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Spring Home Maintenance Checklist: 10 Essential Tips for a Fresh Start
Spring is the perfect time to reset, refresh, and protect your home after a long winter. A thorough spring home maintenance checklist does more than improve your home’s appearance. It helps you catch damage early, prevent expensive repairs, and set the stage for a comfortable, beautiful year ahead. At A.G. Williams Painting Company, we see...
Ice Dams & Burst Pipes: Repair Guide
Winter in New York and Connecticut can be beautiful, but it also brings real risks for homeowners. One of the most urgent is burst pipe repair. Over the past few weeks, plumbers across Westchester, Rockland, Putnam, Dutchess, the Bronx, and Fairfield County have been racing from house to house opening walls and ceilings to fix...
Prevent Knot Bleed When Painting Wood for Flawless Results
Learning how to prevent knot bleed when painting wood is one of the most important steps in achieving a smooth, professional looking finish. Whether you are refreshing interior trim, repainting cabinets, or tackling exterior wood surfaces, knot bleed can quickly undo hours of careful work. Wood naturally contains sap and resins, especially around knots. If...
4 Bold Paint Colors Ideas for Your Powder Room
Just because the powder room is often the smallest room in the house doesn’t mean it can’t pack the biggest punch. In fact, this space is one of the most visited by guests—making it the perfect place to show off your personality and design flair—so be as expressive as you want when choosing powder room...
Winterizing Your Home: 8 Expert Tips to Prepare for the Cold Season
As the chill of winter approaches, preparing your home for the cold season is key to maintaining its efficiency, comfort, and safety. With a few simple yet effective steps, you can ensure your home stays cozy and warm while keeping energy costs down and protecting your property from weather-related damage. Here are eight essential tips...
Is Fall a Good Time to Take on an Exterior Painting Project in NY or CT?
As the vibrant colors and brisk air of autumn bring a fresh, new beauty to your community, it is only natural to want the same for your home. And what better way is there to celebrate that cozy fall feel than by freshening things up with a new coat of exterior paint? The only question...
How To Avoid House Painting Mistakes That Everyone Makes
Searching for ways to escape common painting mistakes? We did some of the work for you by compiling a list gathered from painting professionals. Take a look at what we found.
How to Care For Painted Cabinets
Painting your kitchen cabinets freshens your kitchen without a messy remodel, adds value to your house, and allows you to personalize your space with the colors of your choice. Once you make the decision to paint, we recommend hiring a professional as the best care for your cabinets starts with a well-done paint job by...
2023 Paint Colors of the Year are Here!
Brand new colors for a brand new year! Looking to add a little spice to your style? You might be thinking about a cute pair of shoes, revamping your wardrobe, a new hair color, or hitting the gym more regularly… But what about your home? Start off right with the hottest paint colors of 2023....
5 Reasons Why Winter Is the Perfect Time for Interior Painting
As the seasons shift and daily life moves indoors, many homeowners begin thinking about ways to make their spaces feel warmer, brighter, and more comfortable. One of the most effective ways to transform your home is with a fresh coat of paint. What might surprise you is that winter interior painting is not just convenient,...
Best Interior Paint Projects to Finish Before the Holidays
The holidays are coming and with them come party guests and visiting family members. You’ll be cooking amazing meals, hanging wreaths, and decorating a tree, maybe lighting a menorah. Why not add to the joy by changing the paint in one of the spaces you and your guests are sure to enjoy this holiday season....
How Often to Clean & Paint Baseboards
Everything in the home needs maintenance, but some areas need it more often than others. As a painting contractor, we often hear the questions that people have about their baseboards: “How often should I paint baseboards?” “How can I clean my baseboards?” “What kind of paint should I use on my baseboards?” “Do I need...
Popular Interior Painting Projects for the Fall Season
As soon as the weather turns a little colder and we spend more time indoors, interior home improvement projects start to creep up the priority list. Dings, gouges, faded paint, dated rooms… They’re easy to miss when you’re spending time outside, but not so much now that you’re face-to-face with those tired surfaces. Fall is...
Professional Kitchen Cabinet Painting: Is It the Right Choice for Your Home?
Your kitchen is the point where style and function come together, all in a hard-working package. From busy family meals to homework marathons, quiet morning coffee to game nights with friends, kitchens today set the tone for your home and family life. And, they set the tone for your overall interior style. We’ve discovered that...
How to Protect Your Deck in the Summer
We all love sitting out on our decks during the summer. When the weather is nice, there’s no better way to enjoy the beauty of your backyard than sitting out on your deck! As you well know, our dramatic New York weather will eventually wreak havoc on your beautiful natural wood deck. In order to...
Our Top 5 Blog Posts from 2018!
The year is coming to a close. As you look to the year ahead, home renovations may be in your immediate future. Take a minute to browse our five favorite blog posts from 2018 and get some inspiration for your 2019 projects. How To Spot A Great Interior Paint Job Not all paint jobs...
Is It Better to Paint or Stain My Deck?
What is that magic product that will look perfect on your deck and last halfway to forever? Unfortunately, there is no single product that is best for coating everyone’s deck, and nothing will be as perfect or permanent as we might wish. When you are trying to decide whether to paint or stain your deck,...
What Should You Do with Your Leftover Paint?
Residential painting is a little like a big family dinner: no matter how well you plan, there are always going to be leftovers. The next question is, what should you do with those leftovers? While some homeowners are tempted to (properly) dispose of the bits left in cans, we have a different alternative to offer....
What Kind of Paint Brush Should You Use?
We’ve spent a good amount of time in the past talking about how essential it is to work with quality paint products. Bargain options may seem attractive, but at the end of the day they create more work, more expense, and less desirable results. In short, quality matters. Today, let’s take a step back in...
Tips for Cleaning and Maintaining Your Interior Paint
After you’ve invested time and energy in transforming your interior paint, the next step is to protect and preserve those carefully-chosen colors. Life happens, bringing along scuffs, dings, and scratches as little mementos along the way. With the right preparation and proactive TLC, however, you can successfully keep your fresh paint looking fresh. Your Interior...
Why Is Quality Exterior Paint Vital for Your House Painting Project?
We recently wrote an article that outlines the importance of investing in a reputable, higher-end painting company, even if theirs isn’t the cheapest estimate in the pile. Analyzing cost versus value makes it clear that the benefits of a job well done offsets a higher price tag, and then some. In case you missed it,...
Removing Smudges and Cleaning Painted Walls
A car could have the most beautiful paint in the world, but if the inevitable smudges and debris aren’t cleaned away now and then, the benefit of the paint is lost. The same is really true for your interior paint. No matter how hard you protect it or how sparkling clean your home may be,...
Do I Need to Use Primer?
Is it worth the extra step? When it comes to interior painting, or really any home improvement project, the tedious initial steps are no fun compared to those final stages when the magic really happens. Tearing a bathroom apart, for example, is just tiring (and sometimes scary) compared to watching the new vanity and that...
Home Painting Tips – How to Keep Your Project Neat
When it comes to interior and exterior house painting projects, skill is definitely important. Watching an experienced pro cut a flawless line or efficiently transform a space is mesmerizing, especially if painting is a real passion of yours. Using the right products is crucial too, matching the ideal paint to your surface for your property’s...