh paint in our home! To win would be AWESOME!
My mother’s bathroom. It’s an awful fuchsia color and makes the room look small and cramped, even though it isn’t. I’ve used Glidden paint in my home and love it!
I need to paint many rooms but the one that needs it the most is the half painted living room!! Thanks for the giveaway!!
I mistakenly painted the nursery a navy blue and hate it…so now I have to cover it and I dread the 3 coats of paint it will take to cover the blue. Hopefully, I’ll win and can get some Glidden.
I’m moving into a new home, so I’d like to paint over some of THEIR old walls, not the ones in my current home. Having just staged a home for sale, I know first hand how important good coverage with paint can be. Thanks for the example with this brand — so helpful!
Oh! I wish I had known this BEFORE I spent twice that on paint for our sunroom! LOL! The next room on my list is the front entry way – it’s tiny but I know it will look much better with a fresh coat of paint. My issue in that room is that the walls are sanded and glittery – and dark sage green. We ripped off some really old wall paper and it seems that the paper on the drywall came with it! Yikes! The textured paint was a quick fix …. that I’m now regretting!
I have a powder room that needs help. I am thinking of doing Board & Batten up about 5 ft from the floor. Have you done a Board and batten project?
That’s exactly what I was wondering about doing! It’s tiny though, with THREE doors and an opening to our front room. It also has a super high ceiling … the math for figuring out the board and batten with so many crazy opening boggles my mind … but I just scored enough 1/4″ x4″ x 8′ oak slats to try it.
Honestly, EVERY single room in the house needs new paint. I am either tired of the paint or the paint is just tired.
i would love to lighten up the office! :)
I am so going to miss your house …….. and I have never actually been inside of it except for your blog.
I would do my narrow living room, dining room combo….. it is that awful paneling, not even real wood paneling. I want white or as close to pure white as I dare…….. oh I am so hoping to get enough paint to do it……. I have NO living room window, since some previous owner decided to take out the window and install a fireplace (in FLorida?)…….. well it is like a dungeon and I am so hopeful to lighten and open it up a bit. I so love your home.
Well slap me silly, a gallon for $20? I am planning on painting my kitchen. I painted the cabinets all white and painted the blue tiles in a black and white pattern. I should have painted the walls white but didn’t. I also have two bedrooms to paint but all this won’t happen until fall as I am canning right now. Diane, I was also a Display Coor. at Elder-Beerman and was in charge of 3 stores. I am now 67, retired and a frustrated decorator. Love your style. Thank you for sharing.
I would like to paint my kitchen.
We have been slowly (we have 8 kids so every house project takes 8 times longer to get it done) been repainting our 1970’s home. I’d like to paint the laundry room next. It is currently a peach color and the cat has made the walls into his personal scratching post!
My Guest Room—-Need to get it done!!
I am planning on painting our dining room which is currently a deep cranberry color! I’m anxious to lighten it up:)
I am retiring at the end of this year. We are getting our house ready to sell so we can downsize into something different for this next phase of our life. We are starting with the bathrooms since that is the most obvious in need of updating.
I have a powder room and a basement bathroom that are still “builder white” since the house was built. It’s only been 15 years, so I suppose I should give those walls some attention, ha ha.
I would paint my kitchen. Thanks for the chance!
I am painting the doors in my house and I too have been using Valspar and unhappy with it so I would like to try this.
We are renovating our entire house and it is all getting new paint, so any room will be needing it. I can just envision the new 2nd floor bath with a soft light finish against the varied colored sea glass tile I will be using.
Thanks for the contest!
Truth time! I’ve been in the midst of painting my bathroom for MONTHS. Gotta get that finished.
My recently single daughter – a mom of two little ones – just recently painted the bathroom and being on a very tight budget she chose this very same paint. I was skeptical, but like you, was more than pleasantly surprised at the quality of this paint. If I should be the lucky winner, I would surprise her with a few gallons so that she can continue with sprucing up her little “new life” abode. I suspect the first priority will be covering the awful purple on the living room walls! Thanks for the opportunity – my fingers are crossed!
I’d love to paint my daughters room, I’m thinking light aqua :)
Nice neutral for my hallway!
I had been using Valspar paint for years watching the price go up and up and noticing that it was getting thinner and thinner. So in a cost cutting way I decided to get a cheaper paint for my base coats…what a surprise to find this Glidden paint!! It’s thicker and provides the coverage that I needed, so much better than the Valspar!! This is my new go-to paint from now on!! I can’t wait to do my living room now!
I need to paint my living room. This paint looks great. I like how it covered the blue in only two coats. Good luck on your move.
My master bathroom is in dire need of a new paint job!
The Living Room/Dining Room needs brightening, it’s been about 10 years since I’ve painted.
I would like to paint my bedroom light blue.
