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Ready To Plan Your Springtime Home Painting and Maintenance? Start Here!
Spring has a way of resetting everything. The warmer air, longer days, and return of sunshine naturally motivate homeowners to look around and think about what could use a little attention. If you have been putting off updates, this is the perfect time to get started. Spring home painting and maintenance is about more than...
Should You Paint Before Selling Your Home? Here’s Why It’s a Good Investment!
If your property is going on the market, you likely are sifting through your home improvement options, trying to find the perfect way to add marketability in a cost-effective way. After all, it’s key that your house stand out from the pack, right? Here are a few tips and strategies to keep in mind! Should...
Which Is the Better Painting Technique: Brush-and-Roll or Spraying?
Yes. That’s the short answer, but we’re guessing you’d like a little more elaboration to make your click worthwhile (we don’t blame you). What we mean by our rather cryptic “yes” is that each technique has its merit, and which technique you choose needs to be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. Some painters are 100%...
5 Springtime Painting and Maintenance Tips for Your Condominiums
Spring is right around the corner in Westchester County, Rockland County, and Fairfield County, and many property managers and HOA boards are ready for the shift. After months of cold weather, snow, and limited outdoor activity, the arrival of warmer temperatures creates the perfect opportunity to refocus on your property’s exterior. This is exactly when...
Cost vs. Value – What’s Hiding Behind Your Cheap Exterior Painting Estimate?
Sometimes cheap is good! A great sale on a TV might pop up, a holiday weekend special on appliances, or a vintage item you find at a garage sale that perfectly tops off your eclectic style. In other cases, however, cheap is not good. In fact, it can be risky, and even dangerous. The price...
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...
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,...
Greenwich Painting Company Celebrates 110 Years with Pride
A recent Greenwich Free Press feature recognizing A.G. Williams Painting Company’s 110th anniversary gave us a meaningful opportunity to reflect on more than a century of service, relationships, and community commitment. We are deeply grateful to the Greenwich Free Press for highlighting our journey and sharing our story with the community. For over 110 years,...
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...
Why Consider a Commercial Painting Maintenance Plan This Year?
If you are a property manager, owner, or member of an HOA board, we know that you have a large number of responsibilities on your plate. Because of this, you are always looking for ways to delegate, streamline your processes, and still make sure that your property is well cared for. With all of the...
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...
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...
Before & After – Exterior Paint Transforms this Westchester, NY Home
We love the power exterior paint has to transform a home’s appearance. Not only does a fresh coat of paint make your home look its most beautiful, but it also serves as the first line of defense against destructive elements like water, mold, or insects. See how this Westchester home’s exterior paint choices resulted in...
Painting the Otter Creek Bridge – A Unique Project for the A.G. Williams Painting Team!
If you follow A.G. Williams Painting Company, you may already be familiar with the wide range of residential services we provide. From detailed interior painting to exterior transformations, cabinet refinishing, and pressure washing, our team takes pride in helping homeowners maintain and enhance their spaces. However, commercial bridge painting is another area where A.G. Williams...
The Best Bathroom Paint for Your Westchester Home
If you have ever tackled this particular project yourself, you know that bathrooms are a tough room to paint! Not only do they have a lot of angles and features to work around, but there also are demands placed on your surfaces unlike those placed on almost any other room in your home. Your kitchen’s...
How Well Do You Know Your Exterior Stain Options?
This is definitely the right time of year for exterior painting, refreshing the style and protection of your home’s surfaces. As you choose those new colors and plan your projects, don’t forget about the value of exterior staining too! Why Is Exterior Staining Important? Stain offers crucial protection for your home’s wood surfaces, extending their...
Creative Ways to Add a Little Extra Color to Your Home’s Exterior
Exterior painting is certainly important because of the protection and value it offers, but it’s also an awesome opportunity for simply having fun. This is a chance to make your home your own, and let your personality shine through the little details you can add. If you’re planning an exterior painting project this spring or...
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 the time is right. Before you do put your home on the market, you likely want to...