Paint Matters If you are a homeowner you need to know the amount of paint you need to complete the designing project. This is very important either you are doing it yourself or if you hire a professional. Remember paint will also affect your budget and you do not want to waste your resources. Normally a 350 square feet home will require around a gallon of paint.
Next question you'll have in mind will be the kind of paint to purchase. Water-based latex is the easiest to use. Oil based paints are more long-lasting but is more difficult to clean and thin. Flat latex is most commonly used for ceilings and walls. Oil based paints are often used for trims, doors, and places which will deal with moisture like the kitchen and the bath.
Higher priced paints usually indicate better ingredients used to produce the paint hence better quality of the finished project.
Kinds of Finish You have to plan ahead what finish you want to have for your ceiling, wall, windows, and other parts of the room. The paint finish can be conventional flat but there are also several texturing techniques and tools. Interior designers might recommend faux finish which imitates something like marble, stone, wood, and other materials. Here are some famous texturing finish techniques:
Fresco Wall Finish- this will give your wall an aged look by using Venetian plaster superimposed with light faux
Antique wall finish- this gives the look of natural wear and tear by using different materials like sand paper, chain, hammers etc. to weather a surface
Hand Painting- murals on your walls will be very lively and calls attention
Tuscan Feel- Venetian plaster is also used for this technique plus glazes to vary the hue and intensity for an added effect
Faux Metallic- the surface will look have that metallic feel like copper, gold, bronze, or other metal surface
Tumbling Stone- used to create the look of marble, granite, tiles, or other elegant stone looking finishes
Your interior decorator can recommend the best paint in the market to use for your project. You can rely on their years of experience to achieve the best finish for your project. It is also wise to ask for a sample finish so you can see that you will be happy with what you will see.
Many homeowners planning interior painting for their home, wonder if there are decorating rules that dictate color choice for trim throughout a home. Many times the issue arises when they are planning a particular color, on account of a color they have seen in a magazine or while visiting a friend's home. Maybe they're trying to match colors in a particular fabric they are planning to use for that room. Anyway, the question surrounds what to do with the trim for that room. Is it possible to use a different trim color than the existing trim color scheme of your home?
While there is no absolute rule about trim color, that if broken, would cause you to be arrested by the color scheme patrol, there are some things you should consider.
1. The trim and ceilings of your home are what establishes a unified look and feel throughout your home. You can change your walls to any color that you like, or that fits with the theme you have planned for the interior of your home. Using the same color trim and ceilings throughout your home, allow for a smooth transition between colors as you travel from room to room. Without this consistency, your home takes on a feeling of disunity.
2. White trim and some off-white colors will go with any wall color. That is why it is so popular. It gives you much greater flexibility in interior color coordination and design. If you decide to paint all your trim a color, you will limit your options; however, I have seen some marvelous color co ordinations while using more color for trim.
If you really want to change the color of the trim for a particular room, then test the color. Try to get a feel for how it will impact the rooms or halls adjacent to that room. Will it be completely separated by a door? Will the door be closed most of the time? If the room is open to other areas of the house that are easily seen, how will that impact the color theme for the other parts of your home? You don't want to put a lot of time and effort into painting a room if in the long run you're not happy with how it makes the rest of your home look. Test the color on a door jamb or baseboard and then stand back and get a feel for what it does for unity of passage from other rooms to that room. It would be a good idea to wait a few days to see if you grow tired of the transition between colors. Often what we initially think looks good, loses its appeal over time.
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