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How Often Should You Paint Your Home’s Exterior?
How do you know when it’s time to paint your home’s exterior? The automatic answer might be: “When my home obviously needs it.” This makes sense since painting is certainly an investment that you don’t want to make more than is necessary. On the other hand, however, is it really the most cost-effective to wait...
How Do You Repair and Paint a Scratched Wall?
It’s that time of year again. You’re left sitting on your sofa trying to recover from the stress of ALL those relatives in your home over the holidays! And you’re not the only one showing signs of post-holiday trauma ”“ your home feels it too. In the bustle of the holiday season, accidents are prone...
Interior Painting Tips for the New Year
This is a time of year for resolutions, fresh starts, and new beginnings. Whether you have a home improvement project, a fitness goal, or are simply determined to make more time for the things you love doing, 2016 is 365 days of potential. If interior painting is calling for your attention this year, we have...
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 project the “big colors” of 2016. Are you ready for it?
What Color Should Your Ceiling Be? It’s An Important Question!
When we think about interior painting, walls are often the first thing to come to mind. While those show-stealers may be important, easily claiming the limelight, don’t forget about your room’s backup singer: the ceiling.
New Interior Paint Color Ideas for 2016
Unless your paint is peeling off the walls in sheets, you probably don’t have to redo your interior paint in 2016. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t. There are plenty of things in our lives that could do with an update. Picking out new colors for the interior paint of your home can be a...
4 Unique and Popular Kitchen Cabinet Colors
The kitchen is enjoying its place as one of the most celebrated rooms in the modern home. Why? Well, aside from being a central gathering place and the point of intersection for our busy lives, it also offers huge style potential. From countertops to wall colors to customized backsplashes, there are countless ways to express...
4 Benefits of Wintertime Interior Painting
It used to be that interior painting was thought of more as a warm-weather activity, best left for late spring, summer, and early fall. Why? Well, paint fumes were a concern for some homeowners, especially if the work was being done in a mainstream room. Thankfully, this is no longer an issue. As we have...
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, and instead add some fresh new colors and updated style before the doorbell starts to ring. With that in mind, let’s take...
Painting with the Colors of Fall – Find Inspiration Outside Your Window!
We’re stepping quickly into a time of year when nature puts on a color display unlike any other. Well, unless you live in the south or out on the sunny west coast. If that’s the case, we don’t feel too badly since you get to swim year round. Not only is this a great season...
Painting Exterior Brick? Here’s Something to Consider!
We are asked quite often about painting exterior brick. We also just recently encountered a question on Houzz.com where someone posted a photo of their brick home and yet again asked that all-important question: should I leave it as it is, or paint my brick? We thought it might be time to share a bit...
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 cool evenings and chilly nights. It’s time to go back to school too! Kids are herding around school buses early...
How Late In the Season Can You Paint Outside?
Doesn’t summer seem to go by a little faster every year? When you’re a kid those precious months of vacation can feel like a miniature eternity, but as adults it becomes a wild flurry of trying to find time for every activity that requires warmer weather and the sun overhead. Because of that, it’s easy...
Elizabeth’s Hope – 2nd Annual Bronxville Road Race for the Children’s Brain Tumor Project
Will You Be There? We are going to be involved with an incredibly important local event on September 12th, and want to help spread the word however we can. The 2nd Annual Bronxville Road Race is an event driven by members of the community who share a common goal: to raise awareness and funds for...
Westchester Magazine A.G. Williams Feature Celebrates 100+ Years of Excellence
In August 2015, Westchester Magazine published a feature by Matthew Trezza highlighting the remarkable journey of A.G. Williams Painting Company. The story traced the company’s roots back to 1906 and honored its continued growth as a trusted commercial and residential painting contractor serving Westchester County, NY and Fairfield County, CT. For A.G. Williams Painting Company,...
Exterior Color Matching and Painting in Norwalk, CT
One thing that a lot of homeowners overlook about exterior paint is the fact that it isn’t just there for style. That may be a huge part of it (who doesn’t love the gleam of freshly-applied, beautiful colors?), but it isn’t the whole story. Your exterior paint also plays a crucial role as the first...
How Do You Paint Clean, Straight Lines?
This may be an exterior painting season, but we know that a lot of folks (maybe like you!) are enjoying a little interior painting as well. This is a great time to throw the windows open, stream your favorite music, and transform a room or three. The painting process can be a lot of fun,...
Will Pressure Washing Damage My Westchester County Home?
If you are like a lot of homeowners, you may have heard of pressure washing but might not be exactly sure about what the process and benefits look like. Or, you also could be a little intimidated by the name. Let’s face it: “power washing” doesn’t sound very inviting, and conjures up mental images of...
Choosing Property Updates That Offer ROI
It’s one thing to invest in your personal home, putting in those special touches that just make it seem more like, well, home. Sure, the potential return on investment may be in the back of your mind, but if selling isn’t even on the horizon then the process becomes more about simply doing what you...
Which Paint Sheen Is Best? Tips for House Painters
Your interior paint is actually a lot like your wardrobe. It changes with time as styles come and go (well, at least for some!), and different colors and “looks” are chosen for different functions and moods. You also pick your clothing based on durability, strength, and how well it will meet the needs of a...
Are Expensive Exterior Paint Brands Really Better? Tips for Home Painters in Westchester County
Exterior painting is a process that can hold a lot of question marks for homeowners. There is surface preparation and repairs to think about, primers, materials, the weather, and the age-old color dilemma: should you try a new look or refresh what you have? When the time arrives to actually buy your paint, you might...
Are You Looking for Reputable Home Service Providers in Westchester County? We Can Help!
Here at A.G. Williams Painting Company, we take service very seriously. Over our last 100 years of being in business we have made excellence in customer care a priority (evenly tied with the quality of our work), and it has become synonymous with the A.G. Williams name. That’s something we’re very proud of! In short,...
What Are the Best Interior Paint Colors for a Business?
What are your colors bringing to the table? Interior painting can easily feel like an afterthought, maybe involving little more than picking a swatch out of a hat. Or, to make things “easy,” many business owners just choose an off-white so that everything goes and there are no issues with clashing. That’s a little like...
What Is the Best Weather for Exterior Painting?
You know, exterior painting is a little like camping. You plan for it, gather your gear together, invest in your favorite snacks, try (and often fail) to get a friend to come along, and hope that the all-important weather holds out. A rainy, stormy day can totally undo a lot of planning and preparation. Aside...