Blue? Brown? White? Gray? There are so many different exterior paint colors to choose from that it can get overwhelming fast. After all, it’s not something you do every day, so you want to be confident with the color you’re choosing. Committing to a color will either add or distract from your curb appeal, so …
If you’re like most homeowners, you want your home to look its best at all times. One way to achieve this is by painting the exterior of your house every few years. How long the exterior paint will last depends on a number of factors, such as the type of paint used, weather conditions, and …
Looking through past articles in our blog, you will see there are several based on preparing to paint the exterior of your home. We can’t emphasize enough the difference in the end-product when your house has been carefully prepped before painting begins. All kinds of things can cause holes and spaces in a house’s exterior …
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Best Ways to Store Leftover Paint It is a common thing to have paint leftover from a project. Having some remaining paint can come in handy down the road to touch up scratches and scuffs or for other projects where you can use the paint. Paint is expensive, so you don’t want to throw money …
How To Decide Between Matte, Satin, and Gloss Paint Finishes When painting the interior rooms of your home, once you have made a decision on the colors, you will need to decide which finishes you want–matte, satin, or gloss. The room color has an important role in the look and feel of your home, so …
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Best Ways to Clean Your Popcorn Ceilings If you own an older home, you may have a popcorn ceiling, as these were very popular from the 1950s through the early 1980s. Popcorn ceilings were an inexpensive way to finish ceilings and many structures still have them. But, if you have a popcorn ceiling, you may …
Why Paint Your Home’s Interior Trim Are you looking at the paint in some rooms and less than excited about what you see? Maybe you still love the wall color but the total visual of the room is not what you want. Consider this, you can get a big bang impact when you paint the …
Benjamin Moore vs Sherwin Williams; Which is Right for Your Project? Without question, two of the best quality paints on the market are Benjamin Moore and Sherwin Williams. Both offer some of the best paint for both interior and exterior painting, and are used by professional painters all over the world. Is one better than …
A house that has had its exterior recently painted looks like a shiny new penny! There aren’t many things you can do that make as big an impact as a fresh coat of paint on the exterior of your home. Right now, with the warm weather of summer, you might be thinking that it is …
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There are always signs you can see to tell you that it is time to paint the exterior of your house. If you haven’t really looked at your house with a discriminating eye in a while, it’s probably a good idea to do so. Do you see a nicely painted exterior that shows no signs …
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