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Painting Rooms Red: Things to Consider Before You Pick up the Brush
Everybody’s got advice on the best colors to use for all the different areas inside your home. The good thing about paint colors is, the most important advice is your own. You’re the one who will live with your color choices, so give it a little thought and then paint your rooms, areas and trim […]
Why Is My Interior Paint Peeling? 9 Likely Causes
It can be pretty disappointing to spend so much time painting interior walls and ceilings only to have the surfaces marred a week, a month, a year or years later by peeling paint. Let’s look at the nine most common reasons paint peels. 1. Moisture/water Most paint-peeling issues happen because water has gotten between the […]
How to Use Painter’s Tape to Get a Perfect Line on a 2-Tone Surface
When you’re painting a wall or ceiling or other surface two different colors, you have to go about it the right way to avoid having a blur of overlapped colors along the line separating them. You want a crisp line that makes it look like two colors on two different objects were set in place […]
Ideas for Painting & Refinishing Your Stairs
The stairs in your home get a lot of traffic but often not much thought. They’re just there, and you use them. But with a little creativity, you can make a masterpiece out of these steps that take you up and down. Getting your stairs to stand out isn’t difficult. Here are some ideas for […]
Do I Need to Tape Before I Paint?
Painting a room is the best way to update its personality and aesthetics. But before picking up a brush or roller, you need to prepare the space. Apart from moving furniture, laying down drop cloths, and cleaning baseboards, many DIY painters often neglect an important step — taping. As a rule of thumb, professional painters […]
How to Use Painter’s Tape to Get a Perfect Line on a 2-Tone Surface
When you’re painting a wall or ceiling or other surface two different colors, you have to go about it the right way to avoid having a blur of overlapped colors along the line separating them. You want a crisp line that makes it look like two colors on two different objects were set in place […]
3 Rooms in Your Home Where White Paint Could Look Great
Color choices are an important element of a new paint job for your home. Leading paint manufacturers like Sherwin-Williams and Benjamin Moore have designed an amazing palette of colors and shades, giving you endless options for color combinations throughout your home. But with all these amazing colors, don’t forget the most basic color of all: […]
The Interior Paint Colors You Should Use If You’re Selling Your Home
When you put your home on the market, you want it to sell as quickly as possible and receive the highest offers. Choosing the right colors for your walls when you stage it for viewings can help. While you may love the color scheme of your home, prospective homeowners with different taste may struggle to […]
New Paint Considerations for an Office or Business Facility
When you’re contemplating a new paint job for your commercial facility, you can make choosing the best color scheme easy by going at it from one of two angles: Paint your facility with the same colors found in your company logo or on your website, brochures and other marketing materials. Use different colors, but ones […]
Tips for Painting Wood Floors
Some people would tell you to never paint a wood floor, just refinish it. But there’s absolutely nothing wrong with painting a wood floor, as long as you don’t expect that two months down the line you’ll want to revert to wood. When you’ve committed to a painted floor, follow these tips to make it […]