Rain Outside, Fresh Paint Inside: Why Winter Is a Great Time for Interior Painting

When rainy weather arrives in Sonoma County, most exterior home projects get pushed down the list. But that doesn’t mean your home improvement plans need to wait until spring.

In fact, winter can be a great time to finally tackle the interior painting projects you’ve been looking at for months, or maybe years.

That dated living room. The hallway covered in scuffs. The bedroom color you never really loved. The kitchen that could feel completely different with freshly painted walls or cabinets.

And let’s face it, when you’re spending more time indoors, you tend to notice these things a little more.

Nordic Colors Painting is offering 10% OFF interior painting projects as part of our Winter Painting Special, along with a professional color consultation and color sampling at no charge.

Why Paint Your Interior During the Rainy Season?

One of the biggest advantages of interior painting is that you don’t need to wait for perfect outdoor painting weather.

While exterior painting depends much more heavily on temperature, rain, moisture, and drying conditions, interior projects take place in a controlled environment. That makes winter a practical time to tackle projects inside your home while you save those outdoor improvements for warmer, drier weather.

It’s also the season when many of us spend more time at home.

Suddenly, you’re looking at that wall every day and wondering why you’ve waited so long to change it.

You Don’t Have to Paint the Whole House

One thing that keeps homeowners from calling a painting contractor is the assumption that painting needs to be a major whole-house project.

It doesn’t.

Sometimes one room can make a big difference.

Think about the spaces you use every day. Your living room, family room, kitchen, bedroom, home office, hallway or entryway may be a much better place to start than repainting everything at once.

A winter interior project could be as simple as:

• Repainting a living room or family room
• Updating a bedroom or home office
• Freshening high-traffic hallways and entryways
• Repainting doors, trim and baseboards
• Adding or changing an accent wall
• Updating kitchen or bathroom walls
• Giving guest rooms a fresh new look

Once you start looking around your home, there’s usually at least one room that could use some attention.

How Do You Know When Interior Paint Needs to Be Replaced?

Interior paint doesn’t have a single expiration date. Some rooms can look great for many years, while busy areas start showing wear much sooner.

Hallways, kitchens, family rooms and entryways typically take more abuse because people are constantly moving through them. Kids, pets, furniture, fingerprints and everyday cleaning all take their toll.

Look closely at your walls and trim. You may notice scuffs that no longer clean off, fading, stains, scratches, peeling paint, damaged areas or trim that has become dingy over time.

Sometimes the paint itself is still in decent condition, but the color makes the room feel dated. That’s reason enough to make a change.

A New Color Can Change More Than You Think

You don’t necessarily need new furniture, flooring or a major remodel to make a room feel different.

Changing the wall color can alter the entire appearance of a space.

A lighter color can make better use of natural light during darker winter months. Warm neutrals can give a living room or bedroom a more comfortable feel. Deeper colors can add interest to a dining room, office, bedroom or accent wall.

Of course, choosing the color is often where homeowners get stuck.

That tiny paint chip at the store doesn’t tell you how a color will look across an entire room or how it will change as the light changes throughout the day.

That’s why our Winter Painting Special includes professional color consultation and color sampling at no charge.

We’ll help you choose colors that work with your lighting, flooring, furniture and existing finishes, then sample them so you can see the colors in your own home before making the final decision.

Protect the Walls You Already Have

Fresh interior paint isn’t only about changing color.

Paint also provides a cleanable surface that helps protect walls and trim from dirt, moisture, fingerprints, scuffs and everyday wear.

Proper preparation also gives us an opportunity to address the things homeowners tend to stop noticing, such as nail holes, small cracks, damaged areas, failing caulk and other imperfections.

The result isn’t simply a different color. The room looks cleaner, finished and better maintained.

Rain Outside? Work on What’s Inside.

If you’ve been waiting for the “right time” to repaint your interior, rainy season might be it.

Nordic Colors Painting’s Winter Painting Special includes:

• 10% OFF qualifying interior painting projects
• FREE professional color consultation
• FREE color sampling
• FREE, no-obligation estimate

Whether you want to repaint one room or finally tackle a larger interior project, getting an estimate doesn’t commit you to anything.

Our winter interior painting schedule is limited, so if this is the year you’re finally going to change that living room, bedroom, hallway, kitchen or home office, don’t wait until spring to call.

Call Nordic Colors Painting at (707) 837-2718 to schedule your free, no-obligation estimate and ask about our 10% Winter Interior Painting Special.