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How Much Paint for a Foyer
Quick answer: A standard single-story foyer needs about half a gallon for one coat and roughly 1 gallon for two coats. A two-story or vaulted…
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How Much Paint for a Sunroom
Quick answer: A typical sunroom has very little solid wall to paint because glass dominates the space, so most sunrooms need well under 1 gallon…
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How Much Paint for a Home Office
Quick answer: A home office is usually a converted bedroom size room, around 11 by 12 feet with 8 foot walls. That gives roughly 320…
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How Much Paint for a Stairwell
Quick answer: A two story stairwell has one or more very tall walls, so it uses more paint than its floor area implies. A common…
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How Much Paint for a Hallway
Quick answer: A typical hallway, say 4 feet wide by 20 feet long with 8 foot walls, has a surprising amount of wall. The two…
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How Much Paint for a Dining Room
Quick answer: A typical dining room, roughly 12 by 14 feet with 8 foot walls, has about 380 to 420 square feet of paintable wall.…
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How to Choose Exterior Paint Colors
Choosing exterior paint colors feels high stakes, and it should, because the outside of a house is large, expensive to repaint, and on display to…
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What Color to Paint a Ceiling
The ceiling is the surface almost everyone forgets until they are standing in a freshly painted room looking up at a tired, slightly yellowed expanse.…
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What Color to Paint Trim
Trim is the framing around a room. It runs along baseboards, casings, window surrounds, crown molding, and door frames, and it quietly shapes how finished…
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Accent Wall Ideas
Quick answer: An accent wall adds depth or drama to a room by painting just one wall a different color from the rest. The whole…