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New Homeowner

Hey everyone!

 

DH & I are closing on our first home 04/19 ... we have until the end of the month to get out of our apartment, so we're thinking of doing some painting before then and also putting down new floors in kitchen.  

Couple of questions for you all, should we do floors then paint or vice versa?

 Also, with the painting...we are going to do the walls like a grayish color, with a different color trim and then a cpl accent walls.  Do you think we should have them come in and spray ceiling and walls with white primer, or should we have them spray the walls the grayish color?

 

ANY ADVISE IS APPRECIATED, THANK you!  

Re: New Homeowner

  • Since you are redoing the floor, I would do ceiling, then walls, then floor. Ceilings should be white - it's expected. Gray walls - I think if it's a neutral grey is fine. See if you can have white accents. For my condo, we had the main large wall a blue,
  • I would do the paint last, we just finished doing our floors in a new to us home that was just painted by the seller and I have to do a lot of touch up, there is so much finger/hand prints left on the wall from the wood flooring crew, also we opted for ne
  • top down.

    First celing, then walls and floors last.

    I have never sprayed the walls .  You do not need a colored primer unless you are doing a dark color of paint.

    Doing the floors last is not a problem - you just be careful.&nbsp

  •  you COULD do the floors first, and put down dropcloths everywhere...but typically top-down is a safe way to go.

     

    is the ceiling overly high that would cause you to spray instead of roll?  we painted our entire house when we

  • What color are the walls currently? If they are not darker than the gray you shouldn't need a primer if you buy good paint. Do the ceilings need to be painted again or is it just something you wanted to do? 

    I would DIY everything because pa

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