How to Paint an Interior Room

There is no more dramatic, cheap, and easy way to improve your home than by painting the rooms within. Luckily, painting can be an easy task if you follow a few simple steps and take the time to prepare the walls correctly for paint.

Paint is a cheap way to liven up a room or to totally change the appearance and style of any given room in your house. For less than $100, you can purchase all of the materials needed to paint an average size room in your home. And in less than a weekend, you can complete the transformation process of a room with paint.

The hardest and perhaps most time consuming aspect of painting a room is choosing the right color. For some, this can be overwhelming. There are literally thousand of color choices and so little variation between colors that choosing one paint color can be incredibly difficult. Luckily, once all of the prep work is done and the painting is complete, if you are unhappy with the color, usually you can simply apply one more coat of paint in a different, more desirable color and the project will be complete. Don't fret too much over color. If you chose a shade of paint that is just slightly off in your room, it is easy to fix.

Once you have chosen your paint color, you will need to begin the preparation process for the room you are painting. If possible, remove as much content from the room as possible; this will make the job of painting much easier. Anything that can't be removed should be covered with drop cloths for protection.

Now you will need to spackle any holes in the walls. Spread the spackle over the hole, allow the spackle to dry and sand off any excess to make the repair smooth. Once completed, you should prime the walls with a interior primer. This primer coat should be tinted close to the color of paint you are going to use. The primer coat assures a good bond for the topcoat paint and also makes the paint cover better which results in needing less coats of paint for an optimal finish. Usually this aspect of painting is skipped, but priming will assure you of a long lasting, durable finish.