Baseboards take a beating, whether it is from shoe scuffs in a hallway, furniture bumps in a living room, food splashes in a kitchen, or roughhousing in a child’s room. These oft-battered surfaces play several key roles in your home, but their most noticeable role is the way they provide a visual frame between the
One of the most heavily-used spaces in the house, the kitchen is central to our family life and our entertaining. When your kitchen is feeling outdated and blah, or the finish is wearing out on the cabinets, it is time for a change. Kitchen painting is a fabulous way to bring new life, energy, and creativity
What does it take to make a commercial painter? It is much more than just buying some ladders and vans, and spreading paint on some walls. In fact, commercial painting takes an intense level of commitment to excellence and customer service, so that you get maximum results with a minimum of disruption to business. This
Here in New Jersey, many homes have basements, and they can vary from cozy and comfortable to dank and dreary! Wherever your basement falls on the spectrum, it is likely to benefit from painting. There are some aspects of painting a basement that are different from other interior painting, so it is worth taking some
With kids back in school and temperatures showing a definite downward trend, the window is clearly starting to close for exterior house painting in New Jersey and Philadelphia. How fast is it closing? To tell the truth, it can be hard to tell sometimes. Many years, the fall is a wonderful time to paint your
New Jersey has all kinds of people, and that’s a great thing! We have outdoor adventurers and we have video game fanatics. There are sports fans and creative types. You can find brash extroverts and philosophical introverts. And of course, we have some people who prefer a do-it-yourself approach to home maintenance, while others prefer
Painting a house exterior can seem simple upon first consideration. After all, if you can spread butter on toast, how hard could it be to spread paint on a wall? When you look closer, however, it becomes clear that there are a lot of complicating factors. How do you protect the surrounding surfaces? What kind
Every climate has features that deteriorate your exterior house paint, from the blistering Arizona sun to the howling Florida hurricanes. Here in New Jersey, we have humid summers and long, cold winters that conspire to attack our home exteriors. Fortunately, exterior paint is formulated to withstand these forces of nature. Of course, it can’t do
Painting the exterior of a house, you often discover places where the wood siding or trim has suffered the effects of time and weather. Sometimes this shows up as splits and cracks, other times as holes made by insects or rodents, and sometimes as areas of mold and dry rot. What should you do
Here in New Jersey, brick is a very common exterior feature for homes. While it is extremely durable and it offers a classic charm, brick can also get a little bland. Whether it is the effects of aging, or it is just the fact that it is so common, brick siding is sometimes not the