Like to start with our bathroom, it measured 63 inches X 129 inches. I have brown wood paneling and white concrete wall with tile bath tub. Not sure to paint the paneling surely needs a different color. I love purple!
When my son was 4 years old he chose primary red, blue, green and yellow for his walls and ceiling. Adorable, I thought. He’s now 18 and his room is my craft room. I have dreaded painting the walls because I thought it would take layers and layers of a neutral color to cover it. I would love to be able to cover it in just 2 coats!
So many large rooms in our house need repainting…because, duh they are the hardest and take the longest to do, but i would say the family room would be my first priority. Thanks for the giveaway !
Looks great!!! Thanks for the review.
I would love to paint the kitchen a bright new color!
I would love to paint my living room!
Diane, I consider you an expert on all things paint. I would paint our living room which really needs to be brightened up!
I’m going to Walmart in the a.m. to buy a gallon of this paint I have a bathroom that is dark brown and needs to be painted I have been avoiding this room because I had a 12 x 12 room that took 3 gallons of paint to cover the same color and it still needs a fourth coat
Perfect timing for this post. I painted a small bedroom with only one window a darkish blue. Not sure what I was thinking…… I want to repaint in a light neutral but was not looking forward to priming plus 2 coats of paint. I will definitely try this Gliden paint. Thanks!
We are working on painting many rooms in our home. Also hoping to downsize in a couple of years. Next up are the master bedroom and bath.
Like you, Diane, I need to cover up a pretty bold color, but in a bedroom. My color, however is RED. My daughter had this boudoir idea in her head a few years ago. Now that she’s married & out of state, I’m attacking that bedroom to make in more calm and serene. (Kind of makes your eye twitch just walking past!) I was thinking it would take at least a dozen coats of paint, but if this Glidden High Endurance does half of what you say it does, I would be thrilled!
Getting ready to paint the dining room. But I also need to remove some wallpaper!
I would paint my kitchen.
I would very much like to redo our chocolate dining room and put up a color more lively.
It would be hard to choose a single room, but i’d have to pick our hallways. They need to be brightened up with a lighter shade of paint. Thank you for the chance to win!
I do have a room that needs paint! My daughter moved out 2 years ago and I haven’t touched her room to redecorate. (I have managed to store a bit of sewing supplies in there, though.) The walls are a deep red and I’d really like to brighten it up, so I need some paint! Glidden sounds like it would do the job…in 2 coats! Yeah!
My guest bedroom needs a fresh coat of paint!
The kitchen !
I would use it to paint my master bath. It really needs an update. It was last updated about eight years ago and is looking pretty worn.
I am so inspired by this post. I have the same grass cloth wallpaper in my living room and it is getting old. It was here before I bought my home 12 years ago. I have been waiting too long to bring it down, but now I am excited to get the project going. I have no idea what is under it, especially since my home was built in 1973, but I am sure I will need a good quality paint to do the job. Thanks for sharing and inspiring me.
Every room in the house needs repainting! $20 paint that covers so well sounds like the paint for me!
Thanks for the tip, Diane. I’ve got several rooms that need painted but if I had to choose one to start with, it’d be the guest room. I’m impressed that a $20 gallon of paint can cover a bright color like blue in just 2 coats! The last paint I bought was a Valspar paint & primer (and it was a lot more than $20). After 3 coats, it still didn’t look completely covered and I was painting a cream over a medium beige. I was so disappointed. Next time–I’m trying Walmart. Thanks again!
We’ve recently painted almost every room in the house but the powder room needs a major makeover and some semi-gloss white paint is planned for the wainscoting. I would love to win the gift certificate, Thanks for the giveaway. Jo @ Let’s Face the Music
Hi Diane I have 2 bedrooms and a laundry room that need a new paint job !
Well…I have my son’s bedroom to paint as well as my kitchen and laundry room. I have put it off a few years too long! Does this ‘painting stuff’ ever end? ? I have 6 children–all of whom are now grown and my rooms STILL need painting!
Thanks for a chance to win!
the living room needs some color – would be a nice change
We are also getting our house ready to sell–probably sometime this spring. I need to repaint the living room, dining room, hallway, and master bedrooms for starters. We also have a small bedroom that is painted “little girl” pink from when my daughter was little! I suppose we should neutralize that before we sell, too! Thanks for a chance to win.
Like you, stripping bathroom wallpaper and this looks like the paint I will need, I have no idea what is underneath!
I was all ready to paint my living room last winter, starting with the ceiling, when I looked up and noticed the beginnings of what turned out to be a very large and dirty water stain. We learned a new term in Massachusetts last winter …. “ice damns”. I had water leaking from the top of almost every window in my house. I have been in my home for 39 years and never had so much as a dime-sized water stain on any ceiling. I had stains on the ceilings of three bedroom upstairs, but the living room ceiling was by far the worst. After everything dried out, I finally painted the ceiling in the living room. It took two coats of Kilz and two coats of ceiling paint, but the ceiling looks great. I would like to paint the walls a light gray. Any recommendations on a shade of the Glidden paint?
