Update on VOC-free paint

I hope people find my reviews helpful. This is a quick update to my earlier post on VOC-free paints, specifically comparing Sherwin William's Harmony brand to Benjamin Moore's Natura.

To make this brief, I bought a gallon of BM's Natura last week and used it to paint most of my daughter's bedroom this weekend. I only needed to do ONE coat, with light touch-ups in a few areas, versus using, in the end, FOUR coats of SW's Harmony! I used the exact same type of rollers, and technique, and also the spaces were both previously painted with the same paint so the surface was identical.

Benjamin Moore's Natura	Sherwin William's Harmony
$60 a gallon	$47 with membership, which is free
1 coat with light touch-ups	3-4 coats
Comes in a wide variety of colours	Only available in the lighter shades, the upper half of some swatches
Hardly has any smell at all, I would say none but hesitate to be that absolute.	Smells a lot like regular toxic paint.

So I'll be painting the rest of our apartment with Natura paint. I have to say, the colour we used so far, True Blue, is the nicest paint I've ever seen. It is so vivid and absorbs and reflects light so nicely -- it is truly the nicest room in the house. I can't wait to use more of their colours. Here comes my purple bedroom!!