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Color Tips for Exterior Paint

These tips from Diane Stewart, Color & Design Consultant at Color Sense Consulting. With this home, Diane favors softer contrasts and warmer tones that help the whole to blend with the landscape. Older homes or new, Diane consistently delights her customers through both the color process and the final results. Bright white paint for trim is overdone. […]

3 Steps to Proper Paint Storage

The leftover (latex) paint in your basement will, sooner or later, become a disposal problem. Here’s how to make sure your next can of paint remains in usable condition. As a general rule of thumb, if a can of paint is less than one third full it is not worth storing – leave the lid off […]

Does Unfinished Cabinetry Pay?

A family called to meet and talk about interior painting – the entire house. They had hired a “friend” that had been “recommended” as a “good painter” that “needed some help”. This painter was not up to the task and had managed to create chaos throughout the home. Here’s what caught my eye: there were two […]

Tips n’ Tricks – Vinyl Window Trim Color

Vinyl windows can be kind of tricky when it comes to trim colors – they are almost always stark white and generally cannot be painted (see below). Some lean to matching trim color to the vinyl – this gives a hospital-feeling white-on-white look that lacks visual interest. It also ranks a solid “Zero” on the […]

Gluten Free Paint

Like, whatever! Know what I’m sayin’? Some of the over-used words for 2013. Example: “As artisan painters, Crestwood strives for world-class performance 24/7. At the end of the day, we follow best practices to build our brand. Whatever.” Here’s another: Our painters may take a selfie with your dog, but there will be absolutely no twerking.” […]

Paint Colors – Go Neutral, Or Not?

Another update from Kansas City color consultant Diane Stewart at Color Sense Consulting. Interior colors can be tricky and, as Diane points out, too often a generic off-white is the not-quite-best choice. Here’s Diane Stewart: There are many things to consider when choosing interior paint colors. It may seem easier to just pick beige, white, […]

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