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