| It's easy, quick and cheap, but don't make the mistake | | | | -Light paint colors require two coats, darker colors |
| that it can cure every homes woes. To do it right | | | | three or four. Prime everything once to even existing |
| when selling you should follow some basic rules of | | | | surface colors out before using finish colors. Gloss |
| using paint as part of your home marketing to-do list. | | | | finishes show wall imperfections more than flat finishes, |
| Mark Nash author of 1001 Tips for Buying and Selling a | | | | use sparingly. |
| Home shares some tried and true tips on how to get | | | | -Use quality paints. It might not make sense to buy |
| the most mileage out of repainting a room or an entire | | | | better paint if you won't enjoy it, but inexpensive paints |
| house. | | | | can really cheapen a paint job and the home. The |
| -To make the living space of a home appear larger or | | | | small cost difference isn't worth the gamble. |
| flow more easily use the same color or hues of the | | | | -Bring paint samples home from home improvement |
| same color in adjoining rooms. The key is to keep the | | | | stores to accurately match with carpets and fabrics. |
| eye moving. Recently a home seller had painted each | | | | Paint manufactures now offer sample sizes, do a wall |
| room on the first floor a different bold trend color, it | | | | test of any color your thinking of using. Colors look |
| shrunk the home visually and made it much darker. A | | | | different in different lighting and times of day. |
| new tone-on-tone color scheme I suggested | | | | -Don't be tempted to use faux finishes, leafing or |
| expanded and lightened the house, and it sold soon | | | | glazes. They're trendy and very specific in taste. |
| after the redo. | | | | Buyers will think it will take extra time and expense to |
| -Use eggshell paint on the walls and semi-gloss on | | | | remove and change them. |
| woodwork and trim. White is a fail-safe trim color. | | | | -Do take the time to put down drop clothes, tape trim |
| Buyers get always imagine their wall color choice with | | | | and window mullions, remove switch plates and curtain |
| white trim and they like that they won't have to repaint | | | | hardware. Paint drips and stains lack attention of detail |
| the trim. | | | | to home buyers. |
| -To expand room height paint the ceiling a different but | | | | -Think twice before have a bath tub or ceramic tile |
| light color than the walls. A decorator tip that really | | | | repainted or finished. To get a good new finish on |
| works is to add some blue tint to your white ceiling | | | | these surfaces is difficult and buyers run from bubbled |
| color. | | | | bathtub make over's. |
| -Don't paint laminate kitchen cabinets, the paint peels | | | | -If you're not the best painter or time-starved to do the |
| and wears easily and looks like a quick fix. | | | | job right, hire a professional to come in and paint. You |
| -For a quality paint job, preparation is important. Walls | | | | can focus on other jobs to be done before the |
| and trim should be sanded, spackled and cleaned, for | | | | marketing of your home begins and it will eliminate |
| paint to adhere properly. | | | | additional stress. |