This article is part of a series:Ā  Summer 2015 North Carolina Home Improvement Project Ideas.

Here’s a summer home improvement idea: Painting!

It’s unbelievable what a can of paint can do to a living space.

With total imagination and some real creativity, you can completely redesign a room with a paint color or two. Consider taping your walls for a striped effect. Paint a room in one color but in different hues for added interest. Consider painting wood cabinets for a newer, more modern look. Remember that darker shades will make your space appear to be smaller while lighter shades will make spaces appear to be larger.

And don’t forget the outside of the home! Here’s a home in Cary North Carolina which we recently painted:

cary home

Read all about drywall preparation and paint type considerations over here on our Raleigh interior painting page. We also have a page in place on exterior painting and home improvement services.