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How Do You Prepare for Your Interior Painting Project?
When it comes to your interior painting project, we want to make it just as simple and stress-free as possible for you. We’ve done this by fine tuning our procedures, planning, and communication, and by developing an in-house team of friendly, trustworthy painters. We do, however, need some help from you when it comes to...
4 Benefits of Wintertime Interior Painting
In days gone by, painting indoors almost always had to be completed during warmer weather. Why? Well, windows had to be opened, air circulated, and fumes could linger for days after the painting process was done. For some, that “fresh paint” smell wasn’t a big deal, but for others it created discomfort until it finally...
Kitchen Cabinet Painting:What Questions Should You Ask?
It’s time to refinish your kitchen cabinets. You’ve done your research, decided that refinishing is the best choice for your cabinets, and the next step is finding the best contractor for the job. Of course, there are countless contractors out there who are offering their services. How do you know which pro to hire? To...
Easy Ways To Update Your Kitchen: No Remodeling Required!
It’s expected. During this time of year when everything is drab and dreary, we start looking around our homes to find ways to add some colors indoors. Because kitchen renovations add value to your home, and are also a focal point when visitors come, you may feel like this is a natural place to start....
5 Reasons To Hire Professional Cabinet Painters
Kitchen cabinets have two purposes. The first is function. More than likely, every available space in your kitchen cabinets is filled with cooking utensils, flatware, pots, pans and even food! Beyond function, your cabinets should also add to the aesthetics of your home. As styles change, you may find your cabinets becoming less of a...
Interior Painting: Choose A Warm Color This Winter
We’ve all felt it. Here in the northeast, winter descends on us in full swing and the drab days feel like they will never end. One of the best remedies for chasing away the winter blues is to add warm colors to your walls! Is warm a color or a temperature? If you aren’t familiar...
Interior Color Trends of 2019
The holidays are over, January is rolling out the door, and it’s the time of year where people get a touch of cabin fever. While you may be dreaming of exotic places, and warmer weather, a quick way to cure that cabin fever is to update your walls with some new colors! The paint-brand gods...
A Guide to Painting Interior Doors
Interior doors are a major feature in all of our homes, whether there is a row of them lining either side of a hallway, or it is a set of double doors to a formal dining room which takes center stage on a wall. Because these doors are prominent and tend to pull the eye,...
How to Paint Railing Spindles (If You Must!)
Painting railing spindles is a painter’s purgatory. Although famously tedious, this is nevertheless a project that many home owners need done in their home. Spindles (or balusters) are often painted white to update and brighten the look of a staircase or loft railing. The results can be stunning and beautiful. If you are planning to...
Four Painting Projects to Help You Prepare for the Holidays
The leaves on the trees announce the news: summer has ended, and a new season begun! Swimming pools are covered, pencils sharpened, and the autumn and winter holidays are just around the corner. Here at A. G. Williams, we feel the chill in the air and know that the exterior painting season is drawing to...
How to Spot a Great Interior Paint Job
From a distance, a great paint job might not look too different from a mediocre one. However, once you get close and you know what to look for, the differences are clear. It shows up in the details and in the over-all effect created by the interior paint job. Once you begin paying attention and...
Stunning Interior Painting Project in Rye, NY
We love our work for all kinds of reasons, and every project we work on has something to appreciate. That said, painting this house in Rye, New York stood out as a special treat! The grand scale and elegant design of this home made it a residential painting project to remember! As you can see,...
Interior Painting Tips: Paint Ideas with Chair Rail
If you’re looking for an easy yet transformative way to add charm and character to your walls, these paint ideas with chair rail are a must-try. A chair rail doesn’t just serve a functional purpose: it’s a beautiful design feature that divides your wall horizontally and opens up endless color possibilities. Whether your walls currently...
What’s the Benefit of a Painter 4A Day?
Do you have a long list of home maintenance and improvement tasks to complete? Sometimes this list includes numerous small painting items. It’s not a situation where you would normally think to call a painting contractor, right? I mean, it’s not like it’s a major redecoration project, after all. Well, that is exactly the time...
Are You Considering Black Interior Paint? Start Here!
In a world dominated by light neutrals, a few bold homeowners are taking a stand for color. Actually, more than a few. Sherwin-Williams, for example, recently shared two trending interior paint options that might just take you by surprise. Especially since, well, they’re not really colors at all. This popular non-colors are Caviar SW 6990 and Tricorn...
Tips for Painting Your Walls with High-Gloss Products
As you may recall, we’ve talked before about the importance of choosing the best paint sheen for your interior painting project. Here’s a quick recap (or you can check out the full article here). Paint sheens progress from flat to high-gloss. Flat paint is dull and not very durable, but it does cover blemishes well...
Why Is It Essential That Your Commercial Painter Have a Safety Program?
We recently covered five attributes of a commercial painter who you can be confident will meet your deadlines. Why? It’s our goal to not just serve, but also to educate, and to help our readers/prospective clients make the most educated choices possible as they care for their properties. And, if you know what to look...
3 Reasons Why Winter Is the Perfect Time for Interior Office Painting
When property owners or managers consider the timing of their office update, winter typically isn’t the first season to come to mind. This is largely due to the outdated misconception that interior painting involves heavy fumes, lingering odors, and the need to throw windows open as often as possible. In reality, winter is a surprisingly...
5 Practical Ways to Use Chalkboard Paint In Your Home
We’ve all seen trendy chalkboard paint being used in countless ways on social media and craft-related platforms. From colorful, custom coffee station signs to inspirational quotes on the wall, this paint has made a big splash on the home decoration scene. While we love these trendy designs and usages, we thought we’d take things a...
Interior Painting Tips – How Should You Paint a Small Room?
Interior layouts in today’s homes tend to be open concept, with rooms flowing together and an emphasis on community spaces. This wasn’t quite as common in decades past. It wasn’t that folks were less sociable (although maybe that’s partly to blame), but mostly because rooms used to be dedicated to more specific functions than they...
5 Easy Ways to Add Tasty Color To Your Kitchen
As we’ve discussed before, neutral colors are king these days. Well, they really are never out of style, but they are just particularly in style right now, enjoying renewed appreciation. The key is to add colorful flavor through well-planned, simple touches. And, there really is no better place to do this than the kitchen. Is...
6 Tips for Interior Painting Before the Holidays
If you’re like most of us, the holidays tend to sneak up on you. Suddenly, out of nowhere, it’s just about December, there’s spring cleaning to do (from last spring), organizational tasks to take on, recipes to find, and guests to plan for. It’s an exciting season, but a busy one. That’s for sure. If...
Kitchen Cabinet Colors – Is There a World Beyond White?
Before we dig into this particular topic, we should probably preface it by saying that we love white kitchen cabinets. As a professional painting company, we’ve painted our fair share of white cabinets throughout Westchester and Fairfield counties, and we enjoy doing it. It’s a timeless, classy option that makes spaces feel bright, inviting, and...
How Can You Paint Baseboards Like a Pro?
One of the best things about interior painting is that a huge update can be created through even relatively small projects. Sure, widespread, comprehensive house painting undeniably transforms, but even the little details can add a fresh new look. Need an example? How about painting baseboards (and trim)? Over time baseboards become dull, scuffed, and...