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Use a variety of colors to distinguish your personal environment with style. The message and perception that color portrays is a powerful one and should not be underestimated. Choose a color scheme that can be subtly carried throughout your house in various shades and tints. Consider the unique affect color has on your emotions while setting the mood of each room.Soft blues are calming and create tranquility. Green tones inspire creativity. Red hues stimulate the appetite, while yellows tend to energize. Some may prefer a calmer range of neutrals, while others feel inspired by the invigoration of bold and more dramatic tones. Subtle pastels, whites and natural earth tones can subdue interior features while bolder tones will emphasize and highlight an area or room.
Choose your main color using the shades and hues of your flooring, furniture and accessories to give you direction. As you explore the full range of a color's intensity, play with the combinations that appeal to you the most. Mix and match to compliment your decor and determine which tones should be accentuated. Incorporate light color combinations to make a smaller area seem larger and enhance the feeling of open space. Deeper colors can help a large room seem more intimate, making neutral furniture and accessories more pronounced. Specific color choices can be your exclusive design as you refresh and update your home's interior.
When paint starts to chalk (powdery paint comes off on your hand when rubbed) that is a sign that the paint is starting to break down, the reason that it is imperative that you paint as soon as possible is that once the paint starts breaking down it will continue to deteriorate. If the old paint breaks down enough the whole house will have to be primed with a bonding primer which will increase the cost of your paint job, Also if the old paint breaks down enough it can cause pealing in which case it can not be warranted.
Unfortunately aside from stripping, priming and repainting there is very little that can be done once paint starts peeling. Once paint begins to peel it will continue, even if you get a good paint job over top, the old surface underneath will continue to peal causing the new paint to peel off as well.
Your house is a valuable investment and you want someone reputable. Ask your friends and co-workers who they use, always check references, make sure your contractor is licensed and insured, and never ever pay any money before the job is done.
You want an insured contractor because if any one is injured on your job they could sue you the home owner. Custom Designers Inc. is fully insured.
We have heard many stories about people that have paid a contractor up front, then the contractor disappeared with there money leaving the home owner to pay again to get the job done. Custom Designers Inc. painting never accepts up-front money.
If you get an unusually low estimate, it may be that the company does not have adequate insurance or may even be unlicensed; they could be paying cash to employees instead of incurring payroll expenses; they may be taking shortcuts with proper preparation before painting; or they simply didn't properly estimate the work to be performed.
We feel that a house is a lot like an automobile in the fact that the investment is large and the maintenance is a must. You wouldn't wait until the engine blows to check or change the oil. A layer of paint only 1/1000th of an inch thick can protect your home - perhaps your single largest investment. Outside paint provides a layer of protection against airborne dust, pollution, dirt and all types of weather and climate conditions. Inside your home paint resists staining and damage from finger smudges, kitchen grease, furniture grease and the wear of everyday living.