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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,…
How Many Coats Of Exterior Paint Do You Need?
As you plan your exterior painting update, you have a lot to consider. Color, brand (invest in high-quality paint!), quantity, and, of course, how many coats to apply. You don’t want to…
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…
How Do You Find A Good Contractor? Look For These 6 Attributes
If you’re planning a home improvement project this spring, whether it’s a kitchen remodel, fresh exterior paint, or a gorgeous new deck, you likely are focusing on the finished product.…
7 Benefits Of Hiring A Professional To Meet Your Exterior House Painting Needs
Over the years, we’ve observed that homeowners typically fall into one of two camps when it comes to exterior house painting. One camp says, “There’s no way I would try to paint my own…
How Do You Paint A Bathroom? Here Are A Few Common Mistakes To Avoid
Your bathroom is a unique space, and it demands a high level of performance from your paint. Lots of traffic and use (especially if you have a larger family), elevated moisture levels,…
5 Unmistakable Signs That It’s Time To Paint Your Home
As we’ve discussed before, exterior paint offers a whole lot more than just style. It’s your home’s first line of defense, acting as a shield against premature rot, decay, sun damage,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…