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Painting shutters can increase your home’s value. You’ll see the biggest ROI if you paint shutters that look a little worse for wear, have peeling or flaking, or detract from your home's appearance in any way. Adding a fresh coat of paint is an easy way to boost curb appeal, but you may also need to touch up your entire home’s exterior in some cases. If you paint your shutters but have lackluster exterior paint on your house, it can actually highlight that contrast.

Aside from the primer and paint choice, consider other cost factors that can impact the overall price of your interior painting project. For example, the following items are likely to increase the cost of your project:

• Moving furniture

• Accent walls

• Textured walls

• High walls

• Stairways or stairwells

• Wall repairs

• Time of year

• Lead or asbestos testing

The most popular paint colors for farmhouse decor are muted, natural hues that evoke a rustic, cozy ambiance. Shades of white and creams are ideal as base colors in farmhouse decor, creating a clean and fresh backdrop that allows other elements to stand out. Popular shades for farmhouse decor include warm whites with undertones of beige or gray, warm browns and other earthy tones, and soft, natural greens.

Matching new paint with an old, faded color can be tricky. First, you’ll need to determine whether the paint on your house is latex-based or oil-based. Lightly scrub an inconspicuous area of your home with rubbing alcohol—if the alcohol scrubs away the paint, it’s latex-based. If not, the paint is oil-based. 

Once you have that settled, bring a paint chip or photo of the color to a paint professional and have them mix you a matching paint in the same base (latex or oil). Then paint another inconspicuous part of your house to see if it’s a match.