Over the last couple decades bull-nose, or rounded corners have become increasingly popular. They don’t seem to get broken as often and they soften the transition between areas. The challenge becomes when you want to change the color on some areas and not others. How do you create the clean, crisp corner on something without a clean,
With the weather in Denver turning warm, we know a few of you weekend warriors are chomping at the bit to get started on your summer projects. And for some of you that will include exterior paint. So for those of you who insist on doing it yourself we’ve put together a comprehensive list of
Does your home’s exterior need a paint job this year? Is it getting those funny-looking ‘shadows’ on the siding? Is the trim starting to flake? Are you thinking of painting it yourself? As long as you’re not afraid of heights and don’t mind a lot of elbow grease you probably have what it takes to
Do you or someone you know have rounded corners in their home? Have you ever noticed that some of the corners on the basedboards look ’rounder’ than others? Or have you wanted to paint, but didn’t know how to make a clean line bend around around corner? Let the HappyPainters show you how you too
If you have been following our posts for any time, you may have noticed us hammering away on the importance of properly sealing your home – both inside and out. The reason for caulking the outside of your home is a little easier to see – if you have ‘holes’ in your exterior coating water can
Recently, we talked about how paint quality can affect the cost of your paint job, driving up the immediate cost of your project. But there is another way paint quality influences your pocketbook – long-term costs. There are several areas that have to balance in order to make quality paint: spreadability – how easily the
People often ask us why we insist on using more expensive, high-quality paint to do our jobs. Their theory is if we used less expensive paint our costs would be less and, therefore, we could charge less. In practice, however, nothing could be less true. There are many ways to dissect this question and we’ll
Last week I recieved a phone call from one of our customers. We had painted her house a couple weeks ago (and it turned out GREAT) and a few days after we finished she noticed she had some discolorization on her house. She described it as ‘spots, kind of like when cement cures.’ I was flumoxed