The entrance hall sets the tone for your entire home.
An entrance hall provides a first impression to your home when you have a visitor. Painting the area gray or another neutral color is a wise choice for this area. Neutral shades coordinate well with the other wall colors in your home that are near the entryway. Many shades of gray are available, and it is important to choose the right one for the space to create visual unity and balance.
Instructions
Choosing the Right Gray Paint
1. Pick a pale, silver gray shade if you want to visually brighten and enlarge the room area. Pale colors tend to enlarge the look of a room.
2. Coordinate the gray paint with a cool blue or green living area that is off the entrance hall by purchasing a bluish-gray or greenish-gray paint for the entrance hall. This allows the colors to blend better and creates continuity.
3. Paint the entrance hall a charcoal gray if it is large or you want to make a dramatic statement in this area. The darker shade of gray helps close in the space, creating more intimacy, or makes a bold statement that you may find appealing if you enjoy contemporary decor.
4. Pick a gray color with a taupe tint if you are coordinating it with warm paint colors in the rooms closest to the entry hall. The taupe adds warmth to the gray shade and helps enhance the other areas.
Painting the Walls
5. Dust the entrance hall walls with a cleaning cloth to rid them of dust and cobwebs. If the walls are dirty or stained, wash them with an all-purpose cleaner and a damp sponge.
6. Cover any electrical outlets, baseboards, window frames or molding with painter's tape. This prevents messy paint drips on the area. The painter's tape removes quickly and won't damage the surfaces.
7. Fill in any holes, gaps or cracks in the wall with caulk or a spackle compound to provide a smooth surface for the paint.
8. Paint the walls with a primer if the walls are new or you have repaired holes. Primer is also important if you are painting a dark gray on a light wall or a pale gray on a dark wall. This prevents you from having to paint as many coats.
9. Sand the walls with a fine-grit sandpaper after the primer dries and between paint coats for a professional-looking paint job.
10. Cut in the gray paint with a small angled paintbrush at the ceiling, around window frames or the baseboards. This enables you to work quickly with the paint roller later.
11. Pour the gray paint into a paint tray. Place the paint roller into the paint and push it back and forth to cover all sides of the roller. Use the roller in an up and down motion on the wall in a "W" shape. This spreads the paint. Go over the area with vertical strokes that overlap to cover the area. Allow the gray paint to dry completely before adding a second and third coat if necessary.
12. Remove the painter's tape once all the walls are dry.
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