***Give Away OVER***
It’s the second day in our Behr Ultra Paint with Primer giveaway! WooHoo!
If you’ve already entered you can enter again! Just comment! I had so much fun reading what some of you would paint if you won … so today would everybody jump in and let’s talk about what fun project you’d do with 3 gallons of Behr Ultra!
I’ll tell you at the end of this tiny post several ways you can enter!
We’ve been doing a Summer DIY Project that has involved this Behr wonder-paint. See all posts HERE!
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The kitchen in our little white house has been wallpapered three times. Twice by me. When we took down the wallpaper and decided to paint I chose a bold red…
After a few years I couldn’t take all the energy from that red paint. I love and adore red in other people’s houses, that’s why I chose it, but I can’t live day in day out with red on the walls. It made me nervous!
So last Fall I set out to cover my red…this was before I discovered you-know-what. (Behr Ultra Paint with Primer)
I primed and primed and then I painted. I used a BIG name (expensive) paint which will not be named here, but it did NOT cover well, even after 2 coats of primer! Soooo I painted and painted some more. Sigh.
It was ridiculous I tell ya.
(Did you understand that I covered my red kitchen with new paint in September 2009? Ok…just making certain.)
Here’s the finished product…which looked well-enough…
But…
Have you ever met anyone who can’t seem to leave well-enough alone?
Hi, I’m Robin and I can’t seem to leave well-enough alone.
When The Husband gave me the go-ahead to paint the den wainscoting and walls I knew I’d include the kitchen in my project. Although I love warm Autumn colors, I’ve been compelled of late to lighten my tiny world…
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When I told The Husband I wanted to paint the kitchen, the conversation went something like this…
The Husband: “Didn’t you just paint the kitchen?”
Me: “No. What makes you think that?”
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I dove right in.
I knew I’d use the miracle paint Behr Ultra because I thought I’d rather not spend 2 days in the kitchen painting the walls over and over…
The walls took half a day.
I kid you not. Easy-breezy!
Are you beginning to understand why my decorating heart belongs to Behr Ultra Paint with Primer?
This should be the end of this itty-bitty story, but alas, as most of my projects go, the wall project quickly led to a bigger project…
Painting the kitchen cabinets, trim and doors! I’ll Show you the cabinets tomorrow!
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Want some chances to win 3 gallons of this miracle paint that made my work so easy?
My wonderful friends at Behr Paint have generously agreed to send 3 of my sweet readers 3 gallons of paint in the (1) color of their choice!
Here’s how to get your little names in the hat…
*Leave a comment! You can comment once a day and you’re entered once for each comment…that’s 5 times if you give me a shout-out every day from Sunday to Thursday!
*Friend me on FB if we aren’t already friends! If we are friends already, put my give-away and URL ( http://www.allthingsheartandhome.com/ ) in your status update! Then leave me another comment telling me you did this & you’ll be entered again!
*Follow me! See the right side-bar and click to follow either through your email or RSS! (your Reader…Google Reader…) Then leave me a comment telling me your a new follower or an old friend!
*If you’re on twitter, Follow me there! And leave me a comment telling me you’re a new follower or that we’ve been Tweet-Peeps for awhile!
*Tweet about our giveaway! You can tweet about it every day (or RT my tweets!) and as long as you leave me a little comment on the blog telling me you helped spread the word, you’ll be entered 1 time for every tweet!
That’s lots of chances to get your sweet names in over and over and over!
I’ll go to Random.org and it will pick 3 numbers in the wee-hours of Friday morning!
I’ll announce the winners in Friday’s post!
I’ll be linking…
Get Your Craft On, Anything Related Tuesday!
You Create , Transformation Thursday!, I’m Lovin It ,
A Fine Craft Guild~DIY Thursday!
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Love the new kitchen wall color!!! I would love to redo my kitchen just for a new feel, after all, that’s the first place you see every day as you head for coffee!
