Not very fancy, but an easy way to recycle...

So, a while after I had finished painting my living and dining rooms, I was FINALLY able to start having people over again, which was a good thing, since being able to entertain well is a good deal of the reason I wanted a house to being with. Anyway, on two separate occasions, two friends commented that as lovely as the place was (and I must admit, they are right there), my paintings were hung too damn high. So, I dutifully went about the business of lowering them. (These were gay men after all. What was I suppposed to do? Ignore the advice of two gay men on a matter like this?) After I had lowered the art, which DID look better, I had another problem: little holes where the higher picture hangers had been. So I had to spackle and paint them. This little styrofoam thingy came in quite handy. The little rollers are perfect for these kinds of little jobs, but you really do have spread the paint around on it before applying it to the wall. (I learned this the hard way, which resulted in splattered paint and much swearing and running for a wet rag.) So, my method is to dip the roller (carefully) directly into the can to pick up a little paint, then use the styrofoam thing (there must be an actual word for this, but I cannot find it at the moment) to distribute the paint around on the roller, before going to the wall. And it cleans up very easily. I didn't know why I saved it when I did, but now I'm glad I did!