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Painting Your Home’s Exterior

Painting the exterior of your home can seem like a daunting process, but with the right attitude and knowledge, you'll be ecstatic with your choices. The right colors for your home will bring out its best features, disguise any structural flaws, and even increase its value.
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Roses and the company they keep

It's hard for me to resist roses that are fragrant and, for the most part, undemanding in their needs. Among those that show up on my list of perennial favorites are Rosa banksiae 'Lutea', commonly referred to as Yellow Lady Banks. In late Spring this species rose produces masses of small double yellow blooms on long canes. Mostly thornless, Lady Banks looks good even when she's not flowering. Be sure to give her lots of space as she develops into a large plant over time. 'Buff Beauty' makes a great climber or rambler, displaying masses of apricot-yellow roses with a strong tea scent; while 'Perle d'Or', a compact shrub, produces clusters of small double orange-pink flowers for months. A repeat bloomer it also flowers in the fall. I plant it with asters, hardy mums and burgundy leaved Physocarpus opulifolius 'Diablo'. For perfume 'Zephirine Drouhin' is hard to beat. In my garden it begins to bloom in late April, displaying large deliciously fragrant, double pink blooms. Mildew resistant and thornless, this beauty scrambles up a trellis in my mixed border. Its nearby companions include Acer palmatum 'Villa Taranto', a cutleaf Japanese maple with new foliage that is tinged in red; and glowing in front of this rose, the soft yellow spikes of Baptisia 'Carolina Moonlight'. At the base of 'Zephirine Drouhin' a large Rosemary provides an effective evergreen anchor.
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Choosing a Paint Company

When its time to choose a paint company to paint the interior or exterior of a home, you may want to consider a few different things. You may want to choose one who specializes in your type of home.
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College Works Painting - A Means to Assist the Community

At some point, you could have conceived of getting a make over for your house or perchance doing some of those hazardous exterior painting of your house? If you've responded yes to these queries, then let College Works Painting do the chore for you. The consecutive inquiry that could be expected is, why? Different individuals could conceive that these are college students who are unpracticed with exterior painting, but in fact, they are wrong. College Works Painting uses students in college who are well-versed with the job they are employed to. These are students in college who work for their tuition fee and are superb at serving it.
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Should I Paint My Spray Texture Ceiling With a Sprayer Or a Roller?

Spray painting or roller painting? This is a common question asked by many homeowners when faced with the task of painting their ceilings -- especially a spray texture ceiling or popcorn ceiling. While no method is perfect, both methods have their own pros and cons. Read on to know which painting method could be most ideal for your ceiling and your budget.
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Clean Straight Lines - How to Make Crisp Lines Between Two Colors When House Painting

We've all seen the commercials: the lady pulls away the blue tape to reveal the sharpest line between to colors you could possibly imagine. You say, "Wow, that looks nice! I want to do that!" So you go down to your local box store, shell out the cash and begin your journey.
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Colour Consultant - Colour and You

Life would be, well, colourless, without that sunny yellow kitchen to brighten your morning or that calming blue bedroom to ease your transition from busy day to relaxing night. It's well known that colour is a mood-maker, so it follows that changing colour can change your living environment. In these hard times, home owners are drawn to change the mood of their home, to create sanctuaries far away from the problems of daily living. but without spending too much. The answer is colour.
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Caulking Tips - Tricks the Painting Pros Use When Caulking

Caulking can be one of the things that really makes your house look great. But, it can be difficult and time consuming for people if they don't use the following tips. Often times I see a caulking job that has wrinkles, ripples and is generally a poor end product. Use the following tip to avoid this.
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Apr 25, Paint First or Install Flooring and Baseboards First?

Customers ask us all the time about if they should paint first or install their flooring and/or baseboards first. Here's a question we received
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Apr 24, Paint First or Install Flooring and Baseboards First?

Customers ask us all the time about if they should paint first or install their flooring and/or baseboards first. Here's a question we received
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Straight Clean Lines Between Two Colors

Clean Straight Lines: How to get crisp lines between two colors. Weve all seen the commercials: the lady pulls away the blue tape to reveal the
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Apr 24, Straight Clean Lines Between Two Colors

Clean Straight Lines: How to get crisp lines between two colors. Weve all seen the commercials: the lady pulls away the blue tape to reveal the
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