Lindsay Ballard, Author at Makely

If your family is anything like mine, then you spend more time at Home Depot and Lowe’s than you do at most other places each week. Whether it’s supplies for projects we are working on, or basics like light bulbs or air filters, I swear we are there just about every day. If we go out of town, we have to let the associates at Home Depot know so that they don’t send out a search party for a missing family.

Okay, not really. But some of the associates know us pretty well.

At any rate, with that many trips to the store, we spend a LOT of money there. I’ve started to get more savvy about the way I shop at the big box home improvement stores, so I thought I’d pass along some of my tips to you….

There was a time, when I was pregnant with Emma and in my flurry of insane nesting activities, that I made a promise to my husband. I promised that if he painted the nursery then, we wouldn’t need to repaint Emma’s walls until she was a teenager. We could update the furniture without touching the walls. We could add in different colors with furniture, accessories and artwork.

You know…as long as we found the right wall color. Or actually, the right combination of wall colors. And added crown molding and high trim around the wall. I don’t ask for much.

Honestly, it was a promise that I didn’t know if I could keep. But when you are 30 weeks pregnant and trying to convince your weary husband that he needs to paint, you say what you need to say.

Over three years later, I’m trying hard to keep my promise. It’s taking everything in my power not to grab one of my fan decks and choose brand new paint colors. But, I’m trying to do what I said I was going to do.

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How To Save Money at Home Improvement Stores

The Promise.