Painting Your Home - Inside and Out
Is that New Jersey sun and wind cracking the paint on your house? Even moderate swings in New Jersey temperatures can cause the wood to expand and shrink, stressing the paint job on your home. Or maybe you're considering selling your home and you know that interior or exterior paint can brighten your home and add to its value. Or perhaps you're just ready for a change. To give your New Jersey house one of the most simple and dramatic of all facelifts, contact a New Jersey-area professional painting contractor by filling out the brief form to the left.
Most Common Painting Problems:
Your home and it's ready for a new coat of paint.
You're trying to sell your home and you need it updated for resale value.
You are bored with the colors of your home and want to make them brighter and more contemporary.
Things to Consider When Choosing a House Paint
You'll want to discuss the following with your painting contractor:
You'll want to discuss the following with a New Jersey painting contractor:
Historic Authenticity A New Jersey-area professional, specifically one familiar with the area, will help you analyze old paint chips and recreate the original color of your home or you can refer to historic color charts and select shades that would have been used at the time your home was built.
Existing Colors Make sure whatever you're choosing coordinates with the color of the roof and the tones of the railing, exterior hardware or mortar and siding.
Interior Colors Unless you are doing a complete remodel, including upgrading your furniture, you will want to match your interior paint colors to your existing furnishings.
Accents Do not forget the details! You may choose as many as 6 colors once you consider trim, shutters, moldings and columns.
Dark Versus Light - Light colors will make your house seem larger. Try to limit the use of dark colors for accenting recesses.
Durability Remember that the more saturated a color is, the more likely it is to fade over time.
Sheen This is where you decide between glossy, semi-gloss or flat finish. The glossier the surface the more likely it is to show imperfections, balanced by the fact that glossy surfaces are easier to clean. Many homeowners in New Jersey use flat paint for walls and semi-gloss or glossy paint for columns or railings.