In the process of redoing our sunroom so we have lots of painting to do!!
getting ready to do a hall bath renovation . Looking for just the perfect shade of gray!
Diane, Master Bath is next on my list. We’ve been in this house 10 years now and I am going room by room with new paint colors. Good luck with the sale. Would love to have y’all down south with us! Carolyn
I would love to repaint my living room/dining room! Thanks for the chance!
Hi Diane, just like we downsized a couple of years ago….would love have a few extra gallons of paint to redo a couple of rooms. Being both of us retired it would be so helpful. Being I am a do it myselfer it would be in the budget! Thanks for this opportunity to win. Good luck on the sale of your home. Karen
I want to paint our bedroom walls gray! When I decided I wanted to do this, I was way ahead of the gray trend. However, due to my tendency to procrastinate ( and the demands of our four children) I am now way behind the trend! Oh well, ….I still want a gray bedroom! :)
I would love to have a clean, fresh good quality paint on our living room. We moved in Oct of last year and it needs updated. Thanx for listening!
Hi Diane – I am in the midst of painting my living room and I noticed today when I was at my new Walmart that they had Glidden paint…boy was I surprised that your post was all about it! Thanks for the heads up once again on another great product – you’re by far my favorite product tester ha!
Diane, I live in a sub-division that recently had its twenty second birthday so my house is not exactly new. Every room in the house has been painted at least once and most, quite a bit more than that. When I found the perfect color for the master bedroom I found one that I thought would be perfect for the adjoining master bath; be in harmony with the bedroom. Nope, didn’t happen Its not the bathrooms fault that I can’t love it; poor thing! Its about time that this bathroom get into my good graces, once again. Diane, help me to redeem myself. Award me the $100 check and allow me to make this bathroom feel more than just USED.
We are in the process of redoing our dining room floor, and with that of course comes a new paint job for the walls. Since I loved what you did with the previous bathroom, I am hoping to paint it two colors, an off white for the bottom bead board, then a chair rail all around, and finishing off with a pretty pastel/neutral green on the top. That means reupholstering our dining room chairs to a nice match. It is a lot of work, but well worth it. Excited about the new look!
I have been living alone for 5 yrs+ until 2 weeks ago. My daughter, son in law, infant grandson, Brooks, 3 1/2 yr. old Lincoln ( my daughter has nannied since he was 9 months old) & our Chinese study abroad student, Victor are now with me for the next 2-3 yrs. Joe is requiring back surgery by Christmas & since I have the room they are here. We gave 3 baths that need makeovers, starting with the gall bath first. Some free paint would sure from me in handy about now! I’ve had the tub refinished already & purchased a new tub hardware kit. It’s going to be nice & fresh. I love the grey/white combo using color in accessories. Pick me!
Unfortunately my rental doesn’t allow paint, but I’d love to paint a side table to add some color!
Thanks for the paint brand tip! I have lots of paint that needs to be changed… I have deep rich colors in my house, which I love, but have grown tired of now. Need a re-do!! I’ve already begun in the master bedroom and bath with a pastel blue-green… going for the sea glass mode… not to light though as I don’t want it to look like a blue shade of white. But beyond that, I need my red great room and dining room re-painted, as well as the kitchen area which is now a bread-basket color… Everything needs to be lightened up!!!! I seriously don’t know what to do there though, as I don’t like pale shades of beige, or ‘builders beige’… I’ll think on this one awhile longer. BTW, sure liked your “book”! Rec’d it recently after finding it on Amazon! Thanks again…
OH my stars, the loft bedroom! High ceilings that will have popcorn scraped off first. (Who thought up popcorn ceilings?) …. or the kitchen… there are a lot of “projects” needing paint. Thanks for the opportunity! :)))
We just finished painting the master bedroom, but we still need to paint the two guest rooms!
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My master bedroom is on my list. Glad to hear this paint review. THanks!
I have a box of paint chips sitting in my bedroom right now. I trying to decide what color to paint the upstairs bathroom. I enjoy reading your blog.
we just bought a condo and the entire thing has to be painted. First we are starting in the bathroom. I just finished scraping paint off of all the floor tile. Boy it was a chore. Thanks for the paint tips. I will be taking a trip to Walmart.
Hi Diane
I would like to paint my guest bedroom and bathroom. My house was affected by Hurricane Sandy and while the downstairs and upstairs hallways were painted these 2 rooms were used for storage of anthing salvageable and took a beating with dust and grime.
Thank you for considering me.
