I worked on our paint cupboard a couple of weeks ago. It's in the basement and stores our partially used paint cans. I lined up all the spray paints by color and realized I have a LOT of black. You really don't know how much you have of something until it's grouped. Obviously, I bought new ones before really searching in the cupboard. Now we can easily locate what we need.
There were the mystery paints where I didn't recognize the color or where they'd been used. Those got taken out. Those cans with too little got removed. I was diligent with a few paint cans and wrote the room and date they were used on the top such as, "Hallway walls 2013." That was really helpful as I was decluttering. A few of those cans were from a previous color so I could unload those.
You'll be amazed how much you've accumulated through the years. There may be a craft project for which you purchased paint. It's great paint, but you aren't going to do the project anymore. I may list mine on Craig's List as the paint is now difficult to find and someone might like it. There was a baby food jar of my daughter's paint thinner from high school art. I think that can go to the hazardous waste place in a few weekends.
I've come up with two options for disposing of the extra paint:
1. Check with the Restore in the area to see what their stipulations are for taking partially used cans of paint. Donate any that fit the bill.
2. Take off the lids and let the almost done cans dry out in the sun, then toss them. Write down the number of the color if it's a current wall color, or you could even, gulp, keep the lid with the color specs label.
Take some time to organize and declutter your paint area sometime soon.
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