Interior Painting in Orinda: 3 Essential Tips for a Great Holiday-Ready Home
Ah, the holidays — a magical time filled with twinkling lights, festive gatherings, and, let’s be honest, a frantic scramble to make your home presentable before guests arrive. If your walls could talk, they might be screaming for a makeover! But don’t worry — refreshing your interior painting in [...]
5 Reasons to Choose Us for Your Exterior Painting in Danville This Holiday Season
As the holidays approach in Danville, CA, it’s the perfect time to refresh your home’s exterior with a stunning new paint job. The mild winter climate in Danville offers ideal conditions for exterior painting in Danville, allowing you to enhance your home’s curb appeal and prepare for festive gatherings. [...]
The Importance of Proper Surface Preparation in Painting
Proper surface preparation is the foundation of a successful painting project, yet it is often overlooked by many homeowners and commercial property owners. Discover the critical importance of surface preparation in painting, its impact on paint durability and aesthetics, and valuable tips for achieving a flawless finish. Whether you are [...]
The Color Psychology in Home Decorating
Color plays a significant role in our daily lives, influencing our mood, emotions, and even behaviours. Understanding the psychology of color while decorating your home can help create spaces that evoke the desired ambiance and energy. We’re breaking down the psychology of color in home decorating to demonstrate how you [...]
Ask Woodiwiss: My house has structural damage. How do I repair and repaint walls after a flood?
We hope it never happens, but a flood can come from nature, an overflowing toilet, a failed sump pump, or a busted dishwasher. It's rare that water heaters "burst”, but some older models can suffer structural damage that causes them to collapse, too. The result is flood water in the [...]
Ask Woodiwiss: Why is paint chipping off cabinets we just painted?
A customer recently sent us an email with photos of their kitchen cabinets. They’d been in the throws of a remodel and decided to paint the bare wood cabinets with new paint. Here’s what they asked: “We decided painted cabinets would be cheaper and easier than replacing them, but after [...]
Does 2 in 1 paint and primer work? About as well as 2-in-1 shampoo and conditioner
You know those all-in-one shampoos and conditioners that promise to be a body wash, hand soap, and hair tonic? The ones you see in health clubs and gym locker rooms that promise to leave you feeling clean and soft? Those 2-in-1 or even the 3-in-1s don't work well because the [...]
6 ideas for refreshing honey oak cabinets to liven up those golden oldies
Honey oak cabinets are usually well-built, so don’t default to ripping them out Honey oak cabinets were all the rage in the 1980s. But if your kitchen cabinets are stuck in the Reagan Administration, there are ways you can update them for new life in the 21st century. Those honey [...]
Here’s how to brighten a low-light room with and without spending a lot of money
Let’s be clear: even in a dark room, "low light" rarely means "no light." Natural light usually filters into every room of a typical house except closets and laundry rooms. But if you're in a situation with no ambient light at all, we've got some options to consider so you [...]
Ask Woodiwiss: “How do I keep paint from lifting off walls when removing a hook or tape?”
If you're not careful, poster, masking, Scotch, and even painter's tape can damage walls. Even those specifically formulated tapes and adhesives you pull down on to remove can cause the paint to lift or peel right off. If you're reading this, there's a 90% chance it's too late. You usually [...]
