Houston Decorator | October 26, 2010
One of the most important things that a house painting customer looks at when they are having a house painting contractor come to their home is professionalism. It is so nice that a professional painting contractor come to your home and execute a perfect paint job. A perfect paint job consists of: Perform the interior [...]
Houston Decorator | September 25, 2010
Regardless of whether you are working with softwood or hardwood the initial treatment of the wood surface contributes a lot to its longevity. Properly seasoned, dry and new wood is preferable to wet, inadequately seasoned and deteriorated wood. The steps from start to finish may take a few stages depending on the number of coating [...]
Houston Decorator | September 7, 2010
Difficulty: Intermediate Equipment: Hardwood flooring cleaner Floor buffer (rented) Dust mask, respirator and goggles Sand paper Vacuum cleaner Mop Extendable painting roller Paint brushes Masking tape You will need to rent a floor buffer to complete this task! If your wood floor has become scratched and dull then perhaps it is a good idea to [...]
Houston Decorator | September 7, 2010
There are many tools available for applying paint. They all do different jobs. This article will describe a few and discuss where they are best used. Ask yourself a few questions before you start to save yourself time later. How big is the area you are painting? What material and texture are you painting onto? [...]
Houston Decorator | April 5, 2010
Now that we’ve got the basics down on how to properly “cut in”, we need to go over how to setup for rolling the paint with the paint roller, this way we can fill in the rest of the wall that needs paint. One thing I do want to mention is that you shouldn’t cut [...]
Houston Decorator | December 8, 2009
Have you ever wanted help choosing a perfect paint color but didn’t need a full service designer? Consider calling an interior redesigner. Interior redesigners offer a new type of design service that specializes in adding those finishing touches that make all the difference! To give you an example of how a redesigner might work with [...]