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8 Home Painting Tips

8 Home Painting Tips

It’s no secret that a fresh coat of home painting can liven up a room and help give even the most dated furniture and accessories a second life. Plus, it can be a fun way to occupy at least some of your free time while placing your own personal stamp of creativity inside or outside your home.

Here are 8 things that you probably haven’t thought about painting, but might just really need it. Just make sure you use the right paint for the job and carefully follow the manufacturer’s instructions.
  1. 8 Home Painting TipsDated or rusty floor, wall, and ceiling vents can be transformed with spray paint into something clean and much more current.
  1. Replacing all your door knobs and cabinet hardware can be costly, but you can banish the brass with just a few cans of spray paint.
  1. Instead of replacing your dated bathroom and kitchen faucets, update the look of them with spray paint.
  1. If the wall-to-wall carpeting on your stairs has seen better days, but the hard wood underneath can’t handle another sanding and refinishing, pull up the carpet and paint the stairs with a good quality oil-based paint.
  1. Are your blinds looking a little dingy and dated? Hang them from a rod or tree outdoors and give them a fresh look with spray paint.
  1. The elements can be tough on patio furniture, but instead of buying new, you can make it look new with the right spray paint.
  1. Speaking of patio furniture, if your outdoor cushions are faded from the sun, a good upholstery paint can give them the face lift they need.
  1. Add a custom touch to your fabric window panels with fabric paint. However, for thicker material you might want to use upholstery paint instead.

If painting is the least of your concerns at the moment, however, and you need help with a home plumbing, heating, cooling, or related problem, then it’s Messmer Mechanical to the rescue. And you can make that happen just by picking up the phone and calling us.