Painting Your Trees: Why and How
You may have seen tree trunks painted in various colors before, and while it doesn’t seem very intuitive, painting trees is common amongst orchard farmers and other professional growers of trees. You may have wondered why they do this. The short answer: to protect them. For the trees on your property, it’s likely that it’s…
Three Painting Accessories You Didn’t Know You Needed
You might be wondering why painters need trucks and work bags with their equipment in piles to paint a house. There are only so many ways to spread paint on a surface, right? It’s true, painting is not as sophisticated as, say, mining for gold these days, but there are still plenty of pieces of…
How to Safely Prune Your Tree in Time for Painting Season
There are usually three main priorities when pruning trees: preserving and nurturing the health of your trees, protecting yourself and your home, and tidying up your outdoor areas for spring and summer. Timing is a big aspect of tree pruning because most trees should only be cut in spring and fall, before insects and disease…
Prepare Your Home for Summer in Three Steps
Summer is nearly here in Denver and with it comes the typical hot days punctuated by afternoon thunderstorms. Summer is also the best time to get your house painted, and right now is the best time to prepare either for an update of your home’s exterior or for utilizing your outdoor areas more. The season…
How to Thin Latex Paint for a Sprayer
If you’ve decided to buy or rent a paint sprayer to paint your house’s exterior, congratulations, you’re well beyond most DIY painters. Many DIYers shy away from sprayer machines due to cost or fear of mechanical malfunction. Those fears are usually overblown; using a sprayer can shorten your painting time significantly. Sprayers allow you to…
Painting Basics: How to Use a Roller
Painting your own spaces always seems easier than it is. All you’re doing is spreading paint over the surface of something with a brush, right? But it almost always takes DIY painters much longer than they anticipated to get a project done. Why? Part of it is not possessing the proper equipment that could turn…
Five Exterior Paint Ideas for Summer & Fall
There are many reasons to re-paint your home’s exterior. Celebrating the turning of the season, painting over imperfections, replacing peeling or chipping paint, etc. Another reason many people re-paint their exteriors is to add value to their home, or in anticipation of selling their house. A fresh coat of paint will give you a new…
Four House Painting Myths Busted
It’s time to get real. Your paint is peeling, and you need a new paint job to spruce your home up for the spring and summer. One problem many homeowners face when beginning their interior or exterior paint project is the amount of misinformation and misconceptions out there. Professional painters run into this problem, too….
How to Make Your Front Door Look Good: Paint or Stain?
When professional painters are tasked with painting a front door, they put their best painter on the job. This is because your front door is the first thing people see just before they enter your house. It’s the first thing you see when you enter your house. If the front door looks streaky and badly painted, it…
Best Paints to Use in Your Kitchen
The kitchen is a tricky place to paint because there are often several different surfaces to cover. Your walls, ceilings, cabinets, and your doors might require different types of paint. Then there are all the items and common kitchen inhabitants that will affect the décor and feel of the room after you’ve painted. You’ll have…