Benefits To Painting Your House Red

Introduction

You may be a proud owner of a brand new house that you have bought or had built according to your precise taste, or someone who has owned a house for a long time, or someone who dreams of owning a house some day – this is an article which will give you some advice about the benefits of painting your house and more than that painting it in a distinct way: it will even encourage you to have a red house!

History

Why paint your house, you may ask? Well, it is rather obvious that a house requires paint:
It serves a functional purpose – that of protecting the material of the walls, such as wood, from the elements such as rain, snow, dust, the eroding effect of wind etc. In a way, paint is good for maintenance of your property.

It also serves an aesthetic purpose – it gives a house a neat and tidy appearance, and adds to our lives the much needed colour that human beings are so fond of (think about it – since ancient times, we have loved to decorate walls and houses).

Now, let us come to why you might want a red house. Many people seem to think it is a very good colour to paint a house as it is full of life, fun and good vibes. Here is some praise for a red house and some facts about painting a house red that you may not have known:

A red walled house have been the preferred choice of many since a long time. Traditional Swedish houses are painted in a shade of red called falu red, and it definitely adds much warmth to the atmosphere of the house.
 

Features

A red house can draw your attention to spaces which otherwise would have been ignored. It is a style statement by itself. Many people will realize that using red is a bold step and needs to be executed with care. If done tastefully, you will receive many compliments.

A hallway tends to be a dead space, paint it with a warm Etruscan red to see the difference. You don't have to live in it. You're just walking through. But it's a hook. People can get addicted to color after they paint a hallway.

There are many shades of red you can use for a red house, and you only have to grab a shade card from the nearest paint store to select one for yourself. You can go for a true red, bold and shocking, like the red on the American flag or a red that has a lot of blue in it and is subdued and cool or one that is closer to orange and is brimming with energy!

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