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How to Paint Trim
Are you looking to spruce up your kitchen or bring new life to your living room? Painting the trim in your home is a great way to enhance a room quickly and efficiently with little effort or skill required. The trim in a room, including baseboards, ceiling moulding, and the trim around windows and doors, can really liven up a room when you choose an appropriate paint color. Although you will need some careful preparation and planning in order to get the most out of your painting project, you definitely should not worry that this project requires more skill than you may possess. Learning how to paint trim is not difficult but it does take a little preparation. See All PPG Paint Colors
Planning and Preparation
Ensure you have all your tools and materials available and ready before you begin. It will be difficult to stop and begin again in the middle of your project if you find that you are short a brush or roller, or do not have the tape or tray that you need. Make sure that you are properly dressed, and that your painting area is properly taped off, for the project at hand. Painting is always a messier project than it first appears to be. Cover everything that you do not intend to get paint on including yourself. Remember to test a small part of the trim you intend to paint ahead of time to ensure you are satisfied with the trim paint colors you chose before you complete the job. Once the paint dries you may decide you are dissatisfied with the paint color or the sheen. See More DIY Articles
How To Paint Trim
Choose Neutral and Lighter Paint Colors
One of the most common paint color choices for trim is white because it offers a classic, clean appearance. Whether you are looking to brighten a kitchen or simply clean up the look in a living or dining room, you might consider simply painting the trim white. However, you may not know how many different shades of white paint color there truly are. Simply by playing with the brightness and the sheen you can create a completely different look of a room while maintaining white trim. You can also play with neutral paint colors and pastel tones that complement white walls and ceiling without needing to go too much darker. Consider the colors of your furniture, curtains, and other décor in the room when choosing a trim paintcolor. What paint colors will bring the room to life? See All Neutral Paint Colors
Choose Darker and Contrasting Paint Colors
Another way to make a room pop is to choose trim paint colors that are darker than the paint color of your walls. This will create a contrasted look that can really bring the focus to your door frames and windows. You can choose a paint color that is slightly darker or go several shades darker depending on how significant you want the contrast to be. Modernize your kitchen with contrasted windows or turn a family room into a more comfortable space by choosing warm paint colors for your trim paint. Depending on the paint colors that already exist in the room, you may find that trim in cream, beige, brown, gray, charcoal or even black is just what you need to really make a room come to life. Although white trim is the default in many rooms, there is so much more that you can do with paint color to bring a home to life. See Our Latest Paint Color Trends
Choose the Right Sheen
The trim in a room can really help to define its style, so you will want to choose a sheen that really helps the trim stand out against the walls. Gloss and semi-gloss sheens are particularly popular for interior trim because these paints offer a reflective quality and they also tend to last. Glossy trim paint will provide you with the durability you need for the parts of your rooms which tend to get the most traffic. The trim in your home seems to attract a lot of nicks, bumps and scratches, and so a highly durable glossy trim or satin sheen will help to disguise blemishes and help them from reoccurring. See More Tips on Choosing Sheen
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