Before you paint!

If you're a homeowner looking to sell, you've doubtless been a little discouraged by the recent downturn in the real estate market. These things happen, and it's nothing much that can't be undone when the market gets to it's next boom. In the mean time, improving your home is one of the best ways to compete on the real estate market. But doing so incurs additional costs that you can only hope to get back on the sale.

Painting your home is one of the most economical improvements you can make. It's also one of the most visible improvements you can make, and at least prospective buyers can see the results even if only in the picture in the home-finders magazine.

Digital imagination?

To do this, take a picture of the house with a digital camera, then load it into your computer and open it in a digital imaging program. You can then change the color of the house in the program by applying various color filters to it, using this to help you decide what color scheme to use. Commercial software is the first thing you might think of, but there are many freeware, shareware, and even Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) programs that are more than capable of handling this simple task. You should be able to find one for any computer platform.

Painting Prep Work?

A rule of thumb to know is that three-quarters of painting is good prep work. That is the labor-intensive part that makes the job so much work.  We take the time to do the job right.  Prep work for interior involves filling holes, repairing cracks, dealing with smoke and other stains, removing bumps in walls, and caulking. Exterior includes all the above plus the most important step of pressure washing.  Paint does not stick well to dirt.

As an extra service for our customers we will assist with color consultation at no additional charge.