Can My Interior Heat Radiator Be Painted?
New Jersey is home to a wide range of houses, from the classic and historic to the modern and trendy. Many of our older homes have radiators in various rooms to provide cozy heat during what can be long, chilly winters. Like all parts of our homes, these surfaces can begin to look shabby over
4 Questions about Interior Painting in the Winter
When temperatures drop and daylight is short, all of us tend to spend a lot more of our time indoors. This season of the year causes us to notice the places where our home interior needs attention, whether that be the furniture, the decorating, some long-awaited repairs, or maybe the interior painting. While so many
New Life for Old Furniture: Repaint, Restain, Restore
There are lots of good reasons to hang on to old furniture, whether it is for sentimental, environmental, or economic motives. If it still has good structural life in it, why throw it out? Instead, you can bring it back to new life in a variety of different ways. Older furniture, such as wooden tables,
Interior Painting Tips: Painting Baseboards
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
5 Keys to Kitchen Painting – Ignore These at Your Peril!
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 When your kitchen is feeling outdated and blah, or the finish is wearing out on the cabinets, it is time for a change.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
Painting Basements: Tips and Ideas
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
How Late in the Fall Can You Do Exterior Painting?
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
Ladder Safety Tips for Exterior House Painting
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
Tool Tips: How to Paint Your Home Exterior
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