Choosing the Best Custom Interior Paint for Your Home

Does your home need a new paint job? Check out the best custom interior paint options. Finding the right interior paint for your home is exceedingly difficult task. When you consider the labor and cost involved in painting or repainting your home, it's not something you want to do again unless you have to. For many people, getting it right the first time means choosing a custom interior paint that is exactly what you are looking for. While more options can be intimidating, there's a lot more room to get it right. If you are looking to paint the interior of your home, check out these most frequently asked questions about choosing the best custom interior paint for your home.

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  1. What should I know about paint sheen?
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    When choosing an interior paint color you need to keep two things in mind: the color and the sheen. While color aspect is self-explanatory, you also need to keep in mind the sheen. You'll find when you are on the hunt for colors that there are numerous sheens that really affect how your paint color will look. The sheen can be flat, matte, eggshell enamel, satin enamel, hi-gloss or semi-gloss.

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  2. What factors do I need to keep in mind for paint selection?
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    Paint selection is going to vary greatly on your home's individual needs. You need to select a color that may brighten or darken your home, depending on your preferences, but also a paint that will show up well when considering your home's lighting. Traffic makes a big difference when it comes to sheen. A low-sheen paint is ideal for lower traffic areas because it touches up easily. Matte is a good choice if you want a paint that cleans easy. Softer sheens are better for moderate traffic areas like living rooms while radiant glossy paints are better for high-traffic areas.

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  3. How do I choose a color?
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    Personal preferences are always going to play a huge factor, so you need to go with your gut when choosing a color. As mentioned before, you want to select the right paint for the lighting in your home, but you also want to select a paint that pairs well with the furniture you have. You'll need to bring samples home, if possible, and use tools at your disposal like BEHR's Color Smart selector that allows you to preview colors in virtual, fully-furnished rooms.

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  4. What is the best way to get an idea for the color I want?
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    The best way to get color ideas is to look at other homes or check out samples. You can check out the homes of friends, family, and neighbors, but if you don't want to be a copycat, a good idea is to check out some model homes. Often, you'll find model homes decorated from head to toe including painted walls. Find a home with similar lighting to your own, and you'll get a pretty good idea of what works and what doesn't.

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  5. What can you tell me about Valspar paints?
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    Valspar Paint at Ace hardware stores is some of the best, long-lasting interior paint available. Valspar paint comes with a one-coat coverage guarantee so you don't need to keep apply multiple coats for your new color to show up properly. Valspar paints also come with minimal splatter and minimal mess, applying smoothly and easily. Use the online color selector to help you choose the best color for your home. With thousands of possible color options, Ace is sure to have what you are looking for.

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  6. What can you tell me about Benjamin Moore?
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    Benjamin Moore offers a huge range of colors that you can hand-select for your home. You can find their paint at a variety of hardware stores with hundreds of colors to choose from. Find a color you are looking for online with every shade of yellow, blue, red, or whatever other color you can imagine. Benjamin Moore paints are available to customers across the country.

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  7. What can you tell me about BEHR?
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    BEHR offers affordable custom paint that looks good in any home. Choose from thick one-coat colors, standard coats and colors, as well as specially chosen designer color options. Home Depot is one of the largest suppliers of BEHR paint. You can select a color by choosing from numerous samples available at local Home Depot or make your own color and Home Depot will mix it for you at additional cost. Options include Pro and Premium paints.

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  8. Where can I find the most popular colors?
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    If you are looking to make your home as modern as possible, you'll probably want to choose a more popular color for the interior of your home. With the Ask Val Colors of The Year page found on the Valspar website, you can see all the available colors that are currently trending. Other paint companies such as Benjamin Moore and BEHR also have a page dedicated to their most popular colors.

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