Cost breakdown. Materials: Most professional painters recommend using a primer 1 and two coats of paint. The paint typically costs $400-$600 depending on brand and quality, which should provide the average 15 gallons needed to paint a 1,500 square foot home. Other materials include rollers, sprayers, and scaffolding 2.
An avid swimmer, Franklin was drawn to water at a young age and consistently promoted the healthy benefits of the exercise in his later writings. At the ripe old age of 11 he invented a pair of fins that, unlike today's modern flippers, were strapped to the swimmer's hands to help make each stroke more efficient. His contributions to the sport led to his posthumous induction into the International Swimming Hall of Fame.
1 The first cloth diapers were invented by Maria Allen in 1887 made from diaper fabric which means fabric with a repetitive pattern. 2  These cloth diapers are reusable after washing. 3  In 1946, Marion Donovan invented the waterproof diapers in United States.