Beautifully designed wooden shutters serve a variety of purposes for contemporary and classic homes alike. Protection from cold weather, additional privacy and even a welcome security-boost are just some of the benefits of wooden shutters. They can also help keep interior spaces cool, blocking direct sunlight and adding an additional layer of insulation. Nevertheless, even […]
Category: Exterior
Exterior Home Painting: Maximum Impact for Minimal Effort
The very best types of home improvements are those that ask for minimal effort in return for a huge payoff. Both in terms of satisfaction and the potential to add value to your home, it’s always nice to put a little in and get a lot out. When it comes to minimizing both required effort […]
Planning on Painting Brickwork? Read This First…
Exterior painting should never be approached without due care and attention. Nor should the complexities of quality exterior painting be underestimated. Guaranteed to have a marked impact on the visual appeal and even the monetary value of your home, exterior painting is something you need to nail. As is the case with all aspects of […]
Seven Things Not to Do When Painting Your Exteriors
You look outside, the sky is blue and the sun is finally shining. You look at your home’s exterior and suddenly realize the winter weather has taken one hell of a toll. The solution being a relatively simple one – it’s time to paint your home’s exteriors. The only problem being that as you’ve never […]
Painting a Concrete Block Wall
One of the best things about exterior concrete block walls is their extraordinary long-term durability. A decent concrete block wall effectively protect the home for decades on end. The only downside being that concrete block walls also have a habit of looking bedraggled and uninspiring pretty quickly. For most homeowners, exterior paint jobs that involve […]
Cheap Exterior Home Painter – Expensive Mistake!
Tis the season to be house-proud. Spring or at least, it soon will be! Every spring like clockwork, millions of homeowners across the United States begin planning long-overdue exterior home painting jobs. Some go bold, others keep things simple, but all share the same vision of a spanking-new paintjob to make their home shine throughout […]
Six Solid Excuses to Have the Pros Paint Your Home’s Exterior
Just because you can do something doesn’t necessarily mean you should. The kind of important life lesson we all learn at an early age and can be applied to thousands of relatively obvious bad ideas. But in this instance, the idea we’re focusing on is that of exterior home painting. Technically speaking, the vast majority […]
Staying Safe and Sound When Painting Outdoors
Yes, we know…health and safety is a subject that’s about as exciting as watching paint dry (pun intended). Particularly given the way in which we’re slowly but surely heading into the kind of ‘nanny state’ era where we can barely blink without being told we’re are doing something dangerous. So really, it’s hardly surprising that […]
Six Common Exterior Paint Removal Mistakes
Those who really cannot stand the idea of exterior home painting would probably say that the entire process from start to finish is a pain in the proverbial. In reality however, they’re wrong. Personal opinions are one thing, but it is nonetheless an indisputable fact that the single most unpleasant step in the whole process […]
Painting Your Home – Do You Really Need Permission?
Here at Homm CPS, you’d better believe that we get all manner of weird and wonderful requests for the kinds of paint jobs you probably cannot imagine. Now more than ever, interior designers are advising the everyday homeowner to get every bit as creative and imaginative as they like, when it comes to their own […]
