Founded by interior designer Nicole Gibbons, Clare brings environmentally-friendly paint right to your door. Free of toxic, carbon-based solvents, and Greenguard Gold certified, the paints are self-priming and come in 56 designer-curated colors.
Clare Paint, from $54/gal.
The Real Milk Paint Co.
Milk paint is made from 100 percent organic ingredients (like, you guessed it, milk protein) and is non-toxic and completely biodegradable. It’s a healthier alternative to water-based latex or oil-based paint and comes in 56 colors.
Milk Paint, from $60/gal.
Harmony by Sherwin-Williams
This mass-produced latex paint line uses a zero-VOC formula and comes in over 100 colors in three sheens.
Harmony by Sherwin-Williams, $59/gal.
Behr Premium Plus
Zero-VOC self-priming paint available in hundreds of colors and five sheens. It’s sold exclusively through Home Depot.
The best choice for an exterior paint is one that has zinc oxide as the fungicide. Next best choices are zero- to very low-VOC paints, acrylic or latex paints, and recycled water-based paint. Avoid oil-based paints because of their high VOC content, as well as paint from old cans that may contain mercury or lead.
Think unique and creative with a bright colour combination such as red, blue and yellow and make your home catch all the attention. Paint your entrance door in vibrant red and the walls in bright yellow and blue with white borders. This colour combination will give your home a bold, glamorous and cheerful feel.
Satin and semi-gloss paints have a higher sheen value, meaning it provides a harder finish that proves more moisture resistant. Along with the benefits of moisture resistance, satin and semi-gloss finishes are also very washable and scrubbable.
Professional painters frequently utilize premium paints, such as Benjamin Moore and Sherwin-Williams, for their work. Sherwin-Williams is widely regarded as one of the top paint brands, providing a broad range of premium quality paints, including environmentally friendly options.
Overall, both Behr and Sherwin-Williams have upsides and downsides. In the Sherwin-Williams vs. Behr paint comparison, Sherwin-Williams generally performs better, especially in toughness, washability, and application simplicity. Sherwin-Williams is typically a better option if you're okay with the higher price.
Typically, traditional homes have three colors: body, trim and accent. Newer architectural styles (and occasionally larger houses) can benefit from more than three colors.
Light and airy, our experts say a coat of white paint can make a big impact on buyers when selling your home. "White walls allow a buyer to see how their furniture, artwork, and fabrics can seamlessly fit into their potential new space," explains Patrick O'Donnell of Farrow & Ball.
Eco-friendly paints are innovative products that are specially designed to have few if not zero levels of VOCs. While traditional paint products are often oil-based with a mixture of plasticizers, adhesives, hardeners, pigments, and drying accelerants, eco-friendly paints are non-toxic and often water-based.
Award-winning and Gold certified Green America business, Natural Earth Paint, uses natural earth and mineral pigments and organic ingredients to make completely safe, sustainable, and beautiful art supplies for children and fine artists. Earth pigments are clay and minerals prevalent in native soils all over the world.
Acrylic paint has environmental impacts as a result of its plastic constituents, and oil paint requires toxic chemicals for clean-up. So this yields very few options. One option is water-mixable oil paints, that don't contain plastic the way acrylic paint does, but are washable with soap and water.
When possible select water-based latex paints, they emit fewer chemicals and lower levels of chemical vapors. Also they usually clean up with soap and water, not toxic paint thinners.
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