7 Common Painting Mistakes To Avoid When Painting A Living Room

When you are looking to give your home interior a fresh new look, one place you might consider is your living room — and painting the walls of your living room can bring forth new life into it.

It’s important to avoid making these common mistakes during the painting process. By making mistakes, you run the risk of the paintwork you are doing either having problems or just needing to be redone due to it just not being done correctly in the first place.

With that being the case, let’s look at and consider seven mistakes to avoid painting your living room in Denver Metro, CO.

1. Not Cleaning Before Painting

One of the fundamental mistakes that a person can make is to jump into a painting project without proper cleaning.

This doesn’t just mean cleaning the surface that is being painted, of course, but also the area nearby the walls, even in the living room in general, if possible.

Clutter in the walls being painted can make for a more difficult time painting it, as it will just get in your way.

2. Using The Wrong Kind Of Paint

Not all types of paint are the same — the paint you use to paint the exterior of your house isn’t the same as the paint you use to paint the inside of your house, and you certainly wouldn’t use paint meant for brick on plaster.

Nevertheless, some people will first look at the price before they look at any other aspect of the paint — including whether it’s meant for interior use and even if it has the right gloss for the sort of room they are painting.

3. Limiting Yourself To Only White As A Choice

When you’re painting your living room, you don’t have to limit yourself to white as an option — indeed, there are many choices you can make as far as the living room color goes.

Indeed, the color of your living room is only limited by your own imagination — and what paint color you think would be most appropriate.

4. Using Inexpensive Paint Brushes / Rollers

When it comes to painting your living room, the one aspect where you are absolutely not going to want to go cheap is the paintbrush/roller applying the paint.

With cheaper paint brushes and rollers, you will notice that it is more difficult to paint and it takes longer to do so, and on top of that, you will find bits and pieces of the brush and roller in the paint, leading you to have to ultimately spend the time to clean it up and maybe repaint.

5. Limiting Yourself To Just One Color

Just as limiting yourself to white is a bit of a mistake, so is limiting yourself to just one color.

Of course, you are free to use just one color if that’s what you want to do in your living room, but you absolutely don’t have to — you can use two or even three if that’s your thing.

6. Rushing

When you’re in the process of painting your living room, one of the worst things you can do is to rush the paintwork.

The problem with doing this is that you might make some major painting errors, like applying the paint too thick or even just not applying it carefully enough.

7. Painting In Insufficient Light

It’s important to have a good amount of light when you’re painting, and this is the case whether you’re painting the interior or exterior of your home.

This is certainly the case when you’re painting the living room, as you’ll need to see what you are doing well to do it well.

Don’t settle for just any painter when you can get the attention to detail and professionalism from Imhoff Fine Residential Painting in Denver Metro, CO. Call us today to speak with one of our professional color consultants.