5 Tips To Proper Pantry Painting in St. Louis, MO

You may be well aware of the fact that your pantry, being not just a storage space but in a sense a room of its own, needs to be painted periodically in order to maintain the decent look that it has going for it.

However, you may come to find that there are techniques you can employ that will improve your painting project, to the extent that you can save money on the project and even possibly get it done sooner.

With that being the case, let’s look at and consider five tips to proper pantry painting in St. Louis, MO

1. Taking Care When Ventilating

One really important thing that you’re going to have to do when you’re looking to paint your pantry properly is to make sure that you are especially careful with how you are ventilating.

The reason that this room is a particular interest in terms of getting painted is clear if you think about it – the typical pantry has just one entry as well as, well… nothing else – no windows or other doors unless you are fortunate to have a second door.

You are of course going to want to open up at least that one door that leads into the pantry as well as possibly having a fan set to get the air out of the room in the said door — for the more you can remove the air from the room and get fresh air into it, the better off you will be.

2. Choose An Appropriate Color

There are many colors that you’re going to be able to paint your pantry and of course the right color is ultimately going to be the one that works for you, there are some basic tips that you may want to consider before painting.

For example, you are likely to want to paint your pantry a lighter color than not, as pantries tend to be small rooms and when you have a room like that, it’s better to not use dark colors as they might well make the room smaller in appearance.

3. Use The Right Kind Of Paint

Speaking of appropriate use, did you know that there are different kinds of interior paint that you can use and that they’re not all going to be appropriate for you to use in your pantry?

As careful as we want to be, it’s almost inevitable that when you work in a small room and have food being carried in and out, some is going to get on the walls and therefore you’re going to want to spend some time cleaning, as one does.

If you make sure to use a glossy paint, you will ensure that it will be that much easier to clean when that time comes around – using a flat paint is not advised for your pantry, as it is much more difficult to clean, practically impossible some say.

4. Clean Well Before You Paint

On the subject of cleaning, you’re going to need to actually clean the pantry properly — and not just in terms of the surfaces that are going to be painted, that is.

You are going to want to even fully remove everything from the pantry – with most pantries being relatively small, it’s going to be difficult enough to reach all of the surfaces of the pantry to be painted with everything removed.

Moreover, by removing everything you’ll be able to scrub the dust from the room so that you aren’t looking at it on the paint later on down the line as it were.

5. Take Time To Remove Expired Food

Lastly, since you’re going to be removing all of the food from your pantry, you’re going to want to probably take the time to get rid of any expired food that you might have sitting in there.

It’s not too often that people are able to fully remove everything from their pantries except when they schedule such cleaning and organizing, and so this is quite a delightful opportunity to not only improve the look of your pantry via the painting but to get rid of your expired food.

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