Six wondrous types of paint finishes for overwhelming interior spaces

Choosing the right type of paint finishes for your interior space can be both precarious and tiresome. It’s like fetching the right stone for your accessories from a rock bed – the options are inexhaustible, but you are often left wondering as to which type of paint finishes will suit the style that you desire for your interiors. As a thumb rule, prefer high-gloss or semi-gloss, easy to clean finishes for your kitchen, while choosing load-bearing satin finishes for your living. For contentment and convenience of a cozy get-away spot at home, opt for matte in the most relaxing part of your home – the bedroom, while go smooth, the eggshell way in your dining.

 

 

 

How to choose a paint finish for your home?

 

Commute the transit.

Calculate the truckage that your room is bound to experience and if high just as in playrooms or living, opt for classic satin, while you can choose egg-shell in the more secluded areas of your home, those who will experience low traffic and are a bit private.

 

Acknowledge the gleam!

You will get paint finishes in a motley palette from matte flat to shiny high-gloss, however, choose one that responds well to the quality of light you desire in your interiors as the amount of sheen will be directly proportional to the quantity of reflected light procured.

 

Study the undulations!

As a commonplace rule, high gloss finishes highlight undulations, while lower gloss finishes hide undulations in the wall. Hence, if you are considering a wall with too many ups and downs, consider a matte finish to obscure those fluctuations and make the surface appear smooth.

 

With this, let us dive into the pool of alluring paint finishes and explore six of them that you would want to try in your homes without giving it a second thought.

 

High-gloss patina

Witness the power of gloss with the high-gloss patina that will bathe your rooms in reflected diffused light and enliven your living. Bold yet beautiful, it will make your space appear brighter and more luxurious. However, the reflective nature of these finishes will highlight wall undulations and imperfections and hence is unsuitable for a wall with too many blemishes and ups and downs.

 

 

Leaving apart its slight frailties, the high-gloss finish is enduring and washable and hence, you can use it for a variety of applications like doors and frames. Besides this, a high-gloss finish resists moisture, making it suitable for bathrooms and near stove applications. High-gloss is that one finish which you should opt for spacious and luxurious homes that dwell on bright reflected light and have no room for dullness.

Semi-gloss lacquer

Though not as gleaming and lustrous as its counterpart, a high-gloss finish, a semi-gloss finish has heads turned up for its capability to resist stains and keep itself clean. Ideal for kitchens and bedrooms, semi-gloss finishes will help you camouflage wall flaws up to a certain extent and yield you with clean, smoother walls that you always wanted for your interiors.

 

However, being a glossier finish, it will still highlight some of the imperfections in brush applications but will mask the agony of voluminous undulations.

 

Satin finish

Regarded as one of the most popular types of paint finishes for a multifunctional array – family room, kids’ room, and trimmings, satin finishes invigorate your room and advertise the originality of the paint, rather than its sheen. Satin finishes can be both flat and glossy which makes them adaptive towards areas bound to experience high pedestrian traffic like living rooms and balconies.

The velvety texture of the satin finish bestows a glow, rather than a sheen and pampers the space with depth, ready to buoy each and every nook with embellished refinement. Moreover, satin is enduring and can be cleaned easily, making it suitable for smooth and blemish-free walls, absent of all imperfections.

 

Eggshell burnish

Lying between satin and matte, eggshell is almost devoid of sheen and brings out the raw appearance of the colour itself, without shine or dullness. The eggshell finish transitions as a beautiful mural and hides down undulations with ease. Frankly, it is the lowest sheen option before opting for matte and needs enhancements with bright or low lighting, according to taste.

Textured finish

Authentic, abstract and amicable, textured finishes are a get go to be in trend without much maintenance and to hide off all the imperfections on your wall beautifully. Depending on your choice and the type of texture you desire, you can choose from a wide palette of knockdown textures, sand-finished or orange-peel textures or simply go abstract with the slap brush texture.