Paint, anyone?

[flea]

We want to paint several rooms of the house. Consumer Reports is now saying that Valspar (Lowe's house brand) is as good as Behr (Home Depot's house brand). But they don't rate low or no - VOC paints. Anyone used them? Are they any good, or as good? We are a high-use household. Sometimes people color on the walls, and Mr. Clean Magic Eraser is our friend. Environerds, are they really better for the environment?

I am currently thinking robin's egg blue for the upstairs bath, a related color, maybe with more green, for our bedroom, pale kingfisher blue for the dining room, a darker version of the same for the kitchen (which has white cabinets and can take it), and one wall lettuce green in Casper's room. (Note: mr. flea has not yet voiced his opinions.)

Comments

[dxmachina.livejournal.com]

I can't help you on the low-VOC thing. I'm a chemist. I like the smell of VOCs.

I've used Glidden, and it worked just fine for me. I also like it because the five gallon pail of antique white I bought eight years ago when I thought I'd paint the whole interior in the first month I lived here was still in pretty good shape last time I used some of it (in 2005). Consumer Reports rated Wal-Mart's house brand a best buy some years back, and I've used that for doors. It seems to work pretty well. I rarely draw on the walls with crayon (at least not since I was four and wrote toddler brother's name on the wall thinking my mother would blame him), so I can't report on that aspect of things.