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6 Tips for an Interior Wall Refresh
Whether you want to update your home's appearance or you're preparing to add your home to the inventory of Rockford homes for sale, your home's interior walls are one of the most noticeable spaces. If they're stained, damaged, or have an unflattering color, it will affect your home's appearance and atmosphere.
Fortunately, it's easy to enhance the look of your interior walls with a quick paint job. Our real estate agents suggest following these tips to refresh your interior walls.
- Use Drop Cloths or Plastic Coverings
It's easy to assume that you can maintain a steady hand or be ultra-careful when you paint and think that you don't really need to spend time laying drop cloths or plastic.
Unfortunately, it only takes one misstep to damage your furniture or flooring. Spending a little extra time preparing the room will make the painting process faster and easier.Â
- Prepare Your Walls
Paint needs a smooth, uniform surface to look its best. Use drywall compound and a spackling knife to fix small holes and imperfections.
Fill in the damaged area, smooth the compound with your knife, and then use sandpaper once the compound dries to make sure the surface is smooth and even.Â
- Purchase Your Paint in Bulk or Mix the Buckets Together
You want to avoid having to switch to a different paint bucket in the middle of a paint job; even if the bucket of paint is supposed to be the same color, it can vary slightly.
To prevent this from happening, purchase your paint in bulk 5-gallon buckets, or for smaller jobs, buy multiple buckets and mix them together in a single bucket. This ensures that your color is uniform throughout the whole room.Â
- Paint in the Correct Order
When painting a room, it's easiest to paint in the following order: trim, ceiling, walls. As you paint the trim, focus on ensuring that the trim has a smooth, even finish, but don't stress if you get paint on the walls or ceiling.
After giving the trim at least 24 hours to dry, tape it off with easy release painter's tape and paint the ceiling and the walls. Then, use a utility knife to cut the painter's tape away so you can remove it without damaging the walls.Â
- Use Primer Before You Paint
A coat of primer is a don't-miss step to ensure your paint's texture looks uniform with an even sheen. The primer creates a consistent texture that will uniformly absorb the paint. Otherwise, you risk some areas absorbing more or less of the paint and having a blotchy paint job. - Keep Your Roller Wet While You Paint
To prevent "lap marks" or stripes that are created when the paint is applied unevenly, you should keep your paint roller wet and work at one area of the wall at a time.
This keeps the paint from prematurely drying and building up. Keep an eye out for thick areas of paint so that you can smooth them out before they have a chance to dry and ruin your paint job.Â
Follow these tips to refresh your interior walls with a fresh coat of paint. Ready to put your home on the market? Contact us to get started!