We have had wonderful results with this paint too. We painted a lime green bedroom the palest baby blue we could find and it covered in one coat. Home Depot told me it would take 2 gallons to cover the room, so I took the extra gallon back and had it tinted darker and we painted our guest room the darker shade of blue. Again, it covered easily over a mauve color in just one coat. This paint is AMAZING! I can’t wait to use it for some furniture refinishing projects and I would love to re-paint my kitchen and bathroom cabinets. (They are all oak). I am getting rid of all my wallpaper in the house too, so I need to repaint my kitchen and master bath walls too. Lots to do. If only I could learn to paint in my sleep at night. Have a wonderful day. Love & blessings from NC!
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The kitchen looks amazing, too! I would love to repaint my raspberry color dining room, but have always known how much paint and primer that would take.
If that would only take 1 gallon, I’d have 2 left over for the bathroom cabinets and the guest room! Yay!
Beautiful kitchen. I would love to get the courage to paint an old hutch – it is stained and has never been painted. I wish I was a brave as you are!!
WOW, great job on the kitchen Robin! Iit’s amazing how much you have accomplished in such a short time!
If I won the 3 gallon paint give-away, my daughter would like me to paint her bedroom and I would also like to paint our laundry room area.
Though it would be a welcomed face lift, I’ve got a phobia of painting my kitchen cabinets…(and the brick fireplace)….lol. Anyway, there are 46 stained cabinets in our kitchen and it is begging me to lighten them up, so you will have to post all your tips on this kind of job for us.
Thanks Robin!! Happy Painting
Looks like
“Everythings better with Behr Paint on it!”
Good slogan don’t cha think!
Well since the hubbs and I just drew out new plans for a craft room in the garage yesterday, that’s where I will put it to use if I win. thanks so much!
I also have a red kitchen that needs to become softer and much less loud!!! Behr sounds like the perfect paint to shhssshhhhh my kitchen!!!
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Now my 13 year old is pestering me to repaint her room! I have been putting her off because her room is currently a purplish pink color and I had dreaded thinking of all the priming and coats of paint it would take. Hmmm, I am thinking this would be another job for the paint and primer in one!
I would paint my flat darker than they should be gray ManCave walls a much lighter color. The color already there would put your paint to the test.
For the record: I don’t like dark walls or rooms but this one I inherited when we bought the house. 5 years is enough.
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Oh yeah, I’m going to do the ceiling of my livingroom and hallway. I hate painting ceilings when I win the paint do you want to come over for a paint party? I would love the help.
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Oh yeah I’m a follower too.
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We are empty-nesting and the first thing to do is PAINT! Love this giveaway.
My daughter has been asking me to paint her white bedroom walls a blue. That would be my project.
Your kitchen looks lovely both ways. I love yellow/gold but also like the lighter color too. I agree about red. I like it in other people’s homes but I could not live with it day in and day out.
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I too like red. In other peoples homes that is.
Your dining area looks wonderful.
I love it. The color is very soothing. Can’t wait to see the rest!
I’m having a Target giveaway at my blog! Love it if you could stop by. alittleknickknack.blogspot.com
I already am a follower. I’d love 3 gallons of this paint!
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With 3 gallons of Behr Ultra, I would paint my kitchen…cabinets and walls! I’ve already got the beadboard wall paper. Now I just need paint…and time!
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I have been using and recommending Behr paint for the last 16 years. It comes as no surprise they came out with a paint w/ primer. I can’t wait to try it !!! What I could do with 3 gallons of Behr paint……….the possibilities are ENDLESS!!!
You should be Behr’s national spokesperson. I definitely will have to try this paint and hopefully it will be with the 3 cans I win. LOL
Your kitchen is beautiful, great job as always.
Looks good. I can’t wait to see your cabinets. I am like you, lightening everything in our home. Over the past year I have painted (actually hired someone to paint remodeled section) most of our woodwork and a lot of wood furniture. I love the results. But, I still have more to do so the paint would be handy!
