Making it reusable…
Posted By Kathy Mowery on June 30, 2011
A few mornings ago I set out to finish a project that mocked me every time I passed it. The hardest part about it was going to be just getting started. I took a deep breath and decided to plunge into it.
My task? Painting the roof and replacing some screen on what had been my play house when I was young, and my father’s when he was a boy. The small house had been built by my Grandfather and survived decades of winters and car trips from Pennsylvania to various spots in North Carolina until finally it landed in my back yard. The kids had painted the outside walls to resemble a park ranger’s station and all that remained in it’s renovation was me replacing some torn window screen and painting the roof. I decided rolling it would be fastest, um I mean best. Oddly enough suddenly all our paint rollers and pans could not be located. With a sigh I voyaged to Lowe’s to get the cheapest set I could find. Even their $4 set seemed too much but that was the cheapest to be found. I got it and headed home. As I got ready to pour the paint into my new pan knowing that it would be used but moments and take several times longer to clean, but also knowing I didn’t want to toss my newly purchased pan, inspiration struck. I wrapped the paint tray in the plastic covering it was packaged in before pouring in my paint. Since it was made to fit the tray, it conformed perfect. A few minutes later I tossed the painted cover and still had my “in like new condition” paint tray. Now if I can just keep up with it until I need it again..
Plastic covered paint tray
The paint rollers were behind the spider monkey on my paint shelf. Nice articles Baby. I love you xoxoxox.