Interior Painting Guide Before the Holidays: Best Rooms to Paint

Holidays are filled with family and friends that you might not see much, but when you host, you want to put your best foot forward and impress your guests with unique and professional decor. Now is the perfect time to consider making updates and nothing makes as big of an impact on your home as interior painting—and as a bonus, it is sure to last longer!

Below, the professional painters at Larkin Painting Company discuss the best rooms to paint as we head into the holiday season and provide painting tips for choosing the right color.

Best Rooms to Paint Before the Holidays

Residential interior painting is a cost-effective choice to update your home for the holidays. Not only is it easy on the pockets but, a professional painting job will last longer than temporary plastic or electronic holiday decoration. When considering which rooms to paint to leave the best impression on your guests, it is important to concentrate on the rooms where your guests will spend the most time. 

Larkin Painting Company believes that the following are the best rooms to paint before the holidays:

• Dining Room: Every holiday coming up involves a family dinner. Your guests will spend a lot of time in the dining room enjoying their meals. Make your dining area more inviting by painting the dining room. Even if you have a wonderful and festive centerpiece, adding a fresh coat of paint to update the walls will complement the new centerpiece and impress your guests.
• Kitchen: After the dining room there is probably no busier room in your home during the holidays than your kitchen. Adding a fresh coat of paint to your kitchen walls or cabinets can make it more comfortable and inviting to spend time in this holiday season. Cabinet painting also offers many benefits. It can help make your kitchen look cleaner, bigger, and brand new. 
• Family Room: If you celebrate Christmas, you may spend much of your time opening presents under a Christmas tree that is usually placed in the family room. Family rooms are usually the roomiest and coziest rooms in the house and one of the best rooms to paint before the holiday season. 
• Entryways: They say that first impressions are important. Your guests will enter your home through the entryway so what better way to immediately impress your guests than to make sure that your entryway is clean and welcoming? A fresh coat of paint is the perfect solution.
• Guest Rooms: If you are having family stay the night, you might want to consider updating your guest rooms. Choosing a warm color like a red or orange might make your guests feel more welcome and less homesick. If painting the full room is not an option, you might want to consider an accent wall.

Choosing the Right Color

Once you have chosen the room or rooms you wish to repaint, it’s time to pick a color and secure quality paint. It’s important to choose a color that will match the everyday decorations and furniture you have in your house. Warmer colors like red and yellow can be a great choice. Red is one of the most prominent holiday colors, and warmer colors tend to make a room feel more cozy.  

If cooler colors are more your style, fear not. They can add a calming effect to a room. Especially with the cold weather approaching, investing in a dark or light blue can help add some seasonal spirit. Neutral colors like taupe and gray might also be a safe choice as they typically complement any decoration or consider a grayish silver because it can be great for the holidays while still being a neutral color. 

Every paint color has its own benefits. After you decide on a neutral, warm, or cool color, you want to make sure that this color will complement your home. Consider the size of the room and your intentions. Do you want to make the room look more spacious or do you want to make it look cozier? Choosing a neutral or warm color can help make a room look more spacious while cooler colors like blue and purple might make the room seem cozier. 

Why Hire a Painting Contractor?

As the holidays approach, work seems to be more stressful and time is limited. Your schedule is probably full between work and preparing for the holidays, so hiring a painting contractor can help ease the stress. Give yourself a break and hire a painting contractor for your interior painting project to ensure that the job is done on time and with high quality. 

If you are struggling to find the right color to paint a room, a painting contractor’s experience might be exactly what you need to begin the project. A painting contractor will bring all the materials needed to smooth over cracks in the wall so that your interior paint job doesn’t look like a DIY project. They will clean up the mess and be sure to move furniture so that it does not get ruined. 

Though choosing to paint a room yourself might seem cheaper, in the long run, it is much more cost-effective to hire a painting contractor to avoid taking trips to your local hardware store and finding the right materials to guarantee a professional look.

Contact a Painting Contractor at Larkin Painting Company Today

With the holidays approaching and stress levels at an all time high, our licensed painters are here to give you the results you have been looking for. Painting your home can be a long process, but our contractors will help guarantee that the job is done on time. Contact us at 508.740.6212 today, or stop by one of our locations to speak with an employee.