When choosing colors you need to have an inspiration, a starting point to select the color. A fabric from a drapery or accent pillow or bedding. We can make any color you want, but if you choose a color and then go looking for fabric you have just narrowed your selection of textiles. Even if you want to go neutral, we need to know what "undertone" you want. When decorating a room, painting the walls is the first thing you do, but the paint color is the last thing you choose.

Don’t forget the 5th wall, your ceiling. Some people want to have a little color on their ceiling and some want the traditional “ceiling white”. When thinking about a ceiling color there are options. You can use your trim color which will soften the ceiling or you can go a lighter shade of your walls. Now remember if your walls are red, a lighter version is pink, so that might not be the answer. If your walls are neutral like Revere Pewter, you might want to go 1/4 strength on the ceiling. If you go full strength it will appear darker because of the angle of the ceiling compared to the walls. 1/2 strength will generally look like the color of the walls, 1/4 strength will look slightly lighter than the walls. If at all possible look at the color strip and maybe a couple of shades light than the wall color will work.

Painting a paneled door takes patience. Follow the direction from the diagram by painting the panels first then the middle mullion, the cross rails and top and bottom rails then the hinge and lock stiles. Make sure you check the corners of the panels for any puddling  of paint. Don’t try to paint with a loaded brush, gravity will take over and you will have paint runs.

When painting a wall you want to roll the wall from top to bottom and back up like the diagram shows, not short strokes which could leave roller marks. Don’t press down on the roller to hard because that could leave ridges along the edge of the roller cover. Invest in a good frame and extension pole. When rolling the wall keep adequate paint on the cover, don’t roll it too thin. Please don’t do the “W”, is could leave roller marks if not properly back rolled.

When figuring the amount of paint you will need to paint a room I can give you a general guild line. Measure the perimeter of the room and multiply by the height of the walls.

Example; if your room is 15′ x 17′ with 8′ ceilings you would add, 15′ +15′ +17′ +17′ X 8′ = 512 square feet. A gallon covers 400 square feet for one coat. A  quart cover 100 square feet per coat.  Your second coat you don’t need as much paint so in this case I would sell you 2 gallon for 2 coats. Now if you have a wall of windows or bookcases then we would deduct the square footage of those spaces.

Bathrooms and Kitchens are a little more difficult because of the cabinets and tile. Measure the wall areas that are to be painted, figure the square footage of each area and then add them together to get your total square footage. 

Let’s talk about sheen’s and what we typically used for different surfaces.