House Painting Tips
The floor, the walls, the frame, the roof, the pipes and the wires are the stars of the home. They keep you protected inside, they keep the house standing up, they let you watch TV and they bring the hot water for those long, lazy baths. But all those things are the stars behind the scenes; the paint is the main attraction. The paint allows you to create an environment in which you love living. The colour of your home has the ability to relax you when you come home from a hard days work, and to impress visitors when they walk in through the front door.
Whether you’re building a new home, or remodeling your old home, paint will play a huge role in the final result. It’s something that you need to spend some time on, because, although a repaint isn’t that much of a big deal, it is time consuming and it is always easier to get it right the first time.
Choose High Quality Paint
High quality paints give better coverage, durability and a smoother finish that resists fading, therefore giving your home a great look that lasts longer. Going for the cheaper options may seem like a good idea at the time, but you’ll quickly change your mind when the cheap paint begins to fade at the first sign of sunshine.
Color Choices
Dark colors can add depth or warmth to a room, while light colors add space or lightness. You may want to add dark colors as an accent on one wall or trim to add distinction without closing in the space. Consider how furniture colors will interact with your paint choices. It’s also good idea to test a sample of your paint color in a room so you can see how it interacts with the other elements in the room, including carpeting, furniture, and lighting.
Shine On Sheen
The degree of gloss in your paint choice is an important consideration for planning the painting of interior spaces. Higher gloss paints will hold up better to cleaning and high traffic areas or to accent perfect surfaces. Flatter or matte paints are better for backgrounds walls or areas that don’t get as much traffic. Below are some suggestions for using different levels of luster:
- High Gloss: trim, cabinets, and doors with no flaws
- Semi Gloss: kitchens, bathrooms, hallways needing frequent cleaning, and doors
- Eggshell: bedrooms, living and family rooms, and hallways with low traffic
- Flat: ceilings, and walls in low traffic areas
Finishes
Choosing finishes is an important part of decorating your home. While you may want to go crazy and have an eggshell finish in one room, marbling in the living room, and antiquing for a feature wall in the office, you need to remember that there is such as thing as overkill.
When it comes to finishes, go by the old saying – less is more. Having too many finishes in one house will make the house too busy and the finishes will be constantly battling with each other for attention. Keep finishes to a couple of feature walls or one finish for an entire room.
Consider the Space
This ties in with colour choices but it’s deserving of a mention on its own. A small room will become a tiny room if you paint it in dark colours. So, if you’re painting a small flat that you want to add some space to, you should avoid dark colours. Conversely, dark colours can be a great way to add intimacy to cavernous spaces.
Timeframe Group have been providing the people of Sydney with a quality painting service for over 20 years, we know the best products and how to use paint to get the most out of a space. Call us today for a free, no obligation quote.