Moving into a new home is one of life’s most exciting milestones. While you can barely wait to walk into your new abode, there may be a lot of things and considerations to take heed of when you’re moving from one place to another.
Moving into your new home can be overwhelming and stressful, especially if you don’t plan it accordingly. More often than not, it helps to have someone else to make moving in a lot easier and more organized, but also less of a chore. The best painting contractors in Danville will help you personalize your new home by helping you pick the colors or the color scheme of your preference. With a fresh coat of new paint, you can update the look of your new home and incorporate your personal style into the space.
If you’re still undecided whether to do the painting before or after moving in, painting before moving in is better due to several reasons:
- If you paint before moving in, you won’t have to move furniture, décor, and other things out of your new home. Interior painting is easier when the space is bare and empty, allowing painters to move around and paint without having to move or cover pieces of furniture or remove wall décor. Prepping your home properly is crucial for protecting floors, fixtures, and furnishings. When there’s no furniture or other items in your home yet, there’s nothing to move and no worry about damaging it.
- Painting bare interiors in a new home is more manageable because it allows sufficient time for the paint to dry, depending on the type of paint you use, the type of surface to be painted, the ambient temperature or weather conditions. For example, latex (water-based) paint on wood can be dry to the touch one hour after applying, then it can be painted over with another coat in four hours, given the ideal indoor temperature and weather condition.
When your interior paint project is finished before moving in, you may allow a day or two to inspect that the paint in completely dried. This will avoid the messing-up of paint the moment you move your furniture, décor, and other items into your new home. Suppose you’re painting the interiors after you have moved in your belongings, you might want to bring your belongings back in place after the paint job, as soon as possible. This might mean the rooms have not dried yet as you move your furniture, which can potentially mess up the wet paint.
- Painting an empty home before moving in makes the work faster, therefore saving time, labor, and money. You don’t have to move out the furniture back and forth in every room or have someone else do it for you. This will help you save more time and money! If your paint contractor paints an empty home, the project can be done in one go and you don’t have to schedule several appointments.
Interior painting in a new-to-you and empty home also means you have the opportunity to put a personal stamp on it by finalizing your interior style and décor decisions before you move in. The best painting contractors in Danville will help you in getting your new home ready! Contact Custom Painting Inc. at (925) 294-8062 or fill our online contact form to receive a free, no-obligation estimate.