The Chronicles of Home



Moving Woes, Touching up Paint, and a Giveaway!

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As some of you know or have guessed, Scott and I have been actively looking at houses for the past couple months.  We’ve been waffling on when to list our current house for sale – do we list without anything on the horizon to buy?  Do we wait until we find a house and then quickly list ours and hope it sells?  So far, we’ve done neither.

A few weeks ago we went to look at a major fixer upper.  Like, major.  What it lacked in updates and polish it had in old charm (it was built it 1904).  It’s in a great family neighborhood, has a nice big, level yard, and loads of potential, so we went back with a contractor, talked him through our thoughts, and after getting quotes on the work, decided to put in an offer on Tuesday.

It was a long shot, definitely a low offer, but we felt like it was fair given the amount of work needed.  We’d also heard, though, that the seller wasn’t very flexible with price, so we weren’t floored when he came back yesterday with just a “No,” and no counteroffer.  We didn’t really expect him to accept, but had hoped there’d be some negotiation.  Disappointing, but not shocking.

We’ll probably just wait it out a bit more and hope the seller’s expectations lower, and in the meantime there’s another house we’re interested in that we’re hoping to see later this week.

Why am I telling you all this?  Just to fill you in on what’s been going on behind the scenes, really.  We’re on a bit of a push to get our house ready to list for sale in the event that we choose to do it without anywhere else to go (Did you hear that thump? It was me passing out at the thought of having to move twice and into a rental indefinitely.). 

I have a looooong list of little and big things to do to prepare for listing – organizing my closet was one of the biggies – and paint touch-ups around the house are some of the smaller items.  Incidentally, the absolute smallest is replacing a burned out lightbulb in the master bath that – no exaggeration – has been out for the past four years.

But back to those paint touch-ups.  As chance would have it, I was contacted a few weeks ago by the folks at Color-Glide Pro asking if I’d be interested in reviewing their product.

 
It’s great for more than just paint touch-ups, but that use was what jumped out at me given where my head is right now. Usually, I’d like to leave jobs that involved painting the house to professionals such as b&b painting, but since the product was sent to us, I thought I’d give it a go myself.
You put the included pump into a can of paint you already have, fill the tube with paint, screw on the sponge-topped cap, and you’re ready to go.
You can store paint in the tubes long-term with the included cap so you can keep a tube of the paint you need most for touch-ups at the ready.  For me, it’s the hallway.  HOW does our hallway get so scuffed??
It’s as easy as having a marker around.  A marker that holds the exact color paint you need inside.  Imagine the possibilities – you’ll never have to look at scuff marks again.  I mean, of course, you could get a paintbrush out to cover scuffs when you see them, but if you are anything like me, the thought of opening the can of paint, stirring it, painting a scuff, cleaning your paintbrush…you get the idea.  I never did it, just lived with the scuffs.  
I was a little Color-Glide happy this week, running around covering up scuffs.  My four year old helped, it was so easy to use – though she did need a checker (moi) to be sure her application wasn’t too heavy-handed!
So, in case you couldn’t tell, I am on board with this product, and I want to share the love with you.  The Color-Glide people sent me such a generous amount of samples, I’m giving away a four pack to one of you lucky readers!
 
Color-Glide is also participating in Walmart’s Get On The Shelf contest.  You can vote for them HERE and help them get on the shelves of your local store. (I have no affiliation with Walmart, just want to show support for a product I like.)
You can enter to win the 4-pack using the Rafflecopter below.  The only thing you have to do to enter is leave a comment on this post.  I added a few other options in case you want extra entries, or just never realized that you don’t already follow me on Pinterest or Instagram and you are just DYING to :)  

Good luck to you, and thanks for reading my ramblings on this whole moving fiasco – what a stressful time!

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I was provided this product for free but have not been otherwise compensated for this post.  All opinions are my own. 




Comments

  1. Really nice idea! Thanks for the review! I was just checking the Color-Glide out so I’m very happy to find your post! I think that it’s exactly what I need! Thanks! Hopefully now you have only the most positive memories left from the move you had 2 years ago! Greets! visit their site