Loretta
We are also doing some updating in preparation of putting our house on the market. The kitchen is already a neutral color, but definitely needs a fresh coat of paint. I am enjoying your posts, and paying attention to your tips. Our last move was about 38 years ago. :)
My master bedroom/bath needs to be painted, badly!
Would love to paint either the main hall bathroom or the family room.
Master bedroom is next on our list!
I need to paint my bathroom, badly!
Our daughter’s bedroom. She is off to college and would like to change out the purple and green walls.
Hi Diane! My whole interior…almost….needs a new paint job. But the most critical for me right now is the great room. Thanks for the chance to win ‘)
Hi Diane. I bet you can relate to what I need to do? We have lived in our home 15 years now. Still have some remodeling stuff to do (we had a major, 6-year family medical nightmare in there) and then there’s the downstairs that WAS done and now needs to be re-done since it’s been rode hard and put away wet by 3 kids and 2 adults! So, that’s what I would use the paint for…our old downstairs “interim kitchen” that will now become a craft space! Wahoo! Thanks for the inspiration!
I am wanting to paint my guest bath to freshen it and make it more attractive. It’s hard deciding on a color!
Hmmm….so many rooms to choose from! ;) I would first re-do my son’s room to take it from the nursery paint color to a new big boy paint scheme. :) Excited to learn about the Glidden paint! The price point is perfect for my ever-changing “style!”
Our kitchen is top of the list for next paint project!!
We bought a new home a year ago and still haven’t decorated. Besides the whole house needing paint. I would love to paint the kids room first. They keep asking.
Thank you,
Stacey
I’m torn. My living room, kitchen and hallway are white and haven’t been painted in 15 years. Scuff marks, picture holes….. So, they need painting. However, I have a small bedroom that I would like to paint purple. Who knows, if I win, I should be able to do all of them!!!!!!
Your bathroom looks great and In just two coats! I want to paint my living room white, which is Martha Stewart’s cantaloupe and I am tired of it. How fantastic to do it just to coats.
i currently have swatches of paint on the conservatory ( a FL word) walls. I bought several samples over the weekend and need to make a choice and bite the bullet and start painting soon. Thanks for the give away and I love following your house hunting and move posts!!
I would love to paint my guest bedroom and guest bathroom. It hasn’t been painted since we moved in eleven years ago, so it’s long overdue. Thanks for the giveaway.
Love to paint the living room.
I’d like to paint the office/school room area. The paint is old and dingy and the room needs a fresh face!
Powder room!
My foyer needs to be repainted.
My poor bathroom. It currently has about three different yellows on it (courtesy of my husband) and it so very much needs to be just one, pretty, happy color.
I need to remove wallpaper that’s been on in the bathroom for 25 years. I’m very afraid what will happen when I remove it but I would really like to paint it.
Hi Diane, thank you for sharing your updates and what you have done. Makes me realize there is light at the end of the tunnel. I will be updating my Mum”s home ( bathroom and etc). Mum passed away end of April almost made it to her 100th birthday and will be getting her home ready to sale. Will be redoing her hall bathroom, removing wall paper that has been there 34 years and giving the room a fresh coat of paint to go along with the floor we just replaced. Thank you for taking the time to read our comment.
My bathroom! It’s small, long, and narrow, has hideous pinkish/beige countertop, accent tile, and bathtub. The cabinets are also painted the same color. Any advice on a color(s) I might try. Gutting the bathroom is not an option, although I wish it was.
As all of my walls are currently white, I would love to paint my bedroom or my daughter’s bedroom. This has been on my to-do list for 3 months, but each time I go to get paint, something else comes up that eats up the budget. This would be AWESOME!!
Hi Diane, My husband and I would love to paint our family room a soft color – the room doesn’t get much light, and the brick at the fireplace is painted gray like the exterior of the house. Your ideas are so good, I love to see your projects! Thanks for all the encouragement.
I would like to repaint my kitchen. It’s currently a light blue. It was 20 plus years ago that we painted it. The kitchen really needs new flooring, new lighting and new paint on the walls. I haven’t decided what color to paint the walls when we get to it. Thanks for sharing all your tips, ideas and projects with us.
I’d like my living room painted. A big job!
I would like to paint my entire interior! I’d start with our main hallway though. It drives me nuts…scuff marks, leftover “silhouette” of our former thermostat, mystery stains, you name it!
This paint sounds great I need to try it. I’d like to paint the kitchen that means cabinets, too. I had used Behr Premium, as I had seen it had high ratings. I used two coats over off-white, and it really needed a third coat to be perfect, but I couldn’t do it. It could be me, but I had someone who paints all the time helping me, so I don’t plan on using that paint again. Glidden next time! Your room looks nice!
Ugh, my kitchen needs painted so bad. I despise painting though. Maybe with a brand of paint that actually covers up it may not be so horrible.
