When Should You get the Outside of Your House Painted? If I didn’t know better, I would think purple is becoming the new popular choice for house colours in my neighbourhood. They seem to be popping up everywhere. The more of these houses I see though, the more I am becoming convinced this is not […]
Colourful Houses Create Communities with Character We started work last week on the exterior painting of one of the Painted Ladies on West 10th Avenue in Vancouver. Owned by John Davis and his family, these four houses are absolutely beautiful showcases of some of the best heritage houses in Vancouver. All have been renovated into […]
Big Samples make a Big Difference in Choosing Paint Colours I wrote in a previous article the most important factor in being able to understand and chose paint colours is EXPERIENCE. What does that experience mean? It means a good colour consultant knows you can’t pick a colour from a two-inch paint chip alone. So many […]
Are You Guessing When it Comes to What Colour to Paint Your House? When we are hired to paint the exterior of a house in Vancouver or anywhere else in the lower mainland, if there is a colour change involved, we sample the paint colour first. Even when homeowners have already chosen the colours on […]
Warline Painting Offers Homeowners Help through Vancouver Heritage Foundation’s Historical True Colours Grant Program Owning a Vancouver heritage home is often a labour of love. Extensive renovations and constant maintenance are usually part of the “joy” of owning an old Vancouver home. The good news is restoring one of these unique Vancouver homes can be […]
Painting with the Historical Vancouver True Colours There are houses that we get to work on that make me really happy that I do what I do. When I pulled into the driveway of this Maple Ridge home to do a colour consultation, I smiled from ear to ear. I’ll be honest though. I was also really […]
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 […]
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 […]