When’s the Best Time to Paint Your Home’s Interior?

Painting the interior spaces of a home takes time and planning. It’s not a throw-together weekend project, in other words. For this reason, Franklin Painting of Farmington, CT, suggests you consider undertaking this job in the fall.

Here’s why.

Painting Projects at Different Times of the Year

Painting even a few rooms can take some time, but painting all the rooms in your home is a sizeable project. Fortunately, the beauty and elegance of the upgrade will be worth it when you’re finished.

Summer

Painting is time-consuming. If you’re like most people – especially if you have active kids – summer is a busy time, and scheduling a major project during it can be challenging.

Winter

The dead of winter is usually not ideal for a full-scale interior painting project, mainly because windows will generally remain shut, and there’s no way to move the smell of the paints and primers out of the home.

Spring

Dividing the year into quarters leaves you with spring and fall. Spring can be a good time to paint the inside of your house, providing you’re not engaged with a stack of other post-winter tasks.

Fall

Fall, for many homeowners, is the ideal time to launch a painting project. September, October, and the first part of November work well for most do-it-yourself painters. Why?

• Things are slowing down after summer
• Early fall is usually fine for opening windows and airing out painted areas
• Other big home projects probably aren’t on the schedule
• The kids are back in school and preoccupied with homework and activities
• Most of the seasonal parties and gatherings are finished or have yet to occur
• Fall painting is perfect to get your home ready for the holidays

Planning for Painting

There are two main areas to consider when planning an interior paint project.

1. In What Order will the Rooms be Painted?

You don’t want to just start somewhere, throw on the paint, and then say, “Okay, now where?”
Map out a strategic room order before you even buy the paint. Know what you’re going to do before you do it.

2. Purchasing Paint and Equipment

This can include:

• Choosing the paint color and the type of paint – latex or oil-based
• Buying a quality primer
• Getting good-quality paintbrushes and rollers
• Making sure you have paint scrapers, putty, cleaning solutions, roller trays, paint buckets, and other supplies

What’s Involved in an Interior Paint Job?

Professional painters will tell you that as much as 80% of the time spent painting the inside of a home is going to be spent doing prep work. This is one of the reasons why painting is time-consuming and not a simple weekend project.

Depending on the types of surfaces you have inside your home and the condition of those surfaces, paint prep work can include the following.

Sanding

Surfaces to be painted need to be sanded down to allow new paint to adhere to them.

Repairs

Holes, chunks, and other wall damage should be repaired before painting.

Cleaning

After the surfaces have been sanded and repaired, they have to be thoroughly cleaned before putting on the paint. The rooms and areas that will be painted also have to be cleaned so dust created during sanding and repairs doesn’t end up on the painted surfaces.

Multiple Coats

When you start putting on the paint, you may find that certain walls and trim require more than one coat. This can double the painting time for those areas.

As you can see, interior painting can be a sizeable job that takes clock time. This is why we recommend doing this project in the fall.

Hire your Local Painting Experts

Franklin Painting can do the interior house painting job for you. We’ll save you the time and hassle and deliver a spectacular result. If you’d like to know more about interior painting services in Farmington, CT, give us a call or reach out through our contact form.