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