How Often Should You Paint the Interior of Your House?

Unlike exterior walls, your home’s interior surfaces are not exposed to the weather, so they’re not as likely to fade due to sun exposure or peel in the face of excessive humidity. This means interior home painting projects may not be needed as often as exterior repainting. However, several of the rooms in your home – for example, your bathroom, kitchen, and laundry room – are exposed to ongoing moisture, which can affect the longevity of your interior paint. Hallways and kids’ rooms are more likely to collect fingerprints and dirt than other rooms, as are interior walls with doorways. Baseboards often collect both dirt and scuff marks from foot traffic and exposure to the vacuum cleaner.

What’s more, if you live in the Southern United States, the interior walls of your home may be exposed to above-average sunlight – which can cause paint to fade – or higher-than-average humidity that invades your home from the outside.

All of these factors, not to mention your personal preferences for updating your interior home décor, can affect how often you decide to paint inside your home.

Signs That It’s Time for an Interior Home Painting Project

The best way to determine whether your home is due for an interior painting job is to take a look at your walls, baseboards, doors, and trim and ask yourself:

• Is the paint peeling or cracking?
• Does the color appear faded and dull?
• Are there scuff marks that no amount of scrubbing seems to erase?

We Are The Interior & Exterior Painting Experts

One way to get a long-lasting interior painting job for your home is to turn to the experts at Southern Painting. We take pride in using top-quality paints from leading manufacturers, and we have the expertise to help you select the best products to withstand the specific challenges your paint will face in each room of your house. We also meticulously perform the extensive prep work that’s needed to ensure long-lasting paint performance, and we will include that in the detailed, written estimate you’ll receive before we start painting your home.

Lots of Satisfied Customers!

The highly skilled professionals at Southern Painting have completed more than 100,000 projects for homeowners throughout the Southern United States, and we have an excellent track record for customer satisfaction. If you have an interior home painting project on the horizon, contact us today to find out whether we have local painters serving your community.