Kitchen Cabinet Painting – Make an Old Kitchen New Again “You can’t paint wood!” It is the first argument I hear from the husband when I suggest kitchen cabinet refinishing using paint in a customer’s home. The wife is all ears, excited about the possibility of turning her dingy oak kitchen into the white dream […]
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 […]
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 […]