Some of our crew at Warline Painting recently spent the day becoming Certified Stain Contractors through Benjamin Moore’s Certified Contractor Training Program. It was a day well spent and over the next few months we will be sharing much of what we learned at this course. But since I am obsessed with colour – the new […]
My most popular blogs are always about exterior house colours. Choosing the right colours for the exterior of your house is very difficult for most people. You are not likely going to repaint an entire house because you don’t love the colour you chose. Better to get it right the first time.” This summer we were […]
We are almost done with exterior painting for the year and are finishing up our last two exterior projects in New Westminster and Coquitlam. This uncharacteristically nice weather has made for a great exterior painting season. Every year, at the end of the exterior painting season, we sit down and discuss what products we liked the […]
I knew navy was going to be a hot colour in 2013. It was popping up in show homes we were painting. That is always an early indicator of where colour trends are heading. But exterior house colours don’t trend like interior colours do. For good reason, people move more conservatively when choosing colours for […]
The Face Off – Comparing Exterior Home Painting Estimates Here is a quick way to compare estimates for the exterior painting of your house. Ask the painter if the painting of the trim will be faced off or wrapped around? “Huh?” you say. Take a look at the trim on your house. The trim is any […]
When Should You get the Outside of Your House Painted? It hasn’t skipped my attention that the weather in Vancouver is getting slightly better. Funny thing about the sun. It gets people thinking about being outside again and all of those projects that need attention. Exterior painting and exterior house colours have been high on […]
Count the Colour Mistakes – Exterior Paint Sins from My Neighbourhood So far, I received a pretty warm response about my new series Not So Nice in My Neighbourhood. Mind you I haven’t heard anything from my neighbours. I’ll keep you posted on how that goes. So are you ready for my first neighbourhood house? Here […]
Exterior House Painting Tips – More Facing Off I am going back to this subject because it is exterior painting season and this is an important tip for when you are getting your house painted. There are two ways to paint the trim of your house. One is called facing off, which is essentially only […]
Tudor Rules – How to Paint Your Tudor Revival Home I think people either love traditional tudor homes (tudor revival) or they hate them. There is no doubt they are unmistakeable in their architecture. The bold lines and trim details often contrasted with some form of black and white leave some people seeing stripes. Personally, […]
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 […]