Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia
reviews and complaints

I agree with what has been said. The color came out nice but if you can live with a wall that has strips in it youd like it. I follow the directions to the letter but still bad results. In fact this is the first can of paint I have ever read the directions on. The result were surprisingly bad for a brand such as Martha Stewart. I guess the old saying holds true, "If it seems to good to be true, it most likely isnt". Maybe this is way Home Depot has discontinued the product and removed it from all its stores. Luckily I had only purchased one quarter to try on one wall. Glad I didn't make the big investment that other did. I will still call for a refund. Another thing I have never had to do with any prior paint I have purchased.

THIS IS THE WORST PAINT I HAVE EVER USED! I just had a contractor come in to paint my second bedroom which is 13X15. With two people painting, this job should have only taken 1 day with priming and 2 coats of paint if it was good quality paint, but obviously this is not good quality paint. It's not even close to good. It is the absolute worst paint I have ever seen! He just went through four gallons of paint with applying 4 coats of paint plus a primer and I still see streaks. A room should NEVER take 5 coats of paint. The paint smells worse than a primer. I don't get a sense of a newly painted room at all. The fumes are horrible! This job is now going to cost me triple the price because my contractor has to come back a third time. Plus I have to have to buy 2 more gallons of NON-Martha Stewart paint which adds to my cost. I am disabled and only get a disability check once a month and have to work with a very tight budget. Is the company going to reimburse me for the extra two days plus the new paint I need to purchase? This is so upsetting to me. I am appalled ! This paint should be totally banned!

I just finished up with the second coat of the Precious Metals paint in two separate bathrooms. I had already bought the paint, then read the reviews, so I was trying to keep in mind everything that was written. My first BR had a primer coat of white on it. First coat on that looked not bad. Second BR had a cream base, first coat looked pretty bad. I used the 4" roller that was recommended, didn't have much issue with "fuzzy" stuff being left behind. I did find that as the roller became saturated, it didn't want to roll, and began sliding, therefore not getting the finish that is on the sample. I waited until everything thoroughly dried, including my well washed out 4" roller. I found that having the roller rather thick with paint worked very well. I started at the very top of my room and rolled one coat to the bottom - sometimes having to get more paint on the roller. Putting it on thick, and using a LIGHT hand, is creating an awesome finish, just like the sample piece from Home Depot. It's tempting not to roll back over it because it's so thick and looks a little drippy, however the roller is creating a galvanized metal that effect when the paint is put on somewhat thick. Looks like a second coat may be it, I'll see how it looks in 24hrs.

I think the key technique includes: Using the roller suggested, not allowing paint to saturate deep into the fibers of the roller (otherwise can prevent rolling), using a light hand was crucial I felt, and trying to go from top to bottom in one try.

We just did my sister's living room wall with this paint and it's CRAP! My husband is an experienced painter and this was a streaky mess. I wish I would have read the reviews before buying 3 different colours and 6 gallons of paint. This paint is only suited to small areas. I am going back to Home Depot today to demand our money back. The only walls it looked fine on were stucco walls. It's an old home and 3 of the walls already had a textured finish. On those walls it looks great. You can't see any streaks but on the smooth walls it's awful. Do not buy this paint unless you want 5X more work to fix it. My 2 cents.

We've used it twice and love it! But, we had a professional painter do it as we were nervous to do it ourselves. I would never attempt to try and do this myself, its too advanced for a non-professional.

Valspar sells a similar product called brilliant metals and it requires a base coat and then the metallic top coat, it seems from what I have been reading that the M/S brand just wants you to roll the thin coat over an exsisting wall color. This may work only if your wall was in similar color to what you wanted to paint it. The brilliant metals by Valspar works wonderfully but you do have to have two seperate applications.

