I am painting my long living room cranberry and have a small hallway on one side.. What color would be best to paint the hallway walls? I am putting hardwood laminate down through both the living room and the hallway.

We just hired a painter to paint our bathroom at $30 per hour. He was going to charge same rate to clean up mess plus we also paid for tack cloth, hand mask and blade whatever those items are? Is this fair?

I have an old dresser and its been painted several times with oil based paint. I sanded it to remove the rough edges, some old chipped paint and now its smooth as can be. Do I use oil based Kilz primer to prevent the previous paint from chipping? I was