A fresh coat of paint every three to five years will keep your interior walls looking their best for much longer. You may have to repaint your home or a particular room sooner than expected if you decide to make structural or aesthetic changes.

Prepping and painting a home on your own can be a time-consuming, challenging task based on the scale and condition of the room's walls.

Additionally, it's common for people to believe that doing the painting themselves will save them money compared to hiring a professional. The cost of painting a room can seem low at first, but it soon adds up when you factor in things like brushes, rollers, primers, paint cans, and perhaps even tools to fix the walls. Quickly, you'll have spent as much as you would on professional interior house painters.

There are some quick tell-tale signs that a home needs an extra coat of paint. Outside of general causes, such as wanting a color change, or overt damage to walls, if the paint on your home is stained, peeling, cracking, or flaking, it's probably time to call an interior house painting company to fix the problem areas.

Several criteria, including surface area, ease of access, and paint costs, determine interior house painting service prices.

The size of your home is the primary factor in establishing your interior painting budget. The average price ranges from $1 to $4 per square foot.

Most people prefer to avoid a high gloss finish on their interior walls. The drawback? Higher gloss levels draw attention to surface irregularities and wall texture. It will also show the colors differently than they would with a matte finish.

In most cases, a matte sheen is the best choice for an indoor wall.

However, a higher sheen makes the painted surface more durable and easy to clean. Cabinets, trim, and doors benefit from a higher gloss finish like satin or semi-gloss because they will be touched frequently by sticky fingers.

We offer free color consultations with a professional for our clients, but here are some guidelines for choosing the right color of paint for a room:

• The furniture and flooring already add color to the room. You can either remain within the same palette or choose a few complementary colors for an accent wall.
• Smaller rooms benefit from lighter paint colors. If you choose a darker tone, it can make a space feel cramped. 
• How much light there is in a given space; lighter or brighter colors tend to reflect more of the available sunlight.
• The purpose of the room. While an office will want to steer away from saturated primary colors, a child's playroom would be the perfect place for it.

If you're having trouble settling on a color scheme, the expert interior house painters at Fresh Coat Painters can help you find the right colors to make your room perfect.