I love how great those warm whites look together. I need to paint my dining room AND kitchen!
I love color and have used Glidden paint in several rooms in my home. The only room left is the dreaded basement laundry room. Definitely could use a fresh coat of paint and much needed organization. Being in an old farmhouse with low ceilings and fluorescent lighting its almost dungeon like.
i need to (finish) painting my living room. It’s sat partially completed for several months, partly due to the high cost of quality paint. This would help for sure!!
My 5 year old grandson is coming to live with me and I would like to paint his room in something that isn’t a “granny” color!
I thought grasscloth wallpaper was in fashion! And that was a lovely neutral. That said, the wallpaper in my dining room is 20+ years old and needs to go, so I’m in need of paint also.
Wow! Your bathroom looks so fresh and crisp. I would like…no, I need to paint our kitchen.
Our great room needs some life! New paint would be a perfect way to start.
My next project has to be the hall bathroom. Now that we are empty nesters, it needs to be updated and refreshed.
The upstairs bathroom. Wanted to for six years now. I want a crisp, fresh, inviting shade of aqua. And get some hand towels to go in there too.
Would love to paint my family room which is bright gold!
I am itching to get our master bedroom painted along with the trey ceiling insert. Thanks for such a wonderful opportunity. Judy C
I want to paint my laundry room. We had some work done there and bare wall is showing. It is desperately calling out for paint, but with hubby unemployed, it can’t be a priority right now. Thanks for sharing. That is an awesome price on paint.
So pretty! Nice to know the paint helps to eliminate extra work!!
I really need to paint my front door and porch area.
Spare bedroom. One accent wall is hot pink that I thought was a good idea a few years ago ! Ummm not so much now.
It’s always amazing to see what a can of paint can do to a room. I’d love to freshen up my master bedroom with a new coat of paint!
We moved into our home three months ago, and we’ve been working on updates since move-in day. Our next project: PAINT THE MAIN BATHROOM – the one that is used by everyone… my whole family and, more important, our guests! It is currently a bright blue color – about the same color as your blue accent wall! Maybe that was a trendy color many years ago… Looking forward to reading ALL your helpful tips as our projects continue!
Whoa! I was so inspired to see your bathroom!! I am really pumped to get going and paint over my guest bathroom’s a dark taupe/brown. How awesome would that be to make that guest bath pop! Thanks so much for your pic!
Upstairs bath and guest room! The bath hasn’t been painted since we moved in 17 years ago!
I soooooo want to paint my foyer!
Love your blog! We are about to paint the hallway, foyer, bath, and guest bedroom.
Would love to paint our daughter room she has left hand print marks everywhere :) we called them marks of the beast LOL they are chocolate mostly :)
I, too, am putting my house on the market soon. My kitchen wall color is a beautiful shade of pale olive green, but is very taste specific. I need to switch to a more neutral shade. Thanks for the opportunity to participate in the giveaway!
I’d like to paint my bedroom. I think I want the back wall to be a charcoal gray.
Master bedroom and bath.
I would LOVE to paint my daughter’s room! She has stripes in several colors and has just out grown the décor. This paint and it’s coverage would be PERFECT! Thanks for the opportunity!
Hi, I would like to paint my living room and bedroom.
I would LOVE to paint my master bedroom. It’s 1 of only 2 rooms left in the house we haven’t done since we moved in 6 years ago. It’s also 1 of the biggest so it will make a HUGE impact. I love your blog!! You have been a great source of inspiration to me since I first saw it. Thanks for sharing your creativity with us!
My den hasn’t been painted in years. That’s my next project.
Master bedroom – needs a update. Is your contest open to Canada?
Our master bathroom is in need of some serious TLC! I would love to get that painted!
Thank you, Diane, for turning the painful process of preparing to sell and move into something from which your readers can benefit!! :) I want to paint my grown son’s old bedroom– with future selling in mind for us too.
Just bought a house, every room needs pain To!
My Kitchen! I would love to give a little life and personality into my plain-Jane kitchen, and have always dreamed of using shades of green and crisp white to make it feel more outdoorsy and fresh!
We bought our first home almost a year ago. We are finally ready to paint our master bedroom, I am interested to see how Glidden holds up. It is definitely a cheaper option than the Sherwin-Williams we have used in a couple of other rooms. Thanks for being an inspiration!
The first room I’d like to paint is my sewing room.
You are truly an inspiration and I just love your blog! I am working on an apartment makeover, which also includes my bathroom. I used the high gloss paint from Glidden on my kitchen cabinets and I love it. The next room to be painted is going to be my bedroom. Thanks again for all your helpful tips!
We are getting ready to paint our entire house! The rooms I am most looking forward to freshening up are the kitchen and master bedroom. Thank you so much for offering such a wonderful giveaway.
