Frugal Painting: Mix the Paint
Not only should you mix the paint in the individual gallons, but I would go as far as mixing the different gallons between each other.
We learned this the hard way when we were painting our living room.
This was the first room we painted of our new house, so we weren’t sure how much paint we would need. We bought 1 gallon to start off with.
We trimmed the room, and started filling in. We made it through 2 and a half walls before the first gallon ran out. We drove to the big box home improvement store, and bought another gallon. It was the same brand, type, and color. Of course after we finished painting the other walls, we could see the different paints where one was used to trim the edges, and the other was used to fill the wall.
Take #2.
Two full gallons later, we finally finished. Unfortunately, we were $40 over what it should have cost. So take a lesson from my ignorance, and mix the different cans of paint together before you start. Not only will this save you money from paying for extra paint and gas to get to the store, but trust me, you’ll save yourself from much mental anguish.