When it comes to setting the mood and design of the inside of your home, some things are more important than others and deserve more attention. While decorations may be important in order to really complete a room, even a room with no decorations at all could still feel complete if other key aspects had been paid attention to. For example, could you imagine a home with bare floors or walls? When you give attention to certain aspects of your home, the rest will typically fall into place.
Importance of Caring for Your Walls
When you walk into a room, often the first things you’ll notice are the floors and walls. If these things are bare or poorly maintained, it won’t matter what can be found in the rest of the room. In fact, the best furniture and most expensive decorations could adorn the room, but the room still won’t look good if it has floors and walls that aren’t taken care of. First impressions are incredibly important, especially when it comes to things like interior design. It’s important that your room speaks for itself the second that someone walks in it and that the decor sets the proper tone for the rest of the room.
Recommended Frequency of Painting
The best way to care for your walls and keep them looking good is by painting them. Of course, painting them just once won’t be enough. After a while, the paint will start to fade and the painted walls will no longer look as good as they did when they were first painted. It will take years after each paint job to get to this point, but being prepared is still important. It is recommended that the average frequency of repainting any room be between five and ten years.
With that said, rooms that are used more often will need their walls repainted sooner, and rooms that aren’t used often at all will be able to last longer before each round of new paint. For example, a busy room like a hallway or a child’s bedroom will need to be more frequently repainted at a recommended frequency of every three to four years. A room that receives little to no traffic, however, such as an adult’s bedroom, can actually last much longer without needing a fresh coat of paint—these less busy rooms can last for eight to ten years before needing to be repainted. If you are unsure of where your room falls on this spectrum, a happy medium of every five to seven years would be a good repainting frequency to stick to.
In addition, walls that have been properly cared for and originally painted will not need to be repainted as soon as other more amateur jobs. Paint jobs done with good primer bases can usually wait up to seven years before needing to be repainted. At the same time, paint jobs that were poorly done will need to be redone more often. You should always put into your walls what you’d like to get out of them; if you want your wall paint to last a long time, you should put more time and effort into handling the paint job properly.