We answer your most-asked questions on home painting, wallpapering, and cabinet refinishing!
There’s more good stuff on our Design Advice page, too.
Knowing how to choose wallpaper, especially if you’re shopping online, can make the difference between jumping for joy when your new wallpaper is installed, or desperately looking up the vendor’s return policy and hoping you didn’t just make a very expensive mistake! Finding the right wallpaper for your space
If you’re researching how to install removable wallpaper (commonly called “peel and stick wallpaper”), you’ve probably already read our earlier post with our installation how-to videos. . In those videos, our own Peter Moon shows you how he begins the installation of peel and stick wallpaper at his daughter’s apartment,
If you love wallpaper but just want something temporary, removable wallpaper (also known as peel and stick wallpaper) sounds like the best of both worlds! You get the pattern you love, but you get to take it down later without damage to your walls, which is perfect if you live
Banana leaf wallpaper feels so fresh and modern but has a fun history and some serious design cred. . It first burst on the scene in the 1940’s with the iconic Beverly Hills Hotel, at a time when people we celebrating the end of war and a return to nature and
As an experiment recently, I googled “white kitchen ideas” to see what the all-knowing internet had to offer. We get asked to paint kitchen cabinets white so often, and see the hesitation that some homeowners have about painting their kitchen all white, that I wanted to have something useful to
The undertones in exterior paint colors can make or break your painting project – here’s how to identify them! . If you’re planning to paint the exterior of your home, you can’t just pick a random color out of a fan deck – you need to know about the ever-present
If your home needs painting, do it, but don’t neglect these curb appeal basics! Even though we’re not professional landscapers, we see so many homes when we go to estimate an exterior painting project that we feel like we’ve absorbed some curb appeal basics by sheer osmosis! It’s too
Green-gray exterior paint colors are often the best choice for homes with natural stone or brick accents. Here’s a case study that illustrates why! Why green-gray exterior paint colors work so well In our blog on picking exterior paint colors, we talk about how any unpainted brick or stone
Picking exterior paint colors is the scariest part of their project for most homeowners. The process seems fraught with peril. What if your house ends up looking garish and (even worse) everybody sees? What if it goes from “old, outdated eyesore” to “expensively painted eyesore”, and now you’ve spent your
Browse our categories to find helpful posts by topic. And you can always call us at 737-257-4191 (for Austin, TX) or 210-741-8610 (for San Antonio, TX) if you have a question we haven’t answered!
We know there’s a lot of “noise” out there. With the monetization of blogs and other sites like Instagram or Pinterest, not to mention lead-generating sites like Angie’s List, it seems like everyone out there has written posts or articles about home improvement and home design, just to get you to click on their site.
Unfortunately, most of the stuff out there is . . . not very useful.
We’ve taken great care to write posts that we feel are more in-depth and practical than what you’ll find in the average home painting blog. We especially lean towards topics relating to interior design. Since most home painters don’t have training in interior design or color consulting, and probably don’t work with interior designers as closely as we do, we feel we’re uniquely suited to address some of these topics. After all, there’s plenty of inspiration online, but knowing how to incorporate good design choices into your own home painting project is another matter entirely! We hope you’ll find some good information here.
In addition to design advice, we also show you behind-the-scenes posts like this one on the whole cabinet painting process, and on what really matters when you’re looking for a great painting company. (Hint: It’s not just their online reviews!) And if you’re working with an interior designer, please don’t miss this article on what NOT to do!
We’ve also gleaned some of our favorite interior design-related articles from around the web, here. We don’t share it on our website unless we think it’s truly worth reading!
And if you want some lovely visual inspiration, check out our Instagram, Pinterest, and Houzz pages. (No, we haven’t monetized anything!) Browse the internet and dream, then come here for help in implementing your vision!