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Paint Your Home for Profit

Looking for an easy and inexpensive way to give instant appeal and lasting value to your home? Just pick up a can of paint and get rolling!

Maintaining and improving your home enhances both your living style and your long-term investment. The money you spend on fixing up your property today will pay for itself in profits when you decide to sell. Painting your home indoors, and outdoors, is the fastest and easiest way to create the look you want, without spending a bundle.

Painting your home doesn't have to be a major undertaking. Just follow these simple steps:

Shake Things Up

The first step to a great finish is to fully stir the paint before you begin. Even though paints are professionally mixed when you buy them, the colors can separate during storage and transportation. If you fail to completely stir the paint you can end up with an uneven finish. Using a stir stick can be tiresome, and your portable or electric drill offers a great alternative.

Try cutting a plastic clothes hanger into a long "J" shape, and insert it into your drill for a quick mix up. It saves time and conserves your energy for the big job ahead.

Be Slap Happy

When painting with a brush, most people try to get rid of excess paint by scraping it against the rim of the can. Paint is wasted as it drips down the side of the can. Instead, try tapping or slapping the brush. More paint will remain at the end of the brush where it's needed, and the excess will fall back into the can. You'll be able to cover more area between dips, which is particularly important if you're making trips up and down the ladder.

Know Your Codes

Painting your porch and fence bright red might seem like a good idea, but can be an exercise is wasted time and money. Check into any existing building and decorating codes and restrictions before you start the job. For example, residents in your neighborhood or housing complex may be restricted to using neutral tones for any outdoor decorating. The size, height and color of outdoor structures such as fences may also be under code.

Lead by Lead-Free Example

Hundreds of thousands of children in the United States have been affected by lead poisoning caused by paint. Old, deteriorating lead-based paint in your home can lead to this type of injury. Strip and replace all old paint in your home with new lead-free paint. Lead poisoning can lead to learning difficulties, and that's a chance that no one wants to take.

Prime Time

Careful preparation is the first step to getting the job done quickly and properly. Using a good quality primer can also save money, as you need to use less paint in the pricey top coat.

Look for other ways to save money by doing basic tasks. Taking an existing fence and giving it a new look beveling the edges with a rotary saw is a free and easy way to create a whole new look. Of course, a fresh coat of paint will complete the effect.

Building equity in your home is easiest with paint. Trendy or timeless colors inside the home, and fresh accents outdoors, will increase the value of your property and earn you well-deserved bragging rights.

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Author Sadie Bedgegood is a regular columnist for numerous well-known Internet sites, on home decor and home interior themes.
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