Affordable Bali Windows Blinds- 2" Vinyl Blinds

I so desperately needed blinds for all 17 windows in our house. I found these great 2" embossed vinyl blinds by Bali. They can be purchased at Kmart, Walmart.com, Sears, or Target. I'm sure they can be found at other stores. I got mine from Kmart on sale- about $11.00 each. I love my chocolate colored blinds!

They are indeed cheap, but the Bali 2" vinyl blinds keep out a lot of unwanted light and they provide me with the privacy I want. My windows measured 28" width- so I ordered the 27 x 64 blinds. Fits perfectly! The blinds have a half-inch deduction already taken for installation inside the window frame. Even if the blinds seems a bit too small for the window, just simply mount at the top. That's what I did.

  Installing was very easy, took me two whole days to do the entire house.

Affordable Wall Paint- Valspar 4000 Series Paint

Why pay more, when you can pay a little bit less?.....considering you'll have to use 2 or 3 gallons of paint for an entire level. It's better if you pay $17.97 for a low-odor, rich, vibrant paint with excellent coverage, rather than $25.00+ bucks for the same type of paint- which really you're going to get tired of in  2 or 3 years anyhow and want to repaint.

I love this paint, because it's affordable! It covers well and it does the job. No dripping and paint flying around as you brush or roll the paint on, and no 2nd coat needed.

I always go to Lowes to get my paint mainly because they have a excellent paint station and the person there mixes it up pretty quickly. Compared to Walmart or someplace similar, where I'd have to search for someone to help. Also, the person working in the paint department at Walmart doesn't have as much knowledge of paint as a Lowes paint station attendant.

With Valspar 4000 series, you can mix Olympic colors with Valspar paint. Some Lowes require a manager override to do so. But it can be done- I do it all the time!

Olympic colors for 2013-2014 are more attractive to me. True island colors that will surely brighten up your day! Right now, my most favorite is quaking grass.

Spiced Vinegar Paint by Valspar

I'm working on my office now. I decided to do one wall with quaking grass color (previously used in my formal dining room), and the other walls painted spiced vinegar. The combination looks great!

 Quaking Grass w/ Spiced Vinegar by Valspar

When I finished, here is how it looked. Great colors! The spiced vinegar reminds me off a dark coffee with milk added- a bit too much milk. It looks like a very light, rich brown beige color, not khaki.

This paint was prepared at Lowes. It's a Valspar color with Valspar 4000 series paint in eggshell finish.



Pale Moss Green Paint by Olympic

Well, I started on my entry way with the Pale Moss Green paint color by Olympic. It's light and refreshing. This color is a perfect for a baby's nursery room- very light and easy on the eyes. I love it.

So, I decided to paint the inside of the chair rail square as well. It's a mixture of two colors: 1 cup dark sage and 1 cup pale moss green. Both are by Olympic.

Mix the two and this is the green you'll get!.....



I do love this color- it's Olympic color mixed with Valspar paint 4000 series (cost $17.97 a gallon) in eggshell finish at Lowes. Love it!