Project · Chicago, IL
We Repainted This Chicago House From the Attic to the Basement
We painted the inside of this Chicago house on every level, and the old colors are gone.
House · Cook County · Written by Tim Dodaro, owner of Level Best Painting
- Town
- Chicago, IL
- Job
- Interior repaint
- Painted
- Walls, ceilings, trim
- Levels
- Attic, main floor, basement
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The Job
Every level got paint: the main floor, the finished attic and the basement. Before we started, this house had orange, bright green, teal and yellow rooms.
We took all of it to a clean bright white, with a few dark accents like the doors. Going to white from those colors takes coverage, and a white ceiling and white walls show any place you skipped.
What We Did
- Walls on every level
- Ceilings on every level
- Trim
The Orange Attic Room
The attic was bright orange, sloped ceiling and all. It’s white now from top to bottom. Slopes like this make it hard to tell where the wall stops and the ceiling starts, so it’s nice when they’re the same color. Going from orange to white takes real coverage, and we figure two coats on any color change.
Before
After
The Bedrooms
The rooms with the loudest colors went white too: bright green walls under a teal ceiling, and deep yellow from the ceiling down. Colors like those can want a primer under the white. Now they all match.
The Main Floor
Bright white walls and ceilings on the main floor. With an open layout, every wall is in view from everywhere, so the coverage has to be even all the way across.
The Basement
The finished basement got the same white, with a dark baseboard that keeps it from looking washed out. White is the right call with low ceilings and small windows.
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