Fresh Paint Can Brighten Your Home For Spring

BRIARCLIFF MANOR, — Just as the season of spring itself is associated with bright sunshine and fresh air, a new springtime paint job also conveys feelings of welcoming warmth and open space both outside and inside the house.

Whether hiring a professional painting company such as Finglas’ or doing the job yourself, preparing for the project inside will, of course, involve clearing out the rooms that are to be painted. While Finglas operates a full-service company that takes care of moving furniture for the client, it is not a service that is automatically offered by every painting business, he noted.

While the job is in progress, Finglas offered the tip that, for an interior paint job, it’s wise to tackle just one or two rooms at a time. When the job sprawls over several rooms, Finglas said, it leaves “absolutely no space for the homeowner to go.”

“If you’re doing a project that includes more than one room, organization is the whole thing,” said Finglas.

Particularly as homeowners are entering the hottest time of year for buying and selling real estate, painting is one of the least complicated cosmetic projects one can undertake to immediately enhance the look and feel of their home, whether putting a fresh coat of paint on the exterior, in just a few rooms inside, or throughout the entire residence.

“Generally when people are selling a house, the trend is to paint the ceiling and walls light, bright, airy colors,” said Jody Finglas, owner of Finglas Painting in Croton-on-Hudson. This may incline the potential buyer to see the house as a “blank slate” that they can one day make their own.

There’s also the obvious plus for sellers that lighter colors also tend to make interior spaces appear bigger and more open, Finglas added. While darker and deeper tones tend to be associated with fall and winter, the vibrant color and illumination of springtime can be replicated indoors with lighter color schemes, which “allows the look of natural light that comes in to almost be enhanced,” said Finglas.

Having just sold a home last year, Finglas said, he can vouch for the fact that “the feeling of rebirth and renewal” that comes with springtime makes for a much more active real estate market. The drive to sell houses, coupled with the new beginnings of spring, tends to spark our desire to “get things done.”

Image via Jody Finglas Painting