It’s me again. Gonna paint pepto pink room some man cave color!
I would love to win the paint…I have many fall projects and that would get me started!
Love the color of your kitchen.
my mom’s kitchen, complete with old wooden cabinets and laminate counters, is painted almost that exact shade of red. i’d love to win this paint just so we can lighten her kitchen up too…it’s way overdue for a makeover!
So am I supposed to be commenting on THIS post to be entered again? I love your kitchen so much now. So what color did you use? If you named it already, sorry for asking again. If I won, I’d really like to repaint my kitchen and paint my powder room but my two younger kids share a room and it’s dingy and blah. We moved in about a year and a half ago and I keep telling them we’ll redo their room soon. So I think I’d do their room.
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Looks gorgeous. I just finished tearing our the subfloor and 5 ft section of my cabinets because of a leak while my husband was out of town. Had to install new flooring, sick and rewire. Now, were gonna have to re-front that section of cabinets and repaint everything. My husband and I are doing all the work after we get home at night so winning this paint would be an answer to prayer.
I would start working on the bathroom first….
My painting project will also be the kitchen. It is a bit scary, but you’ve been such an inspiration!
First, I’d lie to paint all my trim white. And I’d love to paint my kitchen cupboards, but I have ZERO idea what color… They just feel too “apartment kitchen” to me. What color do you think I should do them?
I can’t wait to own a home that I can paint on a whim!
Robin,
I love the new color on the walls. It brightens the room up nicely. Have a great day!!
Love the kitchen. It is gorgeous!
Oh my gosh I can’t believe there is a paint out there that covers in less coats! I need to paint over dark colors in our new home {ex. navy blue, cranberry, n hunter green} I would love to try the new behr paint!
Drop my name in the hat!
thank you!
Smiles, Dolly
You are amazing with the paintbrush.
Day late catching up on the saga “Robin & Behr Paint”. Still under the weather.
Remember if I win, you can paint for me and I’ll do floral arrangements for you;)
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Jumping back in to tell about the rooms that need to be painted in our home (with seven boys). I have two of the boys bedrooms ready to be painted. I am really digging walls painted with sideway stripes. I just have to figure colors out. Was thinking of doing one room in browns and oranges. The other bedroom might get a whole wall of chalkboard paint with the other walls being painted a light robins egg blue. The third bedroom was painted last year and is a dark blue (oops paint).
The kitchen is fabulous. I love your milk glass collection. I just learned you can paint glass and have turned the ugliest of pitchers into a white beauty. Tell me, did you sand the cabinets at all before painting? Thanks for all this inspiration. I know I’m not the only one motivated by your projects and words of encourgement at tackling these painting tasks. God bless you for making my day just a little bit brighter and fun.
Wow! We’re about to move into an 80 year old home, with red and deep orange walls in multiple rooms. That I want to paint light colors. So I need paint that covers well!!
Thanks for posting. How does the Behr contest work? How will we know if we have won? I’d like to paint our living room.
The kitchen is beautiful! I can’t wait to get started on mine. There are cabinet doors laying in our family room just waiting on a coat of paint. Jackie
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I am so excited about this – I don’t want to have to put another 10 layers off paint on the 80 years worth already there just trying to cover dark colors! heh
i can’t remember if i entered today or not, so throw this entry out if it’s a duplicate.
i shared with my husband, who HATES to paint, that you covered your dark walls in 1 coat…was i telling the truth? still, the fact that it only took 1/2 a day is amazing! we had brick red in a two-story winding staircase in our old house and it took a professional contractor FIVE coats to get it to cover.
would love the chance to try this out FREE!
hate to paint, but might consider giving the wife her wish of a different color in the kitchen if it wouldn’t take as long.
Luv me some Bear ah Bare ah BEHR PAINT W/ PRIMER!
Beautiful work, makes me want to improve MY structure: )
PS: spell check does recognize, BEHR?!
One last try.
Have a great weekend.