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How to Ask for Lindsay White Paint at Home Depot

by Lindsay Ballard on January 9, 2014 31 Comments

Formula for 'Lindsay White' - the brightest and most crisp white there is via MakelyHome.com

When I was searching for the most perfect white paint on Earth for my ceilings, I kept coming up short. Out of all of my fan decks, the colors were just not quite white enough.  They were too yellow, too blue, too gray.  It made me feel like the Goldilocks of white paint.

I knew that a lot of people bought white paint straight off the shelf.  I considered going that route, too, until one of my favorite paint mixologists (I know that’s not a real thing, but I like calling them that) at Home Depot suggested that I add some colorant into the white base to bind the paint.  Otherwise, it likely wouldn’t cover very well since it would be slightly transparent.  So, we decided to add 1 ounce of white to the already white paint.  Why?  We just thought it sounded right.  I mean white.

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The Painters Tape Showdown

by Lindsay Ballard on December 11, 2013 4 Comments

This post brought to you by FrogTape provided by ShurTech Brands, LLC. All opinions are 100% mine.

the painters tape showdown: frog tape for textured surfaces vs scotchblue with edgelock via MakelyHome.com

A few weeks ago, I talked about my new love affair with FrogTape® for Textured Surfaces.  It is the next best thing to sliced bread for those of us who live in homes with textured walls.  It makes striping and getting clean lines so easy.

I’m sure several of you just about fell off your chairs when you saw that colors I was using – two shades of greige (grey/beige).  “Lindsay choosing greige?  Well, I never!”

Never fear!  The wall I was striping was for a friend’s beautiful, gender neutral nursery.  During my last post, I detailed how to use the new line of FrogTape® and finished the big stripes in the room – but we wanted to do an accent stripe, as well.  You know I pretty much never take the simple design route.

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About Makely

Lindsay Ballard is a former college mascot turned political geek turned roller derby playing, DIY fanatic.

Lindsay chronicles her projects, design ideas, and lifestyle tips here at Makely, where she shares tutorials and inspiration. Her DIY designs are bold and graphic, while her spirit is fun and full of color.

Lindsay lives outside of Austin, Texas with her husband (Tom), children (Zack and Emma), and dogs (Duke and Jill). She plays roller derby for the Rockin' City Rollergirls out of Round Rock, Texas.


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