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Painting skirting and walls same colour

3 years ago

If I paint skirting same colour as walls in living room, do I also need to paint the window frames, door and door frames ? All currently white like the skirting

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Carolina
3 years ago
Hi,

No, you don't have to paint all the woodwork in the same colour. You could do, but it's definitely not necessary.
cloughie 100
Original Author
3 years ago
Ok thank you - I’m not sure I could face painting the window frames again!
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