Refurbishing your home is one sure way of preserving it and making it look elegant and beautiful. The beauty of your home will speak so much about you and the kind of personality you have. Style and design will show the kind of sophistication and taste you possess. One of the striking effects that a home can project is its paintwork or coachwork. For its exteriors, and its wall coatings or coverings for the interiors. For the interiors there two kinds you can choose to use if you plan to refurbish your house. Of course there are advantages and disadvantages between the two.


Paint is the most common way to add color on your walls. There are several types of paint though:


• Whitewash – this kind if intensely white and inexpensive; good for concrete, masonry, stone.
• Calcimine – this kind is non-washable, inexpensive, rubs off; good for plaster, walls and ceilings.
• Water paint – May be washable; requires primer; good for concrete, masonry, wood, plaster interiors.
• Casein – smooth, washable; quick drying; food for interior plaster walls and ceilings.
• Oil paint – durable, washable, dull finish; good for wood, metal, plaster, concrete, masonry or stone.
• Varnish – glossy finish, transparent; for finishing furniture and floors & woodworks.
• Enamel – gives smooth flossy finish; also available in flat; for furniture and woodwork.
• Stain – sinks into pores defining the grains of wood; darkens wood surfaces on furniture, floors, doors woodwork.


These are some of the basic paints available in the market. If you opt to use pain for refurbishing your walls, be prepared for the messy work ahead; painting is quite a demanding job to do; lots of mixing to do and cleaning of surfaces and other preparations before you can start applying the paint.


On the other hand, if you choose wallpaper in redesigning your walls, you will be spared of those hassles that painting entails. There are many colors and patterns to choose from if you opt for wallpaper. The market has so many different designs that sometimes can make the selecting job a little bit tedious. The only trouble you will encounter with wallpapering is the uneven walls. It will require a little craftiness on your part to paste your paper onto this kind of surface. And another problem with wallpaper is when you need replacement for some part of your wall, chances are you might not be able to find the same kind of design in the market because the evolution of the designs of wallpapers are so fast that every now and then new designs are coming out in the market and the old designs are discontinued or are no longer available.


So, there you are; the choice is yours to make. But just remember, any which way you choose, your home will surely have a new look. It may even raise the market value of your property. So go. Choose your wild and do your homework. Great reward is awaiting you after you have done your job of redesigning your home.

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