The Million Dollar House and the Ten Dollar Paint Job

The Million Dollar House and the Ten Dollar Paint Job One of the things that drives me the most crazy in the painting industry is seeing subpar work. I especially hate it in new home construction. I would love to be able to call out all the companies that I come across that are so […]

Fighting Back Against Bad Painters Who Steal

Fighting Back Against Bad Painters Who Steal I am proud of our website. I have invested countless hours into making it good great. Everything we do at Warline is to raise the bar in our industry. I am not alone either. I am seeing great things coming from like-minded companies that also want our industry to rid […]

Green and Red are Not So Nice House Colours Together

When Should You get the Outside of Your House Painted? Believe it or not I am not calling out this house for being green. . While I can understand how on first glance the colour scheme of this house can make you double take and wonder “what were they thinking?”, it’s not the very green colour of this […]

Sending Business to the Competition

Sending Business to the Competition Yup, the title is right. I gave a customer the contact information for another painter.  I’ll explain why.  I get lots of calls for all sorts of painting jobs. This particular lady saw our ad and called because she couldn’t get a hold of a painter she had used in […]

Exterior House Painting Tips – More Facing Off

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 […]

Please Don’t Make Me Paint Your House Cloud White

Please Don’t Make Me Paint Your House Cloud White Today is my first day of True Colour Expert Training with Maria Killam. I wasn’t actively looking to take time off during the height of our busy season at Warline Painting to spend three days learning about the undertones of colour, but when I read a […]

Should You Show a Contractor Your Other Bids?

Should You Show a Contractor Your Other Bids? Have you ever gone through the process of getting estimates from paint contractors and shown the contractor your other bids when you met with him? Did you wonder if it was a good idea to show him other bids? Most of the advice out there is that it is […]