Do any of you have a shelf in your storage area or garage that looks similar to this?

Yep, it's full of leftover paint.  (BTW, you can breathe a sigh of relief.  The gas can is empty!)

We are in the process of updating our home to put it on the market.  (I'll be writing more about that in the weeks to come.  Lots of material there.)  Currently, Bill, the handyman (who has done everything for us over the years from painting inside to painting outside to redoing our deck to building cabinets and shelving to...   well, you get the picture) is doing some inside painting.  We started with the bathrooms, stripping wallpaper, priming, then painting, and have since moved on to the foyer, LR, DR, breakfast, family room, and another bathroom.  Whew!  So, needless to say, we have LOTS of new cans of paint that I want to hang on to for touch-up jobs.  So how do we get rid of the leftover cans of paint in the "old" colors?

Kitty litter to the rescue!  (Actually, it's an off-brand 'cause I'm cheap.) 

Here's what I learned from Bill, the handyman.  Take a cup or two of cat litter, pour it into the can of leftover paint, let it sit for a day or two and the cat litter will absorb the paint.  When all the paint is absorbed, you can toss it.

Today is the day that I'll be removing the old cans of leftover paint and replacing them with new cans of leftover paint.  Isn't it exciting?  I hope I've got enough cat litter. 

Stay tuned for more helpful household tips.  In the meantime, I'd love to hear some of yours!