What Low-VOC paint actually means once your heat is running
Third week of October. The furnace has been cycling for ten days, nobody has opened a window since the rain started, and the can in the back bedroom says zero VOC. By Thursday night the hallway smells like a paint aisle and the baby’s room is two doors down. Nothing on the label was a […]
The best 5 interior paint sheens, ranked for PNW homes and giving you both the pros and the cons
Second week of February. You put your hand on the north wall of the back bedroom and it comes away cool and damp. Behind the dresser, near the baseboard, there’s a gray bloom on paint you rolled in August. And the color you fell in love with at the store now reads like wet cardboard. […]
4 Interior Painting Projects Still Worth Booking in October
When October arrives in Tacoma and Puyallup, most homeowners assume painting season is over. For exterior work, they are mostly right. Daytime highs settle around 59 degrees, overnight lows drop to about 44, and rain falls on roughly 15 days of the month. The end of the exterior season does not mean that you have […]
Choosing Interior and Exterior Paints and What You Need to Know for Stunning Results
Choosing interior and exterior paints is about more than picking a color. The harder decisions are the product, the sheen, and the prep. Get those wrong and paint can fail early, which means paying for a repaint sooner than you planned. If you’re planning a painting project, start with these choices. In King and Pierce […]