Interior paint has authority to transform any room in your home with all manners of visual effects. Interior paint is, in fact, make up for your interior. Apparently, it looks easy to paint interior but not as easy as seems. It is a labor-intensive work that may require a bit brainstorming for you before starting. Some color choices are available for creating different textures and finishes in your bedroom, kitchen, bathroom, living room and dining room. Here are some interior paint ideas that will surely help you to choose the best one for your lovely home.

How to choose the Interior Paint Colors

Your selection of colors can perform a vital role to give a precious personality to your home. Color choice depends on the position, size and function of the premises. Every color has its features like Pale colors are considered to expand and brighten the small while dark for creating the sense of large. When choosing a color scheme to select architecturally and go with the colors, you can live with. Before starting the project, you have to decide whether you wish the paintwork for primary colors, neutral, vivid or intense visual impact.

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Some features of different color schemes are expressed here from which you can pick which appeals you for a particular area.

Interior Paint Ideas

Primary Bold Interior Paint Ideas

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Bright primary colors are considered as the foundations of all other colors. These are associated with comic books, modern art, and pop art. You may see different shades or tones of red, green, blue and light yellow but rarely the exact shade of bold primary. It is wonderful to experience to apply a primary color on walls. Especially when bold yellow brings glow and bright, suited to the particular area such as bathroom or kitchen.

Bold primary colors are bright, clear and straightforward. In the modern designs, you may see these colors combined with geometric shapes, but these are recommended for small doses. Primary bold colors can be a sophisticated choice for your kitchen and bathroom. Both bathroom and kitchen are the areas which face the greatest wear and tear so use washable or oil-based bold primary colors in paints for the walls.

Light and Bright Interior Paint Ideas

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Colors are derived from the spectrum of light and when we talk about light and bright colors for interior means the colors which create a visual impression of brightness and airy spaciousness. These colors are very appealing for living rooms where you have roof ceiling and some wall hanging paintings. Does not matter ceiling is high or low, a coat of light paint like white can raise the height of the room apparently.

Off-white is ideal for wall painting which can provide a natural surface to display paintings and wall hangings. Light and bright colors like green, mauve and blue shades are very cool for a bedroom to create new and calm effects. For study room or a library at home, green and brown are best to use. If you want light colors for your kitchen, then go with gray for walls also helpful to make a great combination with stainless steel.

Natural Textures Styles

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Here natural texture means color schemes associated with nature. Now some paints are available for bringing the great visual character to painted surface. To develop natural texture sponging is one of the best techniques. Natural textures combination in your interior can transform your bedroom. You can consider linen textured paint for baseboards or doors.

For walls spray coat surface paints, rustic style textured, synthetic fiber plasters style natural stone style, and paint granules are eye-catching patterns. Instead of a surface, you can consider a multi-color like one wall of the room is painted with gray and remaining three with red. This combination is best for those rooms which get no access to natural light.

Rich and Dark Interior Paint Ideas

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To give a strong character to your paint project you can select rich and dark colors for walls and ceiling of your room. Primary and secondary colors include red, green, blue and orange can add features of warmth and relaxed atmosphere to your room. These colors have the power to create coziness and suitable for a personal or private room like bedroom and study room. For sunroom or kitchen, you may go dark colors such as red and orange also.

Paint on woodwork

You wood interior matters which ultimately reflects your personality. For the woodwork like doors, board and rails its best if you create Matt effects with them. It is a durable coat and equally robust as a gloss. For this purpose, you can go with oil-based eggshell paints

Primary Tools for Painting

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Painting the interior can be eased by using quality equipment and tools. A list of some basic tool is presented below through which you can achieve the best finish.

1. Brushes

• For painting wall and ceiling – 100 to 150mm sized brushes
• For detail – narrow brushes
• Use Oval-head brushes for varnishing
• For window frame – Angled-head brushes
• For detail on surfaces – Artistic brushes

2. Rollers

Roller with a soft pile is considered the best roller for painting. For painting removable roller sleeves like foam sleeve, mohair sleeve, lamb’s wool pile sleeve, and synthetic sleeve provide the best option to easily clean and reuse.

• Use handle extension with roller to paint ceiling and high walls
• Radiator roller is best to paint the awkward areas
• Patterned foam roller is great weapon to create texture
• Use metal or plastic tray to dip roller in the paint

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3. Some other material

• Paint
• Glass jar
• Sandpaper
• White spirit
• Mahl-stick
• Line free cloth
• Low-tack masking tape

Through the interior of your home your choice, personality and style should be visible so while painting must consider your preferences. Along with the paints, you should use wall rugs and paintings to improve and polish the look of the home interior.