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Want a New Look in Your Home?
- By Megan Cherry
- Published 06/14/2008
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Consider a Fresh Coat and Color of Paint for a Facelift. It is not uncommon to want a new look in your home. The same old thing can get very boring after a while, and if you really want to spice things up, there are few ways out there that are more appropriate for such a thing than a fresh coat of paint. A simple paint color should do just fine, but if you ant to get a bit fancier then even some of the faux painting techniques out there should help, like faux leather painting and painting stripes or things of that nature.
Of course, there are a few things that must be done to prepare yourself for the new look in your home, and unfortunately the first part is the hardest. The good thing about that is that once the hard work is done, you get to move on to the good part--putting the color on your walls.
Clear Off Your Walls
When you start the painting process, the first thing that has to be done is to remove everything from the walls and from being up against the walls. Remove coat racks, picture frames, art, any wallpaper, drapes, nails and screws or anything else that may get in the way when it comes to painting your walls. You want to have a smooth, clean and clear surface so be sure that you have everything taken off before you get started. It is easy to look past coat hooks and things that have been on your walls
for so long that you forgot they were actually there.
Push Everything Else to the Center of the Room
For homes with bigger, sturdier furniture it can be too much to do for a person to completely rid their room of furniture. For larger rooms, it often helps to push the furniture toward the middle of the room rather than to move it all out so that you can easily paint one wall without having to worry about getting paint on your prized furniture.
Don’t Forget the Drop Cloth
Just because you think you have your things out of the way does not mean that a drop cloth is not necessary. A drop cloth is important for the carpet as well as the furniture, as just a few drops of paint can spoil a whole look and that is not the way you want your décor to go out.
Tape Things Off
If you have the coat racks that you can not take off the wall, you can apply masking tape to the outer edges of them to keep from getting paint on them. The same goes for the electrical sockets, the trim around a door or closet door, windows, wall air conditioners, and anything else that you can not just take off of the wall.
Painting a room can give it a whole new look. This is the type of thing that can bring a fresh new perspective to your life, if you do it right. Paint a room in your home and take all the care possible to be sure that all of the changes made to the room after painting are for the better.
Of course, there are a few things that must be done to prepare yourself for the new look in your home, and unfortunately the first part is the hardest. The good thing about that is that once the hard work is done, you get to move on to the good part--putting the color on your walls.
Clear Off Your Walls
When you start the painting process, the first thing that has to be done is to remove everything from the walls and from being up against the walls. Remove coat racks, picture frames, art, any wallpaper, drapes, nails and screws or anything else that may get in the way when it comes to painting your walls. You want to have a smooth, clean and clear surface so be sure that you have everything taken off before you get started. It is easy to look past coat hooks and things that have been on your walls
Push Everything Else to the Center of the Room
For homes with bigger, sturdier furniture it can be too much to do for a person to completely rid their room of furniture. For larger rooms, it often helps to push the furniture toward the middle of the room rather than to move it all out so that you can easily paint one wall without having to worry about getting paint on your prized furniture.
Don’t Forget the Drop Cloth
Just because you think you have your things out of the way does not mean that a drop cloth is not necessary. A drop cloth is important for the carpet as well as the furniture, as just a few drops of paint can spoil a whole look and that is not the way you want your décor to go out.
Tape Things Off
If you have the coat racks that you can not take off the wall, you can apply masking tape to the outer edges of them to keep from getting paint on them. The same goes for the electrical sockets, the trim around a door or closet door, windows, wall air conditioners, and anything else that you can not just take off of the wall.
Painting a room can give it a whole new look. This is the type of thing that can bring a fresh new perspective to your life, if you do it right. Paint a room in your home and take all the care possible to be sure that all of the changes made to the room after painting are for the better.