Painting Your Home

Paint adds value to your home

Painting your home can add up to 1100% of the return on investment to the value of your home according to Readers' Digest.  Translated into dollars, that means for every $100 you spend on paint, your home could sell for up to $1100 more when you do the project yourself.  

If you've gone house shopping, you've seen those homes with the dingy walls, finger prints, and scuffs.  If you've owned a home, you also know that just as these are inevitable, a fresh coat of paint looks like a miracle and can clean up years of wear in just a few hours.  

Adding a fresh coat of paint can be the miracle that you add to your house.  Many people are also reassured by the smell of new paint in a home they are looking at.

Of course painting doesn't just mean running down to Wal-Mart and picking up the cheapest thing you can find and slapping it on the house in any old way.  You can actually lose value by doing it that way.  Good quality paint is evident, and keeping things neat and tidy is an absolute must.  Avoid drips and spills, keep edges neat and straight, and use colors with general appeal.

To make your rooms look as big as they can, keep the colors light.  This is one reason why most apartments are only painted white.  Dark colors close down a room.  Light colors make things seem brighter, bigger, and more alive.  If you do paint with dark colors, try to keep it limited as in the case of an accent wall.