Painting Your Zionsville Home?

Whether you’re thinking of selling your home or you just want to feel like you live in a new home, painting can add value and beauty at the same time. If you’ve been watching home improvement shows, you probably have a brain full of decorating ideas. You might even be toying with the idea of making painting your home your next weekend project.

There are good reasons our Zionsville customers call us when they want to repaint. Here are just a few you might want to take into consideration before whipping out a paint roller yourself:

• Great paint jobs require a lot of preparation. It’s virtually impossible to get a smooth coat of paint onto a surface that’s not ready. Nail holes, cracks, dents, and even insects can wreck the appearance of a paint job if they’re not taken care of beforehand. Sanding, caulking, and scraping always seem to take longer and require more effort than you think.
• You need more than just a paintbrush and roller. The list of tools and equipment needed for a great paint job is quite a bit longer. Unless you make your living painting, you probably won’t use those tools more than once. Even if you do, you’ll have to clean and store them correctly to ensure they’re usable for subsequent jobs.
• How much time do you have? More accurately, what ELSE will you have to put on hold for a weekend or two while you tackle the paint job yourself? For most busy families, even finding one open weekend is a challenge. When a DIY painting project runs overtime, what happens then? You’d either need to cancel the plans for the next weekend or leave your room in disarray for weeks on end until you have time to finish.