Pinterest Challenge {Paint Storage}

Hi everyone. Like just about everyone else, I adore Pinterest. But every so often I challenge myself to step away from my pinning and actually try one of the projects myself.

As you’ve probably noticed, I’ve been doing a ton of painting lately {see here and here}. And since our basement and other storage areas are a bit of a disaster, it was hard to find my painting supplies, and even more difficult to identify what paint I already had and what I needed to buy. Once you’ve used some paint in a can, the label gets covered in paint and it’s just a big ol’ mess.

I thought that getting a handle on our bits of leftover paints would be a great way to kick-start organizing the basement a bit. I’ve been crushing on Mason jars lately anyway {see this post}, so I thought I'd try my hand at a project Jen from I Heart Organizing posted on using Mason jars to leftover paint storage.

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I snagged two different sizes since I’d have varying amounts of leftover paint. Plus, I figured any extra jars I could use for fun decorating projects.

So I started out by just taking stock of what paints we had laying around. I pitched some paints that were clearly too old to use again. Like the exterior paint for our last house...from 13 years ago!  I ended up with quite the pile.

And then, I went a little label crazy. I picked up these 2-inch circle labels from Avery and used their online template to make a design and write out each paint's color name and finish (eggshell, matte, semi-gloss, etc.).

There's something about having all the paint in clear containers with matching labels that makes the organizer in me giddy.

Later that day, on a trip down to the basement, I caught site of the empty paint cans that I left to fully dry out before we throw them away. Maybe I'll zoom in on this pic and make a modern art piece? Who knows, but I thought it looked cool. 

 What have you been working on lately?