Here’s a question worth sitting with for a minute: would you let your living room look the way your front yard looks right now? Most homeowners would never leave a broken lamp in the entryway, mismatched furniture crowding the couch, or a pile of tools in the corner of the dining room. Yet outside, we…
f everything I have done to this house, choosing the paint colors was the part I got most wrong, most often, and for the longest time. The floors I agonized over and then decided. The windows were expensive but the decision itself was simple. Paint was different. Paint I went back and forth on for…
There is a moment in every renovation where you stand in an empty room and realize you have to make a decision you are not qualified to make. For me, that room was the living area. The old floor was already up. I was standing on a cement slab, holding a phone full of screenshots,…
Upgrading a kitchen doesn’t have to mean a renovation, contractors, or weeks of disruption. If you’ve been wondering how to upgrade a kitchen on a budget, the good news is that it’s far more achievable than most people think. In many homes, especially busy households, the kitchen works just fine, but it may not feel…
A Step-by-Step Interior Painting Guide for Professional Looking Results This is the Third article in our interior Painting Guide Series covering Prep, Masking, and Painting techniques. So, if you are following along, you’ve just finished your cleaning, prepping, and possibly masking in preparation for your next step. Here, we explain how to paint a room…
A Step-by-Step Interior Painting Guide for Professional Looking Results This is the second article in our interior Painting Guide Series covering Prep, Masking, and Painting techniques. If you haven’t already gone through the first step, it’s worth starting with how to prepare a room for painting, as proper prep makes everything that follows easier and…
A Step-by-Step Interior Painting Guide for Professional Looking Results This is the first article in our three-part Interior Painting Guide, a deep dive designed to walk you through an interior paint job you can be genuinely proud of. Preparation is the most important step in any painting project. Paint doesn’t hide flaws; it highlights them….
A successful home interior painting project usually comes down to preparation, the right materials, and understanding how to paint interior walls properly. Here are my thoughts on how to approach your home interior painting project, because using the right primers, paints, and tools is essential to achieving a professional-looking finish. CHOOSING PRIMERS & SEALERS FOR…
Painting isn’t difficult, and there isn’t necessarily a completely right way or wrong way to do it, there’s just better and worse. Done well, painting can deliver some of the best ROI when prepping your home for the market. According to industry data, a fresh paint job can significantly boost your home’s appeal and potential…
Once your home’s maintenance and repairs are planned for, it’s time to shift focus from fixing issues to sparking buyer interest. This is where knowing how to increase home value with smart renovations and upgrades makes all the difference. Renovations are improvements that replace or bring back up to standard, an existing item or room,…