INTERIOR PAINT HOUSE-HOME PAINTING YOUR KITCHENS AND WET AREAS
In my section today of “WHAT INTERIOR HOUSE PAINT GOES WHERE AND WHY” we’ll look at home painting your kitchens and wet areas. Hygiene is the most important number 1 rule: Because of the amount of moisture and airborne grease generated by cooking, washing up and showers and the like, every surface must be easy to clean.  Check it out, are yours? The domestic or household kitchen needs to be kept hygienic and you still need it very washable.  Over the years the demand for finishes in kitchens and wet areas has changed slightly.  Satin acrylic finishes were always used, now the most popular interior house paint applied is a good quality low sheen.
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The five biggest mistakes people make when home painting woodwork!!
Painting woodwork is probably the most fiddly and time consuming part of home painting. There is a lot to consider and a lot of preparation involved. What I mean by woodwork are things like doors, frames, skirtings and the like. Now to the five biggest common mistakes when home painting your woodwork.

• The first thing people think of is that the existing coat of paint unless your painting over varnishes or polyurethanes has to be taken back to bare wood or timber. This is not always the case. 
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INTERIOR PAINT HOUSE-INTERIOR PAINTING OF WOODWORK AND TRIMS
Hi and welcome back to “What Interior House Paint goes where and why” for interior painting of your woodwork and trims! If your reading this entry that means you’re interested in getting the right interior house paint on your trims or woodwork.  So lets get right to it.  Firstly, it’s so very important to prepare and have woodwork ready for finish coats.
It’s not the interior painting of top coats that make woodwork or for that matter any surface look good. It’s the prep that you have to get right, but I’m here to talk about finish or top coats.  There’s a couple of good choices when it comes to trims and woodwork.
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The five biggest mistakes people make painting walls!!
Painting walls tends to be easier than ceilings, they’re more accessible and it’s a matter of just pulling furniture away from the walls and covering the floor and your away. Even though painting walls is more clean cut, mistakes can still be made.  Here are the five biggest ones when you’re painting walls.

• Lack or too little preparation.  What I refer to is filling cracks and holes prior to painting. Your prep work is vital in determining the outcome and finished product of any job your doing. When it comes to painting, remember 95% is prep and 5% is finish work. You stick to that rule and you can’t possibly go wrong. OK !

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INTERIOR PAINT HOUSE – PAINTING WALLS PART 2
Welcome back to “What interior house paint goes where and why” for painting walls the second part. Well let’s get straight into what interior house paint to use for our second type of walls, remember they were the most common walls, plasterboard, drywall or gyprock plasterboard.

Now when painting walls of these types they need to be sealed also, using an…
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INTERIOR HOUSE PAINT – PAINTING WALLS PART 1
Welcome back to “What interior house paint goes where and why” for painting walls. Like my last entry “of what interior house paint goes on ceilings” I’m going to explain what materials {paint} to apply when painting walls. So put your seat belt on, stick your drop sheets down, kick the cat and the dog out of the room and get ready to be injected with good, honest solid information about interior house paint for walls.
Firstly there are two basic types of walls, you`ll bound to have one of them, cause if you don’t your house will fall down!(God I kill myself )Anyway they are:
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The five biggest mistakes people make painting ceilings!!

HOW TO PAINT A ROOM- CEILING

When looking at how to paint a room, particularly a ceiling it’s not really an easy task. It’s above your head and some ceilings can be as high as 2.4 metres. (some even higher like 8 to 10 metres) In your average home they range from about 2.6 and a little bit higher, so getting a good job can be difficult.  Lets look at the five main mistakes that people make.

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INTERIOR PAINT HOUSE – HOME PAINTING CEILINGS
“WHAT INTERIOR HOUSE PAINT GOES WHERE AND WHY” – HOME PAINTING YOUR CEILINGS! There are heaps of paint products and finishes in the market place but what interior house paint do I use where and why you ask? Well I have to start somewhere so I will start with the most commonly used ones around your home, just to stop the confusion for now.

Soooooo what do you apply when you’re home painting your ceilings, this is an easy one. Ceilings tend to have a lot of light and shadows thrown across them due to the nature of their horizontal plane. Vertical planes such as walls repel shadows and light.
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HOME INTERIOR DECORATION CAULKING TIPS PART2
Welcome to the second part of caulking or gapping sealant which is as I mentioned such an important part of your home interior decoration prep work. [Make sure you read my first post on this ]
The cut tip of the nozzle shapes the bead.  If you twist or angle the gun, the shape of the bead will change.  Once you have found your angle move along without twisting or shifting the gun. When coming to an obstruction or corner you might need to change angle, but keep your flow around corners and don’t stop the momentum you have gathered.
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