We've written many blogs about the things to do when painting your home, but this one is exactly the opposite - we want to help you avoid fatal mistakes when giving your home a fresh coat so we've pulled together this top three list of painting DON'TS! #1 Painting...
The short answer? Yes! Priming your painting surface is just as important as the last coat of paint that will go on, if not more so. If you do not prep your surface properly before you start, you will never come out with a satisfactory finished product. Choosing the...
When it comes to buying a home on a short sale, you always hope you are getting what you see and there aren't any hidden 'treasures' to be found later. Unfortunately for one of our clients earlier this year, they purchased a home that had been foreclosed upon thinking...
It’s a mad dash to get your house in shape for the holiday when it is soon to be full of family and friends and you want everything to look like it came straight from the pages of “Southern Living”. You know your monster – we mean mother-in-law is going to be looking...
These days, when folks hear the word "green", most often they think of eco-friendly, and not literally green walls. (Although, we love green walls, too!) More and more families are choosing Low or Zero-VOC options for their interior and exterior paint colors for a...
One of the questions we get asked during our painting estimates is, "Can I paint over a wall with active mold or mildew?" Our answer is always "No," and for good reason. If a wall in your home has been taken over by mold you cannot simply paint over it because the...
When it comes to the holidays, you and your family are going to be spending lots of extra time in both the kitchens and bathrooms of your home. You know your dreaded mother-in-law is coming over and everything has to be 'just-so' to get her seal of approval but you're...
Popcorn ceilings, also known as acoustic ceilings, have a sort of popcorn or cottage cheese style rippled texture. This style became popular a few decades ago because it was good at covering up less-than-appealing workmanship in connecting and taping of drywall. Also,...
While shutters once played a role in cooling a house by blocking the sun and protecting window glass when it was expensive and hard to acquire, shutters remain an important element of the composition of the exterior of homes today, even if they only serve as...