Bathroom Paint

Choosing Bathroom Paint

7 Questions To Ask Yourself Before Choosing Paint For A Bathroom

So you're going to be doing some bathroom painting. Is this any different from painting another type of room? Here are some questions you need to ask yourself before you begin this project. It'll save you time and money if you answer them now. It's much better to find out what might go wrong before you make a bad mistake and have to start all over again.

1. Do I need to use a special paint for a bathroom, or will any interior paint be good enough?
2. Who are the main users of this bathroom going to be?
3. Can I do anything to help keep the paint from peeling?
4. How do I prevent the paint from getting moldy?
5. Can I just paint right over the existing tiles if I want?
6. What color scheme should I use?
7. Do I really want to use paint at all, or would some other type of surface be better?

On the other pages of this website, you will find some important information to help you in answering these questions about your bathroom paint. But before you begin your research, here are a couple of small points that have to do with the size of the room itself.

The size of your bathroom can influence your decision on bathroom paint color. Usually this is the smallest room of the house ( not counting closets, which most people don't consider to be a seperate room ). Choosing a light-colored or even white paint should make the room look larger. And of course you shouldn't use "hot" colors like red, as they tend to overwhelm. You could also use a reflective paint finish which is designed to make the light bounce around the room.

This naturally leads us into discussing the effect of using bathroom paint color to make the room appear larger. If opposite walls of the room are two different shades of the same basic color, the room looks much larger than it really is. Or if you want to increase the apparent height of the ceilling, you can paint the walls with vertical stripes.

If you have carefully researched these 7 questions, then you should be ready to begin the process of redecorating your bathroom. Even if this is the only thing you do, it will definitely give the room a fresh look. And if you are about to sell or rent the house, you will have improved its value considerably for a relatively small cost.

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Tory

Posted 489 days ago

I happened to visit this site last spring, and didn't leave a comment, so I thought I would add one today, since nobody has commented in a while. I'm glad I ran across this when I did - it certainly saved me from making some mistakes before I bought my bathroom paint. Thank you!

Jeni

Posted 551 days ago

Watch out for those college students! I once let one who was a tenant of mine paint her bathroom, since it was in pretty bad shape. When she moved out, I had to hire a painter to redo two of the walls. She had painted a huge sun in one corner, with rays coming out in all directions.

Earle

Posted 612 days ago

I don't know if this is the right place to ask this question, but I'm a landlord, and one of my tenants asked if she could paint her bathroom. Should I let her do it? She's a college student, and seems very nice.

Glinda

Posted 612 days ago

I can't really see what difference it makes who is going to be using the bathroom. It's not like they are going to be living in there. Guess I'll have to look at that page.

Kym

Posted 612 days ago

The seven question are good ones, and I wouldn't have even thought of some of them. Thanks for the useful information. I read this article just in time - I'm repainting my bathroom next month when I go on vacation.

Alicia

Posted 612 days ago

I have a bunch of rental apartments, and I'm certainly not going to spend a lot of money on a new tile job, only to have the next tenants trash it all over again.

Rafael

Posted 612 days ago

It doesn't look bad at all, if you do a good job of preparing the surface of the tiles. And you can make it look almost like new tile if you clean the grout first, and don't paint over it.

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