Set Up Your Workspace: Before diving into painting, set a dedicated area in your yard to organize your tools, materials, and equipment. Any great house painter will attest that having everything easily accessible will streamline the painting process and minimize downtime. Clear the Area: Remove ...
Interior painting makes for a doable DIY project.You can save some money and get a real sense of accomplishment by doing this yourself. And, with the right prep work – covering, taping and scraping – it’s fairly forgiving. But it takes a lot of time to move furniture, tape trim, pr...
for details on that blue Victorian chair,check this out And finally, I found this cool man portrait at a yard sale last week for a whopping $3. It’s an actual original painting, too! The frame looked a bit too staid for me, so again I pulled out the Annie Sloan Florence. Also ad...
Our Experience with Interior’s are superior because our main focus is detail and cleanses. We make sure furniture is covered with plastic and floors with paper andpainter’s tarps. We make sure the walls and trim in yourhomeare flawlessly pre...
Professional painters start by moving the furniture to the room’s center and covering it with plastic cloths. For the floors, drop cloths are typically used as plastic is rather slippery, hindering the process of painting. Next, the contractors cover the fans and lights to keep them paint-...
While I’vepainted furnitureandpainted kitchen cabinets, what I’m talking about here is painting the interior walls of my home. I know you may think I’m crazy, but I’d rather paint that than just about anything else. Why? Because it is the cheapest and easiest way to completely trans...
A ‘For Sale’ sign was posted in an unkempt front yard strewn with plastic Wal-mart baby toys. An open garage had no car in it. Through a curtainless picture window, I saw a young woman sitting on a tattered and sagging couch in a room of empty and damaged walls lit by the stark...
Set up a place to paint and protect the surrounding area while spray painting using a large piece of cardboard or drop cloth outside in your yard or driveway. You can also cover a garage floor and spray with the door open.Spray Painting Lamp Tip: If you have a Lazy Susan, cover it...
After painting more than 20 pieces of thrift storefurniture, I've gone through way too many expensive drop cloths. And then I figured out that dollar store shower curtains make a totally decent drop cloth. And they cost a dollar. Pick up a few and say goodbye to the days of spending $...
lugging the paint can around. I like to use a container with a lid. This way when I am all done and everything is put away I have a little in my container for touch ups. I also keep one paint brush out that I store in a plastic bag and don’t clean for a few days for ...