If you listen carefully, you can just start to hear the stampede of guests, family, and friends that will be ringing your doorbell in a few weeks… So, this begs the question: is your home ready?
This is an ideal month for planning your wintertime interior painting project, whether your goal is to refresh a guest space or two or plan a palette to help you ring in a stylish new year. Either way, here are a few tips and ideas to help you make the most of your next update.
Interior Painting in St. Louis – Where Do You Start?
If guest-prep is the ultimate goal, start here:
- Guest rooms and bathrooms! Use this as an opportunity to refresh the spaces where your guests will be living. Keep in mind that you may repurpose the space when guests aren’t around, so pick a color that will work for any other needs you might have year-round, too. For example, that guest room might be a third bedroom for your kids, or a home office, or a small rec room.
- High-traffic areas! Think hallways, stairways, mud rooms, your living room… Any space that is well-used, and shows the battle scars of backpacks, flying toys, pets jumping up, or whatever else might go on in your home. It may not feel as glamorous as, say, repainting your dining room, but it can make a tremendous aesthetic difference.You might not even realize how tired those surfaces are until they’re transformed.
- Kitchens! This is a big one. Not only is your kitchen a hub of activity, but it also sets the tone for your home’s style. And, updates to your kitchen offer some of the biggest returns on investment of any home improvement project. Hands-down, cabinet painting is one of the most popular services we offer, and for all of the reasons above. Learn more right here!
- Focus on first impressions! Entryways, mud rooms, even your front door… Updating and adding modern color to the first spaces and surfaces your guests will see can have a huge visual impact.
Need Some Color Inspiration?
First of all, if you live here in the St. Louis area, please keep in mind that we can help you with color selection. We want to make every step of the painting process as fun and simple as possible.
If you are searching for a color on your own, you might want to start with the Colors of the Year for 2019 being announced by numerous major manufacturers. From Sherwin-Williams’ Cavern Clay to Benjamin Moore’s Metropolitan AF-690, you can quickly get a look at what’s trending now and what might be a good fit for your space.
If you have any further questions, feel free to contact us! We’re here to help, and we love talking about the interior painting process.
