Painting A Picture of Your Home’s Exterior Trim When you pull into the driveway and look at your house, do you see mildew? Is the paint starting to fade or peel?  Have the shutters faded to a dull oxidized version of their old self?  Is the wood starting to rot?  Is the house screaming at […]

Calculating the cost of painting the interior of your home can be very challenging due to the numerous options and variables.   I have given 1000’s of residential interior painting estimates for the last 29 years and it has given me the opportunity to help hone my skills for giving accurate estimates.  Even though I may […]

What Color Walls Go Best With Hardwood Flooring Gone are the days when the carpet dominated. While carpet certainly hasn’t gone away, today, hardwoods floors tend to be a trending home interior design style and desirable choice for most homeowners. Hardwoods create a sleek appearance and don’t hold onto dust and grime as carpet does. […]

Whether you are painting your home in Baltimore, Ellicott City or Rockville MD, or anywhere up and down the Chesapeake Bay, the sheen of the paint can be just as important as the color.  The sheen will determine the washability and can help create subtle and even dramatic differences.  There are certain rules of thumbs […]

I have been remodeling bathrooms for over 20 years and if I can borrow a tagline from Farmers “we have seen a thing or two”.  I like to educate our customers on what the expectations are in a project that often disrupts the daily flow and the strategies I have developed to manage a project of […]