We answer your most-asked questions on home painting, wallpapering, and cabinet refinishing!
There’s more good stuff on our Design Advice page, too.
Can you get an estimate for your home painting project without meeting with an estimator in person? Yes, we can do that for you! We call it a “virtual estimate”, and it’s a convenient and safe way for us to estimate your home painting, cabinet painting, or wallpapering project, without
Should you paint your brick house? What are the pros and cons? A common scenario: Homeowner Jane wants to paint her dark red brick home. It’s dismal, dreary, and looks like an old institutional building. There’s nothing attractive about it, other than its “good bones”. Hubby Josh insists
Painting cabinets two different colors can elevate a kitchen to a whole new level, design-wise. While it used to be considered a bit daring or even eccentric, we now see two-tone kitchens quite often. But is there a reason to take this risky-sounding move? Or should you stick to just
“Why is it so expensive to paint a house? Why is there such a wide range in the estimates I get?” You grumble to your partner as you’re looking at three widely different bids. You really liked the most expensive guy (of course), but the cheaper guy’s price is just
An excited homeowner has just moved into her house, unpacked everything, and is opening the door for the color consultant to come in and work her magic. As a color consultant, I know exactly what the homeowner is probably thinking… She is thrilled to be moved in, but NOT
Can I use my kitchen during cabinet painting? We get asked this often enough that we wanted to answer this question in detail. Professional painters like us want their clients to feel at ease when they’re in the middle of a painting project. After all, we know that just about
Ever want a little help picking a paint color, but you’re not sure who to call – an interior designer, or a color consultant, or your stylish neighbor, or your mom? Especially when it comes to interior design and knowing what will make their home look good, many of us
Before I got trained as a color consultant, I used to stress over picking paint colors. I’d come home from the paint store with ziploc bags full of paint chips. No such thing as too many choices, right? Somewhere among all those paint chips would be the perfect color, the
Homeowners ask me all the time if they’ll still see the grain on painted cabinets, or whether they should just tear the old cabinets out and start fresh. Whether or not you’ll still see the grain is probably the number one factor that determines which direction their kitchen improvement project
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!