Color choices define the flow and light of your townhouse; when you work with local painters in Reston, they align palettes to complement natural light and structure.
September 17, 2025
Color choices define the flow and light of your townhouse; when you work with local painters in Reston, they align palettes to complement natural light and structure.
September 17, 2025Who doesn't love a before-and-after project? And it's even more interesting when it involves stripping floral wallpaper and applying a bold color in its place!
March 6, 2019Hiring someone to perform work in (or on) your home is somewhat of an act of faith, especially if it's the first time you work with them.
February 15, 2019If you have a blank wall, paint, and some design ingenuity along with lots of patience, creative skills, and some tools, what can you create? The answer is a spectacular wall effect of painted wall stripes. Rather than installing wallpaper, which can be an expensive undertaking, you can often obtain the same result with paint. Here's a high-level look at what it takes to create painted wall stripes in your home. DIY or professional: So, how great of a painter are you?
November 6, 2018If you have beautiful trim work you want to show off in your home, don't feel that you have to paint the walls a bold color to show off the trim.
October 30, 2018Most professional paint jobs will have at least a little bit of leftover paint. When there's leftover paint at the end of one of our projects, we typically label the cans and leave them with the homeowner.
October 22, 2018There's an awful lot of brick in Northern Virginia - both inside and outside the many colonials dotting our landscape.
October 12, 2018Are you thinking of repainting your master bedroom suite? Given that you spend roughly 1/3 of your day in your bedroom, carefully selecting those paint colors is a good idea.
October 4, 2018It isn't often that the "before" pictures of a project are almost as beautiful as the "after" ones. That was the case, however, for an interior paint project we did this summer in Upperville, VA.
September 26, 2018Last week, we blogged about the effects of color in part one of our "Let's Talk Color" series. Today, we present part two: questions to discuss during a paint color consultation.
September 7, 2018Did you know that colors can affect mood or behavior? As Northern Virginia painting contractors, we've learned a lot about color over the years, and we're always happy to offer tips on wall colors as we're doing in today's blog post.
August 31, 2018Clients often ask us if they can buy the paint instead of us. Sometimes they think they’re saving money.
July 2, 2018To buy or not to buy! Sometimes clients ask their painting contractor if they should purchase the paint before the start of their project or if they should rely on us to buy it.
March 13, 2018School is in session several times a year for us. It’s not all work! To be the best painting contractors we can be for our clients, company founder and president Mike Katounas regularly participates in continuing education, training, and conferences.
March 7, 201802-26-18 Understanding VOCs and Paint Odor You may, at times, be curious about why paints smell the way they do.
February 26, 2018If your honey-do list includes painting, hand it over to us! We have the perfect solution. Our Painter for the Day will take care of your one-day painting needs.
January 15, 2018If purple popsicles were your favorites as a kid, you could feel vindicated at last. Purple, along with other deep colors, has been selected by the influential color institute Pantone as its annual Color of the Year.
January 5, 2018It isn't every day that 1) our client is pint-sized; 2) they enthusiastically shout out "holy smokes!" when they see the results of our work.
December 12, 2017Most of the time, things go very well with our projects. As an experienced contractor, we ask a lot of questions before we take on a job.
November 6, 2017Keeping up with color trends isn’t of interest (understandably) to everyone. However, paint color can be important for several reasons.
October 27, 2017Imagine walking into a home on the real estate market: the walls are scuffed, and the walls appear dingy.
September 1, 2017When our clients and friends ask us for our professional opinion of chalkboard paint, we turn it back to them with two questions: How do you intend to use the surface?
August 11, 2017Grey and white are still popular neutrals these days, but that doesn’t mean you have to live in an entirely monochromatic home.
July 21, 2017Father’s Day this year is just a few weeks away on June 18. What are you giving to the father in your life?
June 2, 2017Let’s debunk a myth right now about dark wall colors. It's a misconception that dark walls shrink a room.
May 3, 2017If you have ever needed to select a paint color, you know it's not always easy! It can be a big challenge to find the right paint color.
April 17, 2017Technology is quickly changing the face of professional services such as painting and color selections.
March 15, 2017Many professional painting companies like ourselves use a water based paint called latex, but why you may ask?
February 17, 2016
