Hi I just painted 2 big accent walls in Chocolate Sparkle byBehr I also have not been a huge fan of Behr but I had to get paint from home depot and I tried there superior with the primer in it.. And I have to say I was so impressed! My friend who is painter and who generally uses BM was also very pleased with the results ! The color I chose was dark and I've never done a dark color but 2 coats of this paint and it was perfect! It went on beautiful ! And trust me you don't need to much gloss especially on not the best walls ! And just so you know you can bring any colorchip to any paint store and they can match it no matter if it is the same brand. I have pretty much all BM colors in my home but all different brands of paint.Maybe try the Behr with the primer so at least it is the same brand.. And like the last poster said Roll Roll as much as you can. My absolute favorite brush is purdee 1 1/2 angle. Its the best for edging haven't taped ever since getting the advice of that brush. Good luck!

Hmm I had mealybug problems and they didn't leave any shells (that I could find), they left little transparent blobs of stickiness on the leaves (pretty serious degree of infestation), that would stick to whatever you poked at it. They also left tiny cotton balls. They have many different phases, the easiest phase for us to identify and remove them at is when they're crawlers at which point you can just poke them off with a stick or pair of tweezers. Or just kill them with q-tip with rubbing alcohol. Or mix like 1/3 rubbing alcohol with 2/3 water (do a google search) and spray the plant (try not to get any in the dirt). They infested my graptosedum succulents though, not any of my cacti. (And also my cayenne chilli plant.) Symptoms are: disfigured young leaves (they would grow but look really messed up and eventually die) and the crawlers like to hide among the joints under leaves because they don't like sunlight. Anyways long story short, I don't think mealybugs is what caused ..what I think is a ..cereus tetragonus 'Fairy Castle' cactus...to become like that. Unless you spotted some tiny mealybug crawlers? That cactus really, really needs well-draining soil. Some people have an easy time keeping it and some people (e.g. Me) don't. How did the roots look like? Rotten/soft?

I've always wondered why people put "pottery barn style" or "restoration hardware style" in half the ads. Now I understand it's because people are searching for those products and then all the non pottery barn/restoration hardware stuff shows up. I have found a few great things but have had to look through lots of junk including lots of "upcycled" painted crap. I did get a great real pottery barn buffet, a nice coffee table (that included two end tables that I didn't need but found a home for), a perfect wicker chair for my lake place, nice little shelf for my living room and a great royal and ancient golf picture for DH's man room. I still look but don't really need anything else now. There are some nice things on our CL but I'm astonished at the prices some people try to get for used furniture. It's not like these are priceless antiques. Someone was trying to sell a small wicker storage ottoman for $75 - basic, nothing special. I sent a message and told him when he was willing to sell it for $25 I would take it. That person kept on posting that thing for months at $75. Who has time to do that that....

Greetings. I've had good success using the mosaic tool (nippers as I call them), which is designed for cutting and making stained glass mosaics. I just keep the wheels lubricated. I have cut some very thick plates, unlike china, with them easily without chipping the paint. Hope this helps.