If you get the job done right, a high quality exterior paint job can both protect and beautify your home for many years. However, get it wrong and you’ll be watching the whole thing deteriorate before your eyes in no time at all. On the surface, it all comes across as a relatively simple job. You […]
Category: Exterior
Cost to Paint Exterior of a House
In this blog post, we will provide some basic costs associated with painting an exterior of a house. One of the easiest and cheapest ways to improve the image of your house is with a simple coat of outdoor paint. There are a number of possibilities such as the color you choose, or color combinations, […]
Project of the Month – September
This month we are featuring a recent painting project we completed in Chevy Chase, MD. We provided carpentry services as well as professional painting of all exterior surfaces. The home was in need of paint refreshment in areas such as brick siding, soffits, windows, shutters, all other trim and the porch floor. For this project […]
Inspiration: Exterior Home Color Combination
Sherwin-Williams VinylSafe® Color Technology
Vinyl siding is a common exterior element in the DC, MD, VA areas and painting this surface used to be a challenge for several reasons: siding surface easily expands and contracts depending on weather conditions painting under certain external conditions such as direct sunlight exposure is not desirable using darker than the starting color is […]
Project of the Month
This has got to be one of our favorite before and after photo sets! The Project of the Month for April is a stunning repaint of all exterior surfaces including the brick siding, all wood trim, decks, doors and windows as well as the replacement of the rear deck’s floor boards and railings, as well as power […]
Black Houses
Black is a timeless, sophisticated color that seems appropriate for the upcoming colder seasons. We’ve shared about black’s chicness before as a floor color and as an interior color, and now we want to show you black as an exterior color! We love this mix of high gloss and matte black above. The different textures of building material […]
Painted Shutters
Part of making a home one’s own is putting personal, unique touches onto the finishes. A finish that we find exciting, as well as an essential in completing a home’s exterior look are shutters. Which picture is your favorite?
Fences
Bring out the most in your yard! A great deck stain, and beautiful color can bring a patio area to life, where it might otherwise fall flat. Be sure to continue your yard upkeep with the rest of the space as well. One often overlooked element in a yard is the fence! Fences are the […]
Patios Part III – Adding Color
Warmer weather is here! Relaxing on a deck seems more enticing than ever. To add to that excitement, we want to show you how to add color to your patio in ways you haven’t thought of! Paint the trim of your door that goes onto the patio a funky color, like neon. These tend to […]
