Paint is a cost-effective and dramatic way to refresh your home. But how often should you repaint interior walls? With just a few cans and professional help, you can completely revive the interior of your house. For the best results, your interior walls should be repainted every 3-5 years. If you remodel your home or change the style of a room, you may need to repaint sooner. Depending on your lifestyle, family, and your activities, you may have to paint more often to keep walls from looking dingy. Indoor soccer can take a toll on your walls! Certain areas of your home will need repainting more often than others. Professional prep work and painting will ensure that your paint goes on smoothly and last longer, while saving you the hassle of trying to prep, prime, paint, and clean up drips.
Do I Have To Prime Before Painting?
How often should you repaint interior walls?
When To Paint
Most likely, your hallways will need to be painted most often. They see a lot of wear and tear; check out your hallways for scuff marks, fingerprints, dents, and worn corners. Any corridor in your home, from the entryway to stairwells, will likely have these signs of high traffic areas. While you can wash your walls, eventually you will need to repaint. By repainting every couple of years, you can keep your house looking fresh.
The next high traffic areas are kitchens and bathrooms. These are typically the busiest rooms and may need repainting. Kitchens often feature stains, grease, and smoke, while bathrooms have issues with moisture and humidity. PaintRite Pros only uses the highest quality water-based paints, so they can be easily wiped down and will last in humid areas. Repainting kitchens and bathrooms every 3-4 years is ideal.
How often do you have to paint bedrooms? That’s dependent on who lives in them. Adults’ bedrooms rarely need to be repainted, unless there is a change in décor. Children’s bedrooms often have to be painted every couple of years. One of the reasons is that children grow and change fast, so their preferences change. While blue might be their favorite color now, they may prefer green later on. Another is that where kids spend a lot of time, paint gets worn down. It may be drawing on the walls, scuffing shoes along the baseboards, running sticky hands along the wall, and other activities that wear and tear on your paint.
Lastly, other rooms in your home: dining room, living room, spare bedrooms, etc. tend to need less frequent painting. People often go at least 5 years between painting these rooms.
Sometimes people consider major renovations – knocking down walls, new appliances, demolishing bathrooms – before they consider fresh paint. Paint can make a giant impact on your home and help you reflect your own personal style. It’s amazing what paint can do! Whether you are undergoing a major remodel or want to freshen up your home, PaintRite Pros can help. We serve the entire area of Sacramento including Rocklin, Stockton, El Dorado County, Elk Grove, Roseville, and more!
