Ceiling lines on round corners are probably the hardest to get right, and look the worst when they’re done wrong. On square corners you simply paint to where the two walls meet; but what if the flat walls never touch? Many people, even professional painters, try to ‘split’ the curve, treating it like a square
I read last week that the number one New Year’s resolution in America this year is, “be a better person,” followed by, “lose weight,” a perennial favorite; and probably the MOST broken resolution of all time. The new year naturally brings out the introspective in all of us – Where did we do well during
I’ve recently taken up a new ‘hobby’. I have an old-school barber who immigrated here by way of many years in New York who uses a straight razor to shave my neck. About a year ago, I decided to see what the fuss was about with a straight-razor shave, so I bit the bullet and
Recently, we were contacted by an out-of-town owner who was having trouble selling her house in Delta. It seems she had carried the mortgage for the buyers when she sold and they had surrendered the house back to her in February after six years of residency. She had the previous listing agent put it back on
Painting your own house can be a worthwhile project that adds value to your home or a nightmare that leaves a mess you have to look at for years. Here is a terrific article from DIY Network that points out the 15 most common mistakes people make when thay paint themsleves and how to avoid
Over the last couple decades bull-nose, or rounded corners have become increasingly popular. They don’t seem to get broken as often and they soften the transition between areas. The challenge becomes when you want to change the color on some areas and not others. How do you create the clean, crisp corner on something without a clean,
Does your home’s exterior need a paint job this year? Is it getting those funny-looking ‘shadows’ on the siding? Is the trim starting to flake? Are you thinking of painting it yourself? As long as you’re not afraid of heights and don’t mind a lot of elbow grease you probably have what it takes to
Do you or someone you know have rounded corners in their home? Have you ever noticed that some of the corners on the basedboards look ’rounder’ than others? Or have you wanted to paint, but didn’t know how to make a clean line bend around around corner? Let the HappyPainters show you how you too
If you have been following our posts for any time, you may have noticed us hammering away on the importance of properly sealing your home – both inside and out. The reason for caulking the outside of your home is a little easier to see – if you have ‘holes’ in your exterior coating water can
People often ask us why we insist on using more expensive, high-quality paint to do our jobs. Their theory is if we used less expensive paint our costs would be less and, therefore, we could charge less. In practice, however, nothing could be less true. There are many ways to dissect this question and we’ll