A small bedroom like this usually takes no more than 1.5 gallons and then a half a gallon for the door and baseboards.
This is because cheaper paints have less resin (the main component that holds paint together).Īctual Houses We Painted and How Much Paint We Usedįactors: This house was pretty big, but it was about 30% brick, so we didn’t need as much paint.įactors: Smaller to Medium-sized house but the wood was in rough shape so it used more paint.įactors: Smaller house that was about 30% brick.įactors: This room took 2 gallons total. Higher-quality, expensive paints generally cover much better than cheaper paints. The quality of paint affects how much you need also. If your old colors and new colors are on opposite sides of a color wheel, you’ll need more paint. It can sometimes take 2-3 coats to cover a much different color. Going from light to dark can really affect how much paint you need. Many people assume you’ll need twice as much paint, but since the first coat actually covers many porous areas that would normally soak up paint, the second coat uses far less paint. If you want two coats on a house, you’ll need about 1.5x as much paint. House Sizeįactors that can DOUBLE how much paint you need:Ī rough surface can double the amount of paint you need. You’ll use more interior paint in general because there is much more surface area inside a house than outside.
This guide will help you decide how much paint you need: However, sometimes you don’t have time to make 2 trips to the paint store and you have to take a leap of faith. We recommend only buying about 80% of the estimated paint you need at first and then buying the remainder when you’re almost finished. Paint is expensive and you don’t want to overbuy (paint stores will not refund an already tinted gallon of paint).
We’ve painted over 2,000 homes and choosing the right amount of paint is still tricky.
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