You are at the top of my list for painting resource. You’ve rescued me in the past and I regard your advice highly.
Which room do i want to paint? My family room. Boring!
I’m wanting to personalize my master bathroom. We moved in 4 years ago and I have slowly been trying to make my house into MY HOME lol. I haven’t decided on the wall color yet but I do know I want the ceiling paint to have a touch of light green in it. I’ve been thinking about doing the walls in a coral color. Do you think those colors would look good together? Thanks for the chance to win! Have a beautiful and blessed rest of the week. Oh and please tell me what you think about my color choices.
My living room!
Part of my office has been painted egg yolk yellow! MY attempt years ago to “brighten” up the room. Whether I win or not, I’m headed to Walmart to get me some paint, cause that yellow has been grating on my nerves for years ! Thanks for the review of Walmart’s brand of paint and a chance to win!
Hello! What a wonderful giveaway! My bedroom still has primer on it from three years ago from a repair….keep trying to fit paint into my small and limited budget, but so far it hasn’t happened. I have only checked out other places for paint and it is really expensive. Nice to know that Walmart has inexpensive and GOOD paint! Thanks for the giveaway, Walmart and Diane….from another Diane.
I would paint my living room. I live in a rental that has the really good, old wood paneling, but it is SO DARK.
I recently had all the wallpaper in my house removed, a massive job! Now I have to decide which one of 6 rooms I will start with. Maybe the bathroom since it is smaller. I M going to try this pInt for sure.
I would -paint my kitchen – it is screaming for some attention.
Great coverage with the Glidden paint! I am ready for a kitchen update! This looks like the perfect paint for the job!
I have to refresh some trim and I want to paint my steps. I remember you trick of post it on every other step as you paint.
I’d love to paint our family room.
I need to paint my bedroom!
Kitchen-living room area.
I am needing to paint the master bedroom, the hall bath and the hallway. May even try painting the hall bathroom floor.
Thanks for all the ideas.
I have several rooms I want to paint as soon as it cools down just a bit. Bedroom, three baths, hall and kitchen. I agree that this is great paint!
I want to paint my main floor living space and change the walls from white to more of a light gray.
thrilled to find this post as i have the exact same project i am facing and dreading……now maybe not!
my bathroom is so sad, hope is on the horizon!
thank you
debra
I am all over Glidden now! I’ve been using the Glidden Trim and Door paint you recommended and recently painted a laminate tile bathroom floor, which I used Glidden Gripper as primer… never would have thought of Glidden, but it’s certainly done a great job for a good price! Glidden has been around Fo-Ever! I’m going to repaint my entire living room again, ceiling, walls, and trim, and when that’s done, my bedroom needs a whole new look too. Thanks again!
I would love to paint my basement laundry room. It hasn’t been painted since the 80’s . I always keep putting it on the top of the list of that need to be repainted. But, it just doesn’t get done.
Wow! What an awesome giveaway! My mom’s room is in dire need of a makeover. I would love to paint her bedroom for her. The color on the walls looks like Pepto-Bismol. It’s out dated. I probably would go with something neutral. I love the Glidden brand. It would be nice if I won the $100 gift card from Walmart, for her.
We are contemplating a move. If we do, I’d LOVE to do every wall in the “new” house a new color. :-) So winning this gift certificate would be fantastic! I have used Glidden Porch and Floor paint in the past and love it!
Master bedroom and bath!
I will like to paint our living room.
I need to paint my living room. It has not been painted in twenty years so it will probably take two coats. I’d Glidde ‘s is as good as you say, maybe I’ll only need one coat!
Hi! I’m curious why you took the grasscloth down. I thought it looked great and would be great for resale. I am thinking of papering my downstairs bath in grasscloth. Is it recommended?
Thanks for your input.
I need to paint my kitchen. It has been way too long!! The cabinets and the walls. It scares me just thinking about it! ;)
I have a dining room/living room combo that runs into our entry way. The rooms are small and needs to be brightened up. Would like to paint a neutral color. Just have not decided yet but am focusing on a gray white.
My son moved out over a year ago and I want to repaint his old room. Thanks!
My NAVY blue bathroom needs to be repainted but I dreaded the three coats I knew it would take. This is a great tip, thanks!
I have painted my kitchen and downstairs bath. Now it’s time for the upstairs bath and my daughter’s room.
No doubt I would RE-Paint my girls room – they are preteens now and want to change the color…..
I want to paint by bedroom. I think a bright accent wall would be really nice, maybe yellow.
Our Master Bedroom is a darker blue color and we have wanted to paint it since we moved in! But, after painting the entire house we decided to wait. I am going to have some time off soon and am looking to paint it a more neutral color! Love your site, I come here daily for fresh ideas!