I just finished applying the 2nd coat in my small 1st floor bathroom..and it's not looking too good. I am an inexperienced painter...so I figured it was something I did wrong. I followed the instructions in the booklet, and even purchased the rollers suggested...but it's still pretty streaky. The color is a lot darker than I expected - my bathroom reminds me of a dark nightclub restroom. I'm hoping it looks better when it dries completely...but after reading the comments above...I'm thinking I will not be so lucky. I guess I'll be calling to get a refund.

i agree with the above comments. We found that the swatches did not match the actual paint color, but decided to do our guest bathroom, as it was small with lots of sunlight. Cutting in the cielings and corners is the worst. I am on my 5th try to get it to cover. Also, it has taken an entire gallon to cover a 6 x 7 room, not including the shower stall and cabinet areas. Never buy or recommend this paint. We have tried everything. If it does not cover by the time we finish, we will simply repaint.

I 150% agree with you. I put five coats of paint on a 11x20 living room and what a disaster! It is so streaky and you can see the roller marks like crazy -- after 5 coats -- it is still HORRIBLE! I called the telephone number on the paint can and I am in the process of Martha Stewart refunding my money for the 5 gallons of paint I bought. Please call and get your money back (as long as you have your receipts) THE WORST PAINT I EVER USED! Lucky for the Martha Stewart company selling bad paint isn't a crime-there would be lots of Stewart folks in jail.
AGAIN, PLEASE CALL THE NUMBER ON THE PAINT CAN TO HAVE YOUR MONEY REFUNDED!

Martha's prison bunk: not a good thing

I bought a Martha Stewart stretch denim jacket that had a horrible chemical smell. Even after several washings including using vinegar and even pine sol I still have a bad smell. Why didnt I have this smell with other brands?

I bought a Martha Stewart dog bed and it smells like chemicals so strong my dog won't go near it. I smelled it and it reeks of chemical. I aired it out and it is still horrible. It was in my car for a few days and now my cars stinks whenever I open the door to enter in I had to roll the windows down. I see on the internet others have had the same experience with her pet and people products.There is something horrible about the manufacturing of these products.

I purchased a pair of MS standard flannel pillowcases. After four washings in hot water & being sun dried they still
smell like chemicals and are unusable.

I was shocked at the horrible oil smell of the sheets. I am washing them now and put bleach in the water, but based on your comments, it will not work. I am going to return them to Macy's. They are horrible. Too bad because I like them otherwise.

I don't know what they are making our sheets out of these days.. I bought sheets for my daughters twin bed and queen bed at Target. They are Circo Brand.. There was an awful smell in the room after I put the sheets on, so I washed them...twice so far, and they still smell of gasoline/kerosene. Are they making our sheets from Garbage? I have them in the dryer now with Victoria Secret Dryer Towels. I think the thread on here will get much longer as people purchase these Stinky Sheets! Hopefully they aren't harmful... I hope the smell just goes away ...If they stink after I get them out of the dryer then they are going back. Does anyone know what indeed they are making these sheets with that makes them smell? Thanks

After sleeping on our Martha Stewart flannel sheets purchased at Macy's I washed them. There was a very strong petroleum smell, like kerosene. I hope we weren't adversely affected by sleeping on these sheets. We have tossed them in the trash. DO NOT BUY THESE SHEETS!

The exact same thing happened to me. I bought a flannel sheet set of Martha's which are LOVELY but the cover which was a separate brand of Martha with a pattern STUNK of oil or something sort of like cat piss just on the seams... I've washed it, aired it, put essential oils on it and it still has a faint smell after 4 washes..

I bought the Martha Stewart flannel sheets and had problems as well. Whatever the petroleum based smell is, it did something to the seal on my front loader washer. I found a flooded laundry room and the horrible smell. Just received reimbursement from Macy's for the repair bill. It took three empty loads of first vinegar, then bleach to get rid of smell from my washer. Took the sheets back to Macy's. I bought flannel sheets from The Company Store last week and they are =wonderful=. Same price roughly ...and absolutely no smell whatsoever.