How often do you paint your interior walls ?

[LovelyYellowLabrador]

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Painted every room when we moved in and re paint at least 2 rooms every year, so each room probably goes 2-3 years before its repainted. Sometimes its basically the same colpur but a refresh, other times complete change

I buy the washable Paint and wipe over now and then. Have lived here 16 years painted everything twice. It needs doing again.

We've lived in our house 20 years, each room has been done once in that time. All the rooms are tiny so it's a massive operation shifting furniture etc, just shoving it in the middle doesn't work as there isn't room to work round the outside of it all and no space in other rooms to empty it all into.

When it looks like it needs doing, which is probably every 5 years or so.

Some of the people on this thread must spend all their spare time painting and decorating! I certanly haven't got the time (or inclination, or money) to do the whole house every 2 years, or 2/3 rooms every year.

Wow at some of these responses.

Been in this house 16 years. Most walls have the same paint as when we moved in.

Sofas were DH’s before he met me. Most of the other furniture was bought for our previous houses and brought here. Kitchen is original. We replaced the bathrooms 12 years ago.

It’s a 5 bed, 3 bath house. It would take all
my spare time to redecorate every couple
of years. Not to mention the absolutely dire environmental impact of such an approach.

I agree with the roughly 8-10 years. Who can be bothered redecorating every 2 years?! What a hassle!

Lived at ours for around 6 years, painted the whole house when we moved in.

Will probably paint the hall and cover up some marks on kitchen walls and the living room this year but that’s about it for the forseable.

I live in an old Victorian home so decor is quite timeless and minimal, neutral colours, raw wooden stair cases, raw wooden doors with Victorian fixings, like original hinges, lots of exposed beams, tiled floors etc. nothing quite matches and it’s all a bit wonky so I can get away with general shabbiness to a certain degree.

Most furniture is good quality apart from DS bedroom; his room is different shades of blue, white MDF wardrobes etc, we have changed some of the art work from diggers and busses to marvel etc over the years as he grows up, when he reaches his teen years will probably replace his furniture with better quality stuff to take with him when he moves out one day. So expect most furniture to last a lifetime, my work desk is probably as old as the house - old antique writing desk and it’s still going strong!

Life's too short for me to do that. We all have our priorities but the payoff versus labour is not worth it for me personally.

Agree with this and so many other similar responses, where do people have the time and money? Plus environmental impact

5 years and the kitchen slightly more often.

No, the 'class divide' comment meant the exact opposite, imo.

It was Michael Heseltine.

We do it as little as we can get away with. It was redecorated from top to bottom four years ago. The kitchen is being replaced soon but the rest won’t be touched for a very long time - probably when we want to sell it.

It was Alan Clark speaking about Michael Heseltine, who sounded quite posh but had in fact (horrors!) made his own money.

Doing the main bedroom at the moment and it's a royal pain in the arse - hasn't been done in about 15 years so needs doing but it's so boring. Plaster needs repairing so very dusty. Not doing it again for at least another 15 years !!