Oh, my gosh. where to start. My whole interior is painted brown and you can peel the paint off in long stris. The kitchen and bath are both detested yellow. I want colored walls but disability check does not go far. $20 paint is the best thing I have heard about today. I read and look at so many blogs and I cannot tell you how happy it makes me to see the things I can make, paint, just makes me so happy.
I bought a tab le at the Habitat store I am slowly figuring how to raise up for the height ai want. I am so excited. I want a light apricot kitchen and apple green back stairway to basement. i need that waking up quick color as I stumblew to let puppy out at 6 am. Living room, going up he stairs I am thinking soft gray. I need a blue bedroom and the bath a rosy color. Thank you for the chance to win paint I could really use.
I want to paint our living room
i’d actually love to repaint my garage! it’s unfinished, and it’s where i do my laundry, so it would be fun to add a bright feature wall, playing up the trusses!
I need to paint my master bath as well. The color you mentioned may even work for me! Thanks for the chance to win.
Our living room is currently painted a pumpkin color. I love it but we are hoping to put our house on the market very shortly so I know it has to be neutralized. This would help us do the living room and the hall going upstairs. Thanks for doing this.
I love your color choice! I’m looking to update my office soon with a new paint color…this one just might work! Thanks for all the terrific ideas you share with us…I look forward to each new post!
We are going to paint our basement, it is just so hard to decide on a color!! ?
I would like to repaint my master bathroom.
Am working up to paint my master bed and bath! Great price!
Hi Diane, what a fabulous tip about Glidden paint! This formerly Sherwin Williams girls has been made into a convert after seeing what it did to cover your wall. amazing! and at much less cost than using Killz or multi-coats of paint. I love painting and am looking to redo my laundry and guest rooms.
Love your site, thanks for all the tips and decorating advice. Happy Hump Day
My son’s room needs painting. The paint doesn’t last when he’s a two-year-old with a drum set.
My laundry room needs an update!
I am so excited for you on your move to a home near the water. I really can’t wait to see all the different places and choices you find. My bathroom would be the room I would choose. A soft gray with white trim would be great.
Our master bath needs a good freshening
Our master bath needs a good freshening.
I need to paint my whole house, minus a couple. A big job ahead of me.
I would LOVE to paint my hallway & living room. And my dining room, for that matter!
I am VERY excited to hear positive reviews for $20(!) a gallon paint. We moved a year and a half ago and I have lots of tan that needs some new life ~ it’s getting pricy at the $50+ BMoore paint I’ve been using. I love Ben Moore but this is getting ridiculous for the amount of painting I love to do. Next up is my 14 year old daughter’s bedroom (once she decides on a color, this is taking a long while). Thanks for the tip – I’m definitely going to try this.
Whoops! I must have missed some of your blog, because I didn’t realize you are moving! I’ll have to go catch up. My husband used some “touch up ” paint in our bedroom that did not match. He covered it with a picture, but we need to repaint both there and the bathroom. Sounds like this gift card would cover both rooms! Thanks for all of your fun giveaways. I wish you the best in your next home. THREE of the blogs I follow have bloggers who are moving!
I would like to paint my living room, it needs a fresh coat.
Nice job. My next project is our master bath.
My master bathroom is in desperate need of new paint. It is currently lime green!!! I will have to check this out!
My daughter’s bedroom needs this paint color! She is in college now and needs a more sophisticated decor and this would be perfect! I am covering up baby blue painted walls too!
I want to paint my foyer and hallways.
Your Bath looks great. I would paint mine the same Color. Must be awesome paint to cover the Blue so well….
I’m painting my master bedroom this month. Love the color you chose for the bathroom btw.
I would paint our master bath that is currently Miami Vice peach!
Bathroom needs brightening up to help it look bigger.
I would love to paint my son’s room….he recently moved to San Antonio.
The next room on my “To Update” list is bedroom #3. Winning this little contest would be the ideal incentive to get rolling on this project.
(I enjoy following your blog. It is one of very few I feel reflects “real life” for the majority of us.)
I have a bathroom with wallpaper that needs to be updated with paint too!
I would like to paint my kitchen! I painted it several years ago and really didn’t like the color that I chose. I need to totally change it. This was really a bad decision on my part! The current color is really awful.
I would paint the guest room.
We painted the bedrooms in the house we bought with white primer to cover the horrific colors the last owners had picked. We moved in just before Christmas 2013 and had company coming for the holiday! They have never been repainted and I think it’s time!
I haven’t painted the nursery yet…It is a terrible hunter green….needs painting the most out of all our bedrooms…even though my son’s room really needs it too.
Just finished a pallet wood wall in the family room. Now need to paint the other walls in the room. Master bedroom on the painting schedule too. Thanks for the tip and giveaway!
