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A.G. Williams publishes practical notes on prep work, color, seasonal painting, historic homes, and maintenance.
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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…
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…
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…
Can Fresh Interior Paint Help You Sell Your Home?
Are you planning on selling your home this spring? If so, we wish you all the best. If not, well, you might want to add this article to your Favorites, just so you can find it again when…
Why Is White Paint So Popular? – Interior Color Tips For 2016
In years past we’ve seen bold, deep colors dominate the spectrum of popular interior paint options. These are still popular, especially as accents, but there is a decided shift as we…
Guest Room Paint Colors: How Do You Find The Right One?
Are you considering a painting project before the holiday season gets into full swing? If so, you’re not alone. This is a popular time of year to think bigger than dusting and mopping,…
Picking The Best Paint Color For Your Child’s Study Space
If you know where summer went, could you let us know? It feels like yesterday that the air was starting to turn from pleasantly warm to hot, and now we’re tapering back down toward those…
Choosing Classroom Paint Colors
With the school year drawing to a close over the next month or so, the time will be coming soon for rethinking and refreshing your classroom’s interior paint. This holds huge opportunity…
Interior Painting In Larchmont, NY – Warming Old Walls With New Color
We truly enjoy the process of transforming homes and businesses through the power of well-chosen and carefully applied paint. In fact, this passion has fueled us in our work for over a…
How Do You Choose Paint For A Kid’s Room?
Generally when you choose interior paint colors for your home, you think through the styles of the day, your own personality and tastes, and what your ultimate goals are. Your rooms…
Exploring The Interior Paint Color Trends Of 2015
In many ways, turning the corner into a new year acts like a reset button. We enjoy the thrill of tearing down old calendars and putting up new ones; a visual reminder that we’re…
Non-Permanent Bathroom Design Ideas For Apartments
As we work through ideas relating to interior design and updates for renters, we first talked about the kitchen. After all, that’s one of the big-ticket items when it comes to…
Interior Paint And Design To Keep Your Spirits High This Winter
There is one major drawback to the winter season in this area of the country: shorter days. It seems like every year the sun starts to tuck itself behind the horizon just a little…
Interior Painting Ideas: What Do You Do With A Dark Room?
It’s one thing to change the look of a room just by switching the color. That can be fairly straightforward. But what if you are working with a space that has an element that is…
Attic Room Ideas
Let’s think about your attic for a minute. If you’re like a lot of people, this immediately conjures up images of dust, boxes you have been meaning to go through for a while (or,…
Choosing Brick Paint Colors: 3 Tips For Painting Brick
When you think of brick in a home, what comes to mind? Maybe a roaring fireplace (that was easy to get started without being an Eagle Scout), turtleneck sweaters, and mugs of hot…
Choosing Bathroom Paint Colors (For Outdated Bathrooms)
There is a fine line between “charming” and “outdated,” or “retro” and “old.” The truth is, you might find yourself with a house that has a lot to love, but maybe just one or two…
6 Common Painting Mistakes You Should Avoid
Have you ever finished a project, or some other labor-intensive activity, and then heard something that made you say, “Wow, I wish I had known that!”? Life is full of those moments when…
5 Secrets Of Professional Painters
Have you ever painted a room in your home, stepped back, and then wondered what exactly went wrong? It all felt so right and your confidence soared as you edged, rolled, and brushed the…
What Are Shadow Stripes? Interior Painting Tips
Are you someone who likes to keep an eye out for popular trends when it comes to interior painting? Maybe there’s a certain room in your home that you’ve been thinking about changing or…
How Do You Clean A Paintbrush? Interior Painting Tips
For a lot of folks, a paintbrush is one of the last things considered during an interior or exterior painting project. With all the decisions that swirl in and around the process of…
How To Paint Kitchen Cabinets: Interior Painting Tips
Kitchens are one of those areas in your home that can be particularly satisfying to update or simply give a new look, maybe because they are often the central hub of family life.…
Can I Paint Ceramic Tile?
Many homeowners wonder if they can paint ceramic tile in order to save time and money over replacing it. It is possible to paint ceramic tile. However, if the surface is not correctly…
What Color Should I Paint A Guest Bedroom?
Hosting people in your home can be a wonderful experience, a time for building relationships and making people feel comfortable. Though it is mostly the character of your relationships…