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Painting Living
Room
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Painting living
room is the starting point for living room remodeling.
First, choose a living room color scheme and choose paint
colors for walls, doors, trims, accessories and accents.
Living room paint colors should be chosen based on the
largest piece of furniture that dominates the room, the
focal point of the room, the size of the room, the height of
its ceiling, the amount of light that it gets, the uses the
room will be put to and most importantly, the feel you want
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Once the living
room paint
colors are
decided, pay
attention to the
living room
paint finishes.
Paint finish can
also alter the
feel of your
living room.
Flat or matte
paint finish
with no shine is
best for walls
that have minor
surface
imperfections.
These days they
have good stain
resistance too.
Eggshell or
velvet finishes
with a soft glow
are best for
living room
walls and look
elegant and
sophisticated.
They are easier
to clean too. Satin or semi-gloss paint finishes are best for doors and trims and
highlighting architectural details. |
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You may also use
gloss finish for door, trims and specialty areas according to your
choice. The sheen of the walls and the smoothness of the texture in
semi-gloss and gloss paints make them easy to clean and scrub. For
families with small children, you may want to use washable wall paints
that are very easy to wipe and clean. For living room walls, it is best
to use latex or water based paint that dries up quickly and can be
washed using soap and water but it is better to use oil-based alkyd
paint for doors and windows as it penetrated wood better does not stick
when the doors and windows are shut for longer periods of time,
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To calculate the
amount of paint you will need for you living room, measure
the perimeter of the living room walls by adding up their
widths and the multiply it with the height of wall from
floor to ceiling. Subtract the area of open
areas from it such as doors, windows and archways to known the wall area
that needs to be painted. Some paint types and colors may need more than
one coat so take the number of coats you need to cover the walls into
account too. Usually, a gallon of flat paint color covers 400 square
feet but you may take paint manufacturer's instructions as your
guideline.
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The entrance foyer, family room and the living room are heavy traffic
areas and are the first places of your house that is seen by your
guests. Hence, they define the first impression about you and your
personality in your guest's mind. Experiment with colors and patterns to
create a stylish and great looking living room to make the right
statement. Make sure that you maintain the harmony and visual flow and
take into account the rooms visible from your living room. If you
practically live in your living room, you may prefer to have glazed,
marbleized or textured walls as they do not look dirty or show up finger
marks so easily.
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This can be
easily achieved using faux painting techniques that are so
popular as living room painting ideas these days. You may want to add height to the living room without breaking the
monochromatic look of the room by using dark color alternating with
lighter shade of the same color or glazed version of the same paint
color to create stripes on the walls. Instead of flat paint finish,
choose pastel colors and it is advisable to use chocolate brown or very
dark colors in satin or semi-gloss finish, so that they don't look drab
and dreary. You may add faux crackle finish to your living room wall by
first painting it with dark color and then with lighter color.
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Thus, when the
paint crackles, the darker color from beneath gives an
interesting look to the living room walls. If you are using
faux painting techniques, choose the right kind of paint.
Faux dragging technique may not be able to use latex paint
as it dries too quickly. You may also want to add
interesting murals to your living room walls to cheer up the
room a little. |
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