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What care is needed when repainting an older Athens apartment with high ceilings, interior wooden doors and built-in wardrobes?
Older Athens apartments feature high ceilings with plaster mouldings, glazed double doors, tall built-in wardrobes and classic floors. They require careful taping along edges, crack repairs on the walls, and dedicated preparation for the woodwork.
Many apartments in central Athens and older neighbourhoods have high ceilings with plaster mouldings, glazed wooden double doors, floor-to-ceiling built-in wardrobes and mosaic or parquet floors. Those details give the home its character, and they reward careful preparation when painting.
In this older home, the tall walls were repaired and painted in soft tones, the ceiling mouldings were picked out in clean white, and the glazed double doors were painted cleanly right up to the glass panes.
When the edges around built-in wardrobes and door frames are masked cleanly with tape and the walls are painted in a calm tone such as light grey or warm cream, the lines stay sharp and the whole flat feels bright and cared for.
Jobs that show it
Repainting an Older Home in Soft Colours
High ceilings, wooden window frames and glazed double doors. The walls got soft colours, with a grey-blue band along the bottom.
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Apartment Painted in Grey and White
Light grey walls that set off the white wardrobes, doors and shelves, for a calm, bright home.
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Entrance Hall with Damp Damage Repainted
The entrance hall walls were peeling in many places. They were repaired and painted a warm cream.
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