Five Ways to Save Money on Painting Supplies
Painting your own home saves money, but even if you don’t need professional help, it can be an expensive venture, with paint, tools, and other supplies running up a large budget if you’re not careful. Luckily, there are a few tricks for saving money on painting supplies. Here are five ways to avoid going over-budget…
How to Create an HGTV-Worthy Home
Every year, the television channel HGTV gives out its Dream Home prize. One lucky winner gets a $1.8 million home renovation. While entrants don’t have to impress judges with their home space to be eligible for this grand prize, their renovations are shown on television to all HGTV viewers, and, of course, they have to…
Spray Paint Do’s and Don’ts
Spray paint can be an easy solution for house painting. Using a sprayer can be much easier for painters to cover large areas and accurately paint the right colors where they need to go. For your own paint jobs, using spray paint can be a good way to quickly cover an area or patch up…
How to Make Your Home Stand Out in Fall
Making your home stand out this fall for any reason, for entertaining guests or trying tosell your home, is easy with a little patience and a willingness to tackle smaller, more tediouschores. Because the weather is changing and leaves are falling, yard cleanup becomes moreimportant. Cleaning up after a long, hot, dusty summer in Colorado…
A Brief History of Ireland’s Finest
Ireland’s Finest was founded in 1995 by Andrew Toole in central Denver. Toole himself moved to the United States from his native Ireland only a year before, originally settling in New York City. On a trip to Colorado, he fell in love with the beauty of Denver and its surrounding area and decided to open…
Ask a Painter: Casey Leonhardt
When Andrew Toole, owner and founder of Ireland’s Finest, hired Casey Leonhardt only a couple years ago, he thought he was getting a hard worker and a good painter. He didn’t know it at the time, but Leonhardt was going to bring so much more to the Ireland’s Finest family. After only two years of…
Five Unique Architectural Treasures in Denver
Everyone at Ireland’s Finest is enthusiastic about painting, of course. The added beauty,value, and pleasure a brand-new paint job can offer are great reasons to redo exterior and interiorareas and give them new life.But aside from painting, Ireland’s Finest representatives also love beautiful buildings.Luckily, Denver is full of excellent architecture from centuries past and the…
Three Tips for Preparing for Fall
Summer is waning and fall is almost here. In Colorado, you have to be prepared for any weather situation once the leaves start to change colors. For both the interior and exterior of your home, that means making adjustments to prepare for the weather and the cooling temperatures accompanying autumn. Since there’s really no way…
Why Color Swatches are so Important
Color swatches help you learn which colors will work well in different parts of the house, both inside and out. Interior colors can be particularly difficult to choose because you have to take into account different times of day casting different light levels on indoor spaces, not to mention the décor and furniture you already…
Five Ideas for Decorating Your Summer Home
Furnishing and decorating your vacation home is far different from your everyday home. When you head to your secondary residence for the summer, you want it to feel a certain way, like vacation, or like a relaxing getaway that makes you forget about the winter. You want to relax, play, and have fun in your…