When Should You get the Outside of Your House Painted? In September and the phone does not stop ringing. It’s not a bad problem to have and I am not complaining. I just can’t get over how busy the phones are in September for requests for estimates for exterior house repainting jobs, that homeowners want to get done before […]
Inspiring Colour in the Caribbean – Jake’s Hotel at Treasure Beach, Jamaica One day I want to live in Jamaica. I want a little house that I can paint in lots of bold Caribbean colours and watch the sun slowly bleach them out. But in the meantime… I have started painting the inside of our house in colours […]
How to Compare Painting Estimates It is pretty likely that you will be getting more than one estimate for your painting project. At Warline we know that informed customers are the best ones, so here are some tips to make comparing painting estimates as easy as pie. Face time matters There is no way you […]
The Lowdown on Downspouts – When and How to Paint Gutters and Downpipes This past summer I spent a lot of time thinking about gutters. There are probably a lot more interesting things to be thinking about. But if you are having your house painted, gutters and downspouts can be high on your list of questions […]
Not So Nice Paint Can Do More Than Make Your House Pink – It Can Lower its Value Honestly, I was all set to re-launch my Not So Nice in my Neighbourhood series with a nice house. I promise. A neighbour (and customer) recently installed an amazing alpine garden in her front yard and I […]
Benjamin Moore Willow – A Paint Colour with a Dual Personality I stood in the powder room at a neighbour’s house in South Surrey and stared at the paint colour on the walls. It was dark and sultry and a bit sexy in the perfectly dimmed lights for a cocktail party. I had to know […]
Renovation Revelations – The Bathroom Door How a Simple Coat of Paint Potentially Saved Me $25,000 For the last few months we have been undergoing a renovation. Nothing big like moving walls but we did lots of ripping out of things like baseboards, tiles, bad hardwood, carpet, a fireplace… It was an eyeopener to be […]
The Interior Painting Estimate – What Should it Include? In terms of painting quotes, I have seen everything from a scribbled number on the back of a napkin to a four-page detailed estimate with enough small print to make you cross-eyed. What information do you reasonably need to see on an interior painting estimate? I’ll start with […]
Checking References – Are You Doing the Right Due Diligence when Hiring a Paint Contractor? I am tackling a subject few paint contractors in Vancouver ever publicly discuss, never mind write about on their website. Checking references. Have you ever been given a bad reference? It’s probably very unlikely. Just as it is unlikely you have ever […]
One of These Paint Estimates is Not like the Others Could you imagine a flooring company giving you an estimate to install a new floor in your home and not including the type of floor that they were going to put in? Or a designer giving you a price for new drapes but not including […]