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Tips For Refinishing Exterior Decks
Properly stained or painted exterior decks can add beauty and utility to your yard, but it can just as easily drag down the appearance of your home if it”™s left untreated for years. If you”™d like to give this component an upgrade, follow the guidelines we share...
Guidelines For Choosing High Quality Paint
There”™s no doubt that you”™re interested in finding the best high quality paint products for your upcoming painting project. Many folks assume that the highest priced paints must be ideal for any home improvement endeavor, but this usually isn”™t the case. In fact,...
How To Make Your Exterior Paint Job Last For Years To Come
Considering making home improvements? Don”™t overlook the importance of the exterior paint job. This area of the house is essential in making a great first impression, and can even add a boost in property value. However, painting is an investment, and...
The Best Paints For Interior And Exterior Projects
Thinking about painting the interior or exterior of your home soon? If so, it”™s helpful to be aware of the different types of paint and their specified uses. Choosing an interior paint for an exterior project will yield less than desirable results, and vice versa....
We are Boulder Painters with Nearly Four Decades of Local Painting Experience!
If your home or business needs a little sprucing up, nothing offers as much bang for the buck as a professional paint job. Paint can make your property look brand new in very little time and with minimal impact to your budget. At Fordham & Maclean Painting, we...
Your Interior and Exterior Paint Buying Guide
Attempting to buy paint can be overwhelming if you”™re a home improvement novice; there are so many options and very little direction. Paint cans carry labels like high gloss, satin, premium, eggshell, oil and alkyd, but they lack any description as to what those...
Painting With Feng Shui: How to Choose Meaningful Colors
Practitioners of the Chinese art of Feng Shui use color to harmonize people with their surrounding environment. The five elements, which include fire, earth, metal, water, and wood, are each represented by a color. These colors are then further associated with...
Five Overlooked Items You Should Consider Painting
A fresh coat of paint can spruce up a house, but repainting a room or your home”™s exterior is only the tip of the iceberg. Your house can take on a whole new look if you”™re willing to entertain a little bit of unconventional thinking. Here, we have compiled a list...
Top Tips for Painting Aluminum Siding
Chances are, if your home was built during the 1940-1970s, you”™re likely to have been graced with aluminum siding. After an increase in manufacturing capabilities, aluminum became a cheaper and relatively hassle-free alternative to the previously common wooden...
Creative Project Ideas for Your Leftover Paint
After a painting project is finished, we are often left with extra paint. This certainly isn”™t a bad thing, but sometimes the amount leftover is not enough to use on future projects. Mixing paint is also out of the question, because even the same color from...