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I can never remember which paint colors we picked for the dining room... I am LOVING this free printable! You can write down all of the paint colors in your entire house! How cool is that? (How to Keep Track of the Paint Colors in your Home with Happily Ever After, Etc. PLUS a free printable)

How to Keep Track of the Paint Colors in Your Home!

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Painting your home can be extremely frustrating… there’s just so many little steps! First, there’s picking a color, picking a sheen, figuring out how much paint you’ll need, then picking a paint… and then after all that you actually have to paint the wall! You need a paint color tracker to keep it all straight!

You’d think that with all the time and effort that goes into picking a paint color you’d have that paint name and sheen imprinted on your brain forever.

Nope!

Five years from now when your kiddos throw a baseball through the kitchen wall and you have to touch up the paint job you won’t remember which color you picked let alone which paint you chose! Trust me I’ve been there… I even wrote a post about picking my paint colors yet when I stopped to think about it tonight I couldn’t remember what color I used to paint our master bedroom! It’s only been a couple months… that color should still be firmly lodged into my brain!

Since we don’t all have blog posts to go back and double check I’ve come up with an easy solution… a printable paint planner! It’s literally a paint color tracker. An easy place to write down every little detail of your painting masterpiece… so you never forget a single color!

The best part? I’m sharing with all of you! Your very own FREE Paint Color Tracker! Aren’t you a lucky duck? Just scroll to the bottom of this post to grab your FREE printable!

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I can never remember which paint colors we picked for the dining room... I am LOVING this free printable paint color tracker! You can write down all of the paint colors in your entire house! How cool is that? (How to Keep Track of the Paint Colors in your Home with Happily Ever After, Etc. PLUS a free printable)

Just check out my fully filled out paint color tracker! Typically people will have one paint that they’ve used throughout their entire home but because I work at Sherwin Williams I was lucky enough to snag several mistints for a super stellar price! I wasn’t even at my store but one day while making a delivery for the next little town the manager goes “aren’t you moving into a new house?

We have a few mistints that you might be interested in.” Isn’t it nice when co-workers look out for you? I hadn’t asked anyone to save me mistints but his generosity really helped us keep the price down… which the hubby loved! I wasn’t too torn up about it either ;).

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I can never remember which paint colors we picked for the dining room... I am LOVING this free printable paint color tracker! You can write down all of the paint colors in your entire house! How cool is that? (How to Keep Track of the Paint Colors in your Home with Happily Ever After, Etc. PLUS a free printable)

The moral of the story is that we ended up with several different brands and sheens so a paint planner really helps to keep everything straight! Of course satin, eggshell and low luster are all about the same sheen so things look just fine on the wall but it can get a little confusing on paper! Of course talking about sheens is really a whole post of its own!

I can never remember which paint colors we picked for the dining room... I am LOVING this free printable paint color tracker! You can write down all of the paint colors in your entire house! How cool is that? (How to Keep Track of the Paint Colors in your Home with Happily Ever After, Etc. PLUS a free printable)

If you’re painting your home go ahead and print this baby off to keep yourself straight… better yet after you fill one out go ahead and make a copy for the paint store and a copy for your painter! They’ll love how organized you are and it will be super easy to get your paint order tinted and ready to go!

I tried to include a wide array of rooms but if you have a larger home I did include a second page that has more space! Just keeping picking all of those pretty colors… I’ve got you covered!

I can never remember which paint colors we picked for the dining room... I am LOVING this free printable! You can write down all of the paint colors in your entire house! How cool is that? (How to Keep Track of the Paint Colors in your Home with Happily Ever After, Etc. PLUS a free printable)

Now if you’re thinking “what’s the use of a paint planner… in five years I’ll have forgotten where I put it!” Take a page out of my book… tape your handy paint color tracker to the wall in a utility room, laundry room, workroom cabinet. Somewhere out of space but still easily accessible. That way you’ll know exactly where it is when you need it! Ours is taped above the light switch in our utility room! That way we know exactly where it is… and when we leave this house and move on to the next one the next residents will know exactly what we used to paint every single space! Score!

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I can never remember which paint colors we picked for the dining room... I am LOVING this free printable paint color tracker! You can write down all of the paint colors in your entire house! How cool is that? (How to Keep Track of the Paint Colors in your Home with Happily Ever After, Etc. PLUS a free printable)

 

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  1. Cynthia L says

    April 22, 2016 at 6:30 am

    I love this paint planner! I move on a regular basis and always have an issue remember the color I chose for the last house I was in! I need to print this out and put it in my “moving” book. Thanks so much.

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    • Happily Ever After, Etc. says

      April 23, 2016 at 12:09 am

      I’m so glad you like it Cynthia! Good idea to keep it in your moving binder!

      Reply
  2. Jamie says

    May 3, 2016 at 12:31 pm

    I wish I would have seen this years ago. I was just asking my husband to get more paint for our kitchen, since I have no clue which one to get. Thank you for sharing this with us at the #HomeMattersParty

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    • Happily Ever After, Etc. says

      May 3, 2016 at 11:08 pm

      That’s the worst! You never think about recording paint colors while you’re painting… it’s only 5 years later when you’re trying to re-paint that the issue comes up! I’m glad you like the freebie… thanks for stopping by!

      Reply
  3. Morgan says

    May 19, 2016 at 12:23 pm

    You make so many good points here. A lot of people may not think to keep track of all the colors they have on their walls, but, as you’ve proven here, it’s really convenient when certain crises ensue. You have a really nice system; it looks like it has worked well for you! Cool post! Thanks so much for sharing!

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    • Happily Ever After, Etc. says

      May 21, 2016 at 10:22 pm

      You’re so sweet! When you’re picking out your color it’s so easy to think you’ll always remember that color… but I know from experience that five years down the road you rarely remember! Most of my customers have no idea… a paint planner saves sanity! Thanks for stopping by Morgan!

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