Five Easy, Inexpensive Paint Projects to Quickly Beautify Your Home
Business Wire, July 27, 2010
PHILADELPHIA — When time and money are in short supply, its hard to think about big
remodeling projects. Debbie Zimmer, color expert with the Paint Quality
Institute shares, With a little imagination and a small outlay for top
quality 100% acrylic latex paint, you can quickly make big changes in
the appearance of your homes interior or exterior. Here are Zimmers
five ways to economically remodel with paint.
Idea #1: Paint just an accent wall. Instead of painting an entire room,
consider painting just one wall in a different color. A so-called accent
wall can add visual interest to any space and create an opportunity to
introduce another hue into your color scheme.
Idea #2: Paint the area above (or below) a chair rail. If your home is
blessed with chair rails, think about repainting just the wall area
above or below the rail. The natural break created by the trim provides
a convenient boundary for the new paint color.
Idea #3: Paint just the interior windows and trim. Another option is to
stick with your wall color, but paint your windows, molding, and trim.
This can produce dramatic change in almost any room, but especially in
those where the walls are painted in a neutral color like beige or
off-white.
Idea #4: Paint the front door. Ask any realtor and he or she will tell
you that the front entrance is what creates the first impression about a
home. By adding a fresh coat of paint to the door, you can ensure that
first impression will be favorable. (Note to those who are selling a
home: Repainting the front door may be the best investment you ever
make.)
Idea #5: Paint just a few exterior architectural details. Even if you
dont have to paint your home exterior for maintenance reasons, you
might want to consider painting a few architectural details for
appearance sake. Shutters are one possibility. But if you are lucky
enough to own a house with some ornamental fretwork, flaunt it by
painting the trim in a strong color that contrasts with the color of
your exterior walls.
Whatever interior or exterior home painting project you undertake,
Zimmer advises that you use a top quality 100% acrylic latex paint.
These paints have superior hiding capability when painting over dark
colors, they are stain- and mildew-resistant, many function as both
primer and paint, and best of all they offer tremendous durability, so
your paint job will continue to look great for years to come.
For more ideas or information on interior and exterior painting, visit www.paintquality.com.
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About the Paint Quality Institute (SM)
The Paint Quality Institute (SM) was formed by Rohm and Haas Company
(now a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company (Dow)) in
1989 to educate people on the advantages of using quality interior and
exterior paints and coatings. The Paint Quality Institute’s goal is to
provide information on the virtues of quality paint as well as color
trends and decorating with paint through a variety of vehicles,
including television appearances, newspaper and magazine articles, and
instructional literature
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