Green Home Improvement

Finally! We found it!  The key to being environmentally friendly when painting your house: laziness and an empty bank account.  This leads to all sorts of resourcefulness.  Here are a few prime examples of our latest adventures:

• Reusing tape that's already been painted on
  
• Using  an old, 1/2-inch foam brush from elementary school in the absence of a full-size, useful brush
• Planting the tomato plants you've had on the back porch for two weeks in the empty, washed out paint cans
• Don't use tape because you flat out can't find it
• Don't use tape because you don't have the patience for it

Mind you, all of our environmentally conscious efforts do not account for all of the water being used to wash out brushes, the six cans of paint we have in our house, the rolls and rolls of tape that did have to be used, the paint that is now clogging our kitchen drain (I'm sure it is by now..).  Oh well, we tried, and the house {almost} looks great!  

Next time on Green Home Improvement...

Resale shop rugs and homemade art projects: How to decorate your house and hug a tree at the same time