5 Painting Tips You Haven't Heard Before + Foyer & Formal Living Room Makeover

Painting a room is theeee best way to transform an area.  Period.  Sure, you can shell out thousands of dollars for someone else to do the work for you, but where's the joy in that?  The sense of accomplishment you feel when you've made your house into a home is something that can't be matched.  Sometimes I feel like it's even more fulfilling than changing diapers and doing dishes all day.  Which is probably why I spend many of my nights with a paintbrush in hand once the kids are in bed.  I get it, painting a room can be intimidating, let alone painting an entire house.  But it can be done!  And it can be done extremely well and on the cheap with these 5 painting tips you haven't heard before!  These are my tried and true tips that I use every. single. time. I paint a room.  Read on, my friends!