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How to Choose Paint for Exterior Walls

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Many property owners spend most of their energy on interior designs. However, guests get the first impressions of a building from the exterior. Before your guests get to see the breathtaking interior designs, they will have already judged your personality from what they saw on the exterior.

Having that in mind, it is crucial to invest too on the exterior of a building. This starts with getting the best paint for your exterior walls. If you are new in this, the following suggestions will help you get the best paint for exterior walls of your home:

Paint Colour

Choosing the right paint colours for your exterior walls will add the value and beauty of your property significantly, which is crucial, especially if you are planning to do a resale. The market is filled with various paints of different colours. Choosing the right colour for your exterior walls could be a daunting task if you have never done it before.

To get the right colours, it is important that you understand your property well. The size of the building will determine if you need dull or bright paint colours. Bright colours will give your home the illusion of being larger, while dull colours make it look smaller.

Condition of the Walls

The paint you get for your exterior walls should be determined by whether the walls have ever been painted before or not. With walls that have been painted before, you will be needed to do a thorough preparation job in order for the paint to be durable. Also, the material of your walls will determine the ideal paint to use.

The same factors will determine if your walls will need primer paint before laying the topcoat. Primer coats should be used on surfaces with low adhesion. Again, the material of the walls will determine whether to use an oil-based or water-based primer.

Your Neighbours

It is crucial that you look around your neighbourhood to see what colours other homeowners have chosen for their exteriors. However, be careful not to copy your neighbour's exact colour ideas. Your exterior colours should be unique from those of your neighbours, yet not clashing with them.

If the architecture of your property matches with that of your neighbours, it would be great to get a colour that would coordinate with theirs. From the colours you see around your property, you can decide to blend, contrast or complement. All in all, your exterior wall colours should not appear accidental. Speak with house painters to learn more about selecting colours. 


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