Carron
Oct 23, 2003, 7:38 AM
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For more than 20 years my husband and I did remodeling and renovations of houses in Houston. Even at the best contractors' price for interior paint we still paid from $35 to $40 for five gallons. Hubby, always the bargain hunter, was thrilled when he found interior paint here for 150 pesos, or less than $15 a five! He and our daughter (18 yrs) voluntered to paint my living-dining-computer room. I said "YES" and told them I wanted the color Melon, a light orange sherbert, for the walls.
I went to bed and they stayed up all night painting. When I woke up the next morning, they were so proud of themselves. And my walls were the most ungodly shade of bright, neon, fluorescent agua, I needed to put on my sun shades! It looks like the bottom of a swimming pool! When I recovered somewhat from my shock, I asked why they had not painted it melon, as I had specified.
Well, they explained proudly, the melon was 150 pesos a five while the sky blue they purchased was only 80 pesos (about $7.00 US). So I have walls that do not match my bric-a-brac, my curtain, my throw covers, my sofa cushions, my dishes, my napkins . . . .etc.
What am I going to do? Well, I am going on a serious buying binge and get all new things to match my violent aqua walls. This will cost Hubby lots more than he saved by buying the cheap stuff on sale.
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