Planning
If you are repainting the interior of your house, then the first thing you will want to do is determine and overarching theme. Do you want every room to be tied together with similar colors? Take light and dark paints for example. Do you want some rooms to feel airy, while others feel more formal? Lighter colored paint is often used to open up a space, where as darker paints are normally used to suggest formality. In addition, do you want accent walls, do you want them to be the same color throughout your house? More often then not, people paint hallways in lighter more subdued colors, allowing for easier transitions between rooms.
Go through each room, and see what colors you want may work. Get samples from a local hardware store and test them in different rooms. How do they look in the sunlight? How do they work with your furniture? Knowing all of these things ahead of time will decrease the chances of proving the wrong color theme.
Action
When you eventually settle on a coloring scheme, the next step is to buy the paint. After that, painting can begin.
It is frequently suggested that before you paint, you prepare the walls. This involves taking a sponge or clean cloth, and rubbing out dirt, cobwebs, and anything else that may have gotten stuck to the wall. Cleaning the walls will mean less material painted over and a more even application of paint. In addition, now is a great time to tape up the borders of other objects with scotch tape.
It is also suggested that you use a primer before applying the paint. A primer will help ensure that the paint has its maximum sheen while giving the coat a more uniform appearance. In addition, if you are painting over a pre-existing strong color, then the primer can help tone down the colors.
Using rollers, paint one wall at a time. Start in a corner, and make a W shape as you role. This helps distribute the paint from the roller on the wall. Also, for distances within 2 to 3 inches of a wall, use a brush. A small brush allows for detail work close to the corners objects can create. Painting the interior of your house is also the perfect time to paint the trim as well. Once the wall paint has dried, tape up where the trim hits the wall before applying a fresh coat of paint on the trim.
Design is a personal thing; some people might love what you've designed but some people might hate it... Just do what you think is the best and looks the best. In that way, you create a living area where you feel at home. And that's the most important thing in the end!
