More Living Room Accent Wall Painting Tips In Unionville, PA

In the pursuit of a better looking living room, you may want to look at your accent wall and to think about what you can do to make it look better.

You may recall in the past we have written about accent wall painting and how to do it better, and today we are going to show you some more ideas for how to make a better accent wall.

With that being the case, let’s have a look at some more living room accent wall painting tips when you want a nicer looking better painted accent wall.

1. Choose The Appropriate Color

The first thing that you’re going to want to do is to make sure that you are using the appropriate color for your accent wall — which may of course not be so good for another person, but this is your accent wall and not theirs.

The good thing that you should know is that generally speaking, your accent wall should have a color or colors that contrast with the other wall or walls in the room.

There are a lot of colors from which you can choose but only contrasting colors are going to really give you what is considered to be a contrasting color

2. Choose The Right Wall

There’s more to the accent wall than just having a good color — it’s important to choose the right wall for your accent wall as well.

You are going to want to pick a wall in the room that isn’t going to be covered by a bunch of furniture, for example, as that would defeat the purpose of making use of it as an accent wall.

Additionally, it’s a good idea to have a look at the various options and decide what would be good as far as natural lighting goes.

3. Properly Prepare The Accent Wall

Since you’re going to be painting your accent wall, it’s important to properly prepare the surface that is going to be painted.

There are a number of ways that you can go about doing this, among them being that you want to ensure that the surface that you will be painting is fully cleaned and allowed to dry so that you aren’t painting over a dirty surface.

Moreover, you need to check to ensure that you don’t have holes in the surface of your future accent wall — that is not going to be something that you will be able to fix with either paint or primer.

There are quite a few ways to repair the holes in your wall when you find them, and it’s just a matter of making the time to repair these holes before you move onto the next step in the painting process.

4. Protect Surroundings

When you’re looking to paint your accent wall, you’re surely going to realize that there are many things that aren’t going to be painted — among them, the floor underneath and by the wall that’s being painted.

You’re going to want to make sure that you protect the floor by laying down a drop cloth or a tarp so that paint doesn’t get on the floor.

Similarly, making use of paint tape is going to be a good idea to use in order to protect your trim and other areas that you don’t want to get painted — some people find that it’s a good idea to use it where you have light switch covers or electrical outlets.

Of course, in some cases, the removal of these light switch covers and electrical outlet covers will be better for your painting project than trying to cover these with painter’s tape — though you will find that the gaps where the covers were will benefit from the use of painter’s tape.

Consider hiring a professional painting contractor in Kennett Square, PA like Left Moon Painting. We have years of experience offering residential repainting services in Kennett Square, PA. If you would like to try us, request a FREE estimate below to get started, or call us at (484) 757-5295 for more information.

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