We are going to be newlyweds in October and we would love to make the house our home! What better way than to paint our Master Room *that would be our retreat for a stressful day* or our living room where we will be receiving our family in our new home! Cant wait!
I would like to paint my bedroom – it’s been way too long!
I would LOVE to paint my living room. It just seems to dark.
Our master bedroom and bath both need painting and updating!
I love how fresh your bathroom looks. I really need to update my master bath but have been putting off because of the vaulted ceiling. Your projects inspire me to get started!
I need to do the same thing you did except in the laundry room. Take down the wallpaper and paint it a nice color or neutral. Haven’t decided yet!
My downstairs powder room is in dire need of reprinting. It is the only bath on the first floor and is desperate for a High Endurance finish! Plus there was a smoky candle incident…and no matter what I do, I cannot remove the soot marks. It’s a streaky mess!
I want to paint the #2 bedroom in our house. I just got a new bedspread in coral and taupe so the walls need to be a more neutral (I’m thinking maybe a gray) instead of the lime green it is now. Thanks for the opportunity!
I’m still looking for that perfect sea glass pale aqua color for my bedroom!! My hallway could also use a new coat of paint since I replaced the AC/furnace LAST YEAR and the wall mount control box is half the size of the old one and now there are two different color paints. I will get to that someday….
We badly need our kitchen painted.
I too have a bathroom (guest) that needs painting, thank you!
Oh my goodness. Impressive! Cover in one coat.
I would like to transform my sons old room with paint into my studio
I would love to repaint my master bedroom. Although it is a neutral color, it is too dark.
I already started painting my bathroom with a small amount of old paint from the cupboard but ran out. I knew I had to buy some new paint but since I’m going from dark chocolate to white I wanted to do some test patches first. This looks like the right paint for the job.
The walls look so fresh and clean. I am slowly updating our master bath so that is the room I would paint. I have a actually used this paint on a project for my sons room a few months ago. He wanted a ’60’s rock n’ roll room. We painted my husbands old, HUGE floor speakers orange to use as nightstands. It covered the laminate with two coats and so far no chips or peeling!
Love, love, love all your inspiration blogs. I’m one year away from putting my house on the market and moving. Would love to have $100 to begin the painting up date. I too have a blue accent wall that will need to be painted. Thanks for all the info!
I love the new color. You did a great job. I’m impressed that the blue was covered in just 2 coats. I need to paint the largest room in my house (with 12′ tall ceiling).
Please put me in for the drawing, Diane! Our two back bedrooms have never been painted since I’ve been here and it’s already past time to re-paint the rooms that were. I love eggshell finish.
Darn! I have been painting the inside of my house…I wish I had known. Kitchen and hallways done, working on living room. But still need office and my “landing”…
Office color? Cherry orange?
I would love to paint my kitchen!
That’s a great trick to have up your DIY sleeve to make things easier. I’d like to paint my master bath – it’s on it’s second shade of blue that I can’t quite get right. I’d like to switch to a soft gray.
We have a guest bathroom that could use a fresh coat of paint. It’s starting to look dingy and outdated. Thanks for the chance to win!
I have lived in my “new” house for 1 1/2 years and am about to cover the “neutral” colors in the 2 bedrooms that came with the house-glad to hear your praise for Glidden and Walmart-definitely want to try it. Looking toward blue and green-now to narrow down the shades of each.
Noticed the Glidden High Performance @ WalMart the other while researching paint colors for some furniture pieces. I will be using it in some projects! Would love to change the wall color in our bedroom – the gray in there now is a little dark for the look I want.
I hope I win, that. Paint would really make my living room look better! We have lived here 3years and it really needs painting and updating.
A painter told me once that Glidden paint is the best regular brand to buy! Looks great! I need to paint my family room/foyer/ upstairs loft & stairway and I am torn between a gray or a blue gray!
This is a very timely post – I was just talking to my husband about the painting we need to do in our home! Starting with the half bathroom, then the laundry room, master bath, and then tackling the family room / kitchen / hallways. The previous owners had every room painted very dark colors. We are wanting to brighten the home with light colored walls!
I would love to repaint the bedrooms. They haven’t been painted in years and I’d definitely like to do a color change on the master to something more neutral and clean.
Hi Diane, I need to paint the largest room in our house. The great room.Which will lead into the kitchen and small hallway. Yikes, it’s a big job with vaulted ceilings. I am gearing up mentally to tackle that project.
Love your scrap posts.
karen
My kitchen needs freshening.
I would definitely like to paint our bedroom! My color choice would be a light gray.
I just tried this paint 2 weeks ago and loved the results, too! Great coverage using a white tint to cover a brown accent wall. With those results, I’d love to use it to update the walls of my dining room.
What a great job you did! You always inspire me. I would love to try out the paint in my living room. Thanks for hosting this giveaway.