I’ve been getting a lot of questions lately about lead paint, so I wanted to try to address some of those questions to make folks feel a little safer in their old homes. If you live in a house built before 1978,you need to know how to test for lead paint, especially if you have...
If you're working traditionally on paper, be sure to start out light and gradually build up volume and forms with heavier lead only as you get to the end of your study. From here, you can use the planar view as a guide to help lay in the forms of your own hand as you look at ...
Go ahead and take off the outlet covers and switch plates so you don’t have to worry about being neat and avoid getting paint on them. If you want to tape off the edges of the room with painter’s tape, now’s the time to do it! Be sure to press down firmly to get a nice, ...
Here, I'll show you how to make perfect Google Forms header images and get a matching color scheme. Table of contents: How to add a Google Forms header image How to create a Google Forms header image that matches your brand How to customize your Google Forms theme Google Forms header...
Testing for lead paint is an easy and inexpensive process that you should perform before remodeling an old home.
I suggest deciding on a color palette and then choose three colors from that palette to paint the walls. A dark shade, a medium shade and a light shade—all from one color family—is always a safe bet. I tell homeowners to get a Post-it note pad and write down each of the three ...
In this post I’d like to share some of the “behind the scenes” stories from the team involved in the project, with a particular focus on lessons learned and implementation best practices. I’d like to thank in particular Ken Disbennett, Creative Director, and Alex Barkan, Lead Developer...
A top rating in this category indicates that a brand has one or more products certified as vegetarian or vegan, such as fromThe Vegetarian SocietyorThe Vegan Society. It is important to note that if a brand receives a cross in this criterion, this does not always mean that the brand does...
When mapping out a customer’s buying process, I gather data from various sources — prospecting tools, CMS, behavior analytics, etc. — to really understand how they move from their first contact to the final purchase. You don’t have to get bogged down in the details, though. You can ...
There's a trope in late '90s movies where a motivated, ambitious main character does everything they can to get on the same elevator ride as the CEO of some powerful company. It usually ends the same way. Our protagonist makes a nervous, fast-paced speech that the CEO ignores while ...