| Home painting is the option that many undertake to | | | | achieving an intimate ambiance, also makes the room |
| considerably change the look of their homes for just | | | | seem smaller and this effect will surely be unpleasant. |
| a fraction of the cost of major re-dos. Though colors | | | | 3. When it comes to paint finishes, you can either opt |
| and sheens can do wonders in bringing out that | | | | for a no-sheen, semi-gloss to glossy. Contrary to the |
| bursting interest in your much needed makeover, it | | | | home painting norms, some gloss coating the ceiling |
| can also result to disaster if you do not give much | | | | will actually benefit a small area by reflecting more |
| thought on your choice. What many homeowners | | | | light. With the walls, some gloss would also work |
| miss are the benefits that some colors and sheens | | | | great with intensifying lighting but the problem would |
| offer when it comes to addressing your space and | | | | be the condition of the walls. Most New York |
| wall imperfection issues. | | | | apartments and pre-owned housing units are already |
| In New York, these given problems are faced by | | | | old and the walls would surely tell. If your walls fall |
| almost every homeowner. With the long-running | | | | into this category, the low sheen of an eggshell finish |
| housing crunch, what the majority could likely avail of | | | | or the muted sheen of flat or matte would do great |
| are small townhouses and apartments. This makes is | | | | in hiding wall dents, dings, blemishes and other |
| crucial for you to consider factors that could land you | | | | imperfections. |
| with the right colors and sheens to answer to space | | | | 4. For the ceiling, choose a paint color which is several |
| issues whether you are in Long Island, Staten Island, | | | | shades lighter than that painted on your walls. This |
| Manhattan, Brooklyn or Queens. | | | | helps create an illusion that the ceiling is much farther |
| To help you out in this task which has been made | | | | than it actually is. |
| more challenging by your space issues, here are top | | | | 5. When deliberating on what color scheme to |
| tips when choosing colors and sheens to paint your | | | | choose, pick monochromatic. Why? The consistency |
| small properties: | | | | in colors will allow the continuous flow of vision when |
| | | | one looks into the room, making it seem more |
| 1. As a general rule of thumb, lighter hues are always | | | | spacious. Another point to emphasize when we say |
| best when painting smaller rooms. But you don't have | | | | monochromatic is that everything does not have to |
| to live with all-white walls, not unless that is your | | | | be of exactly the same color. When you implement a |
| personal and stylish preference. Another plus with | | | | monochromatic scheme into interior design, it means |
| using lighter colors is that the décor becomes | | | | having the same color of varying shades for the |
| the focal points. | | | | flooring, ceiling, walls and fabrics. Even with molding |
| 2. Light and bright colors have more reflectivity in | | | | and trimmings, avoid creating contrasts that may cut |
| them making up for maximal use of sunlight or the | | | | up space and disrupt the continuity in vision. |
| rooms artificial lighting. Darker ones, though great at | | | | |