Wednesday, May 9, 2012 at 6:05pm
Over time, your wooden furniture may lose its shine and beauty due to wear and tear, frequent cleaning, or other physical damage. If your favourite wooden furniture has become an eyesore, you might want to consider refinishing it yourself, to banish that worn out paint and perk it up again.
Refinishing used and distressed wood furniture is not all that tough, but choose your battles, as they say. Try some simple jobs on your own at home, and hire professional painters for more extensive and involved projects or to restore valuable antiques.
Wood Refinishing: Simple as 1, 2, 3
In spite of what many people think, refinishing old wood furniture is actually pretty straightforward. The entire process consists of only three main steps: Strip, Sand, and Paint. Read on for helpful hints. Continue Reading…
Friday, May 4, 2012 at 9:16pm
It’s easy to think of colour as simply a design element to make your home look interesting. Painting a room in rainbow colours might be seen as a novelty at first, but in the long run, too many shades do nothing to make a home feel like—well, a real home. This is particularly important for the part of the house where family members gather and guests are entertained: the living room. Colour affects mood, and residential painters in particular will help you achieve the room’s best look and feel .
The Study of Colour in Residential Painting
Different colours can trigger certain moods and feelings. Red, for instance, invokes alertness, while some people find themselves feeling a little extra hungry or motivated. Blue tends to make people feel calm, and yellow often induces happiness. A specialist in residential paint projects knows how vital the play of colours is to a living space.
Let Residential Painters Match Living Room Colour with Function
What does your family do most in the living room? Continue Reading…
Tuesday, April 17, 2012 at 9:19pm
Why do we live in an area like Vancouver? If you’re one of those people who revel in the look and feel of the local scenery, being on the coast is integral to your way of life. Let’s face it: you love being near the water, and all that it evokes.
After a relaxing walk (or a hair-pulling day at the office), you don’t have to lose the serenity of the nearby beach when you step inside. Your bathroom can keep that refreshing feeling alive, and become a place for real rest and relaxation. Let the coastal atmosphere of your bathroom be appealing enough for you to linger a bit longer in the tub. Continue Reading…
Friday, April 13, 2012 at 10:15pm
Inside: Well for inside paint it is very simple – it will last until you get tired of looking at it. And if you bang the vacuum into the baseboards and kids grind muck into the walls and so on well then, a little less. But outside paint is a much, much different story…
Outside: Inside the home there is no weather, which is the biggest factor damaging paint. What do we mean by weather?
SUN
Well sunshine burns away at the paint. Imagine if you stood outside in one spot year-round with one coat of sunscreen. How much Ultra Violet (UV) radiation would you be exposed to in a year? 5 years? 10? The sun breaks down the paint over time and as we know, radiation doesn’t just hit the surface but goes t-h-r-o-u-g-h things and this affects the wood underneath to some degree, breaking up those cells. The heat from the sun also dries out the oils and glue that hold the wood cells together. (Ever seen an old grey barn? It’s sunburned.) Continue Reading…
Sunday, April 1, 2012 at 9:24pm
Whether you’re still choosing what colour to paint your brand new bathroom, or looking to revamp a tired one with a punch of new colour, deciding on the right theme is probably the toughest choice.
Maximize Your Space with the Best Bathroom Colour
In interior design, the size of a room can help determine the most successful colours and themes to experiment with. For the best bathroom colour, think about the available space you’re working with. The bigger the space, the more dark colours and themes you can use.
With smaller areas, the best bathroom colours fall under the lighter shades of the colour spectrum. This gives the illusion of extra space. The great ideas of a company well versed in home interior painting will really get you going.
Themes and Colours for Your Bathroom
Choosing a shade of paint you love is the first step to achieving your dream bathroom. Next is tying everything together—from the tiles down to the accessories—with a theme.
Use your overall colour as the main influence for the room. Periwinkle, yellow, blue, aqua, taupe—choose a base colour, then work in your cupboard and counter colours to complement. Complete the look with Continue Reading…
Monday, March 26, 2012 at 5:08am
Have you ever wondered why blue is the colour usually used for boys? Colours have their own meanings, and blue is traditionally a gender-specific colour associated with males. We’re all taught early on that blue suggests the masculine, while pink represents femininity.
But have you ever wanted to deviate from the usual? Why can’t we put a pink shirt on a baby boy? Or colour a girl’s room blue? Feel free to break away from the stereotype and go with something different.
Choosing Age-Appropriate Colours for Boys
Residential painters often deviate from the usual gender-specific colours. And with good reason. They know there’s a whole other palette of exciting colours out there to choose from, and something to suit anyone’s personality.
As a child matures, so does his personal preference for the look and colour of his room. For example, a lighter shade of blue is good in the room of a boy from infancy to about age 11.
As a boy grows up, he starts to get an increased sense of masculinity, and darker colours are preferably used for boys ages 12 and up.
But it doesn’t always have to be blue—other good choices include Continue Reading…
Friday, March 16, 2012 at 10:41pm
Well I have told my readers again and again that paint colour is all a matter of your own personal choice, taste and lifestyle. And now this philosophy is becoming more widespread.
For instance a recent article in HOMES AND COTTAGES magazine backs up my view. The writer sought leading Canadian paint manufacturers to get opinions from their own colour experts. In “Colouring the Future”, Abigail Morris states, “A common theme in the inspiration for the collections is the belief that we are increasingly comfortable using home decoration as a form of self expression”.
This has always been my belief. When I visit a client’s home Continue Reading…
Sunday, March 11, 2012 at 8:42pm
The floor is probably the most used and abused part of a home. It occupies the most space and serves as a surface on which everything else is placed. Everyone who comes into your house walks and runs around on your floor, furniture is moved and jostled—not to mention spills and scuff marks! This wear-and-tear and traffic takes its toll.
Paint contractors and residential painters recommend Continue Reading…
Sunday, March 11, 2012 at 3:26pm
Although painting the interior of your house could be a lot of fun, there are good painting companies that can do the job better and quicker. Hiring residential painters will save you the hassle and fuss of prep work and cleaning up the post-painting mess and muss. Learning a few tips about painting can help you easily determine how much paint you need. A correct estimate of the amount needed will save you a lot of time and money!
Residential painters use a formula to accurately figure out the amount of paint they need for a job. Fear not— Continue Reading…
Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at 9:26pm
Have you ever been ripped off by a residential painter? Or have you heard your neighbors rant about the difficulties of getting a reliable house painter? Seems that there are many stories about residential painters who took the job but didn’t deliver the goods.
Clearly, it’s easy to get ripped off by residential painters, especially if you don’t have prior experience in hiring one. So how do you make sure that you’re not getting ripped off?
Here’s a Guide on How to Find the Right Painting Contractor
1. Do your homework having someone professionally paint your house is no easy task. Don’t just hire someone you find from a poster on a telephone pole. Contact several painters in your area and have them bid on your painting project. Make sure to explain the scope of the project and ask them to provide Continue Reading…
Over time, your wooden furniture may lose its shine and beauty due to wear and tear, frequent cleaning, or other physical damage. If your favourite wooden furniture has become an eyesore, you might want to consider refinishing it yourself, to banish that worn out paint and perk it up again.
