Professional Painter, owner-operator of PAINTING Guys
Specializing in high-end cabinet painting & refinishing services
Closets take time to paint so you only want to paint them once!
Paint them white and they will look clean and great in every room.
- When you open them up, you see into them better if they are painted white.
- A satin finish is better than eggshell at withstanding scuffing due to boots, shoes etc hitting walls. Semi-gloss is too shiny so we recommend satin as the best sheen tp pain closets.
Use good paint!
Benjamin Moore Aura Satin Finish Product line 526 is a great choice for tim, doors and closets.
Satin finish looks great for years and will withstand the beating of clothes hangers, shoes being tossed in, junk whatever.
Asuming you have white trim throughout your house... I usually choose the same white trim paint for the closets.
I do not choose to use cheaper paint for closets because they take more beating than most rooms in a house.
Building New Closets
If you are building a new house and you have a choice in the drywall finish, never get talked into textured closet walls. Textured closets never look or last as long as smooth closet walls. Textured walls in closets are rough in finish and are impossible to patch without notice should you bang the wall.
Drywall contractors like texturing closets because it saves them time.