Painting Archives - Home Fixated

How to Recycle Old Paint – A Guide to Saving the Planet (and Your Garage)

Marc Lyman — Fri, 13 Sep 2024 22:37:45 +0000

If you’ve been in your home for any period of time longer than 6 months, your garage might have a few half-empty paint cans sitting in the corner. By “a few” I mean several dozen. ...

Sherwin Williams ColorSnap Visualizer and The Places You’ll go with Pinterest

Anne Marie — Sun, 24 Sep 2017 17:03:29 +0000

Have you ever been haunted by a color you came across in nature? Perhaps it was a specific shade of green you saw in the frolicking hills of Ireland while visiting your ancestral homeland. Or ...

ToolSmart – Smart Tools By General

Steve — Tue, 10 May 2016 16:06:13 +0000

Smart, convenient and clever: the new ToolSmart tools from General have a lot going for them. The launch lineup includes a digital multimeter (DMM), laser distance measurer, digital angle finder and a video inspection camera. ...

Screw Art – No Really – Screw Art!

Leroy — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 12:42:23 +0000

I can see how you might interpret the title the wrong way. I don’t quite look like an art connoisseur. But I love the inventiveness and true feeling in unique art pieces. If they use ...

Faux Painting with Tissue Paper to Achieve a Veined Look – Or – I’m too Lazy to Repair This Wall Properly

Liz — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 12:00:10 +0000

Faux paint techniques are a cool way to make something look like something it’s not. You can make simple drywall look like it’s stone or stucco, or as if there are leaves embedded in it, ...

Our VersaSpin 360 Review – Like A Record Baby

Jen — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 14:27:43 +0000

We were recently sent the VersaSpin 360 for a follow-up review and I was the lucky recipient of this Lazy Susan-esque tool. In our first review of the VersaSpin finishing turntable, Marc discovered that the ...

Painting? Get Your Sample On First

Jen — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:53:37 +0000

My favourite HGTV personality, Sarah Richardson, has an unofficial motto: Sample Everything. (Coincidently, that’s also my motto when I go to a buffet.) What the talented Richardson means is that you should test your colours ...