OK, I'll finish my interior paint speel today:

Remember the red-base vs. blue-base when selecting your interior colors. And, you want to use color but not close in or darken the room, try a light wall base color with a decorative wallpaper border at chairrail height, then finish with a bolder color on the bottom portion of the wall. Your furniture will cover a good portion of the bottom color anyway, so it will add color and eliminate drab, but keep the room still bright and homey.

There are also many paint finishes to choose from. Most people use a gloss or oil base for trim, base, and casings with a flat or eggshell finish for the walls. My painter friend told me to use a high-gloss white on ceilings. Always. The ceiling then reflects more light and you can get away with more color in the room. And use a satin or semi-gloss on the walls to add light.

Since we’re focusing on homeowners and sellers, this is my recommendation to add some color to your home for your own enjoyment and resale value. If you have really different color ideas (aka, hot pink bedroom), they may work for you but not 99% of buyers. Remember to think “Resale Value.”

The good thing about paint is it’s easy to do over. Even if the next owner doesn’t have burgundy curtains for the living room and just can’t deal with burgundy walls, they can repaint and start their own color.

Notes to the buyer: The down side of this coin is if you ever paint over a gloss or oil paint with anything other than gloss or oil, you will have to first prep it with Kiltz, then paint, or it will peel. And, if you have Venician Plaster or Bellagio in the house, consider keeping it the way it is. The texturing on the wall has been changed. So you will always have a “plaster” or “bumpy” look to the wall unless you sand and retexture before repainting. Texture comes in cans, but it’s expensive to redo large areas.

Whew! OK, enough of painting for now!