by Nigel Costolloe | Sep 1, 2020 | Historic Restoration, Interior Painting, Kitchens, Residential Interior Painting
When one thinks about the color palette of a historic home’s interior, specific hues come to mind. Victorian homes tended to be painted in colors that reflected what was available from plant-based pigments, such as earth tones like eggplant, ochre, hues of green and...
by Eileen Jones | May 13, 2020 | Blog, Brookline, Exterior Painting, Historic Restoration
Painting the exteriors of older homes throughout the Boston area for decades, we at Catchlight have been presented with everything from weather-worn siding to rotting window casements to the presence of lead. This stately Victorian home located in Brookline, MA had...
by Eileen Jones | Feb 25, 2020 | Historic Restoration, Interior Painting, Residential Interior Painting, Wood Restoration
“Spring is just around the corner!” So says groundhog and weather sage Punxsutawney Phil. Those of us who spend our winters cozy and buttoned up securely in our homes greet the spring with opening the windows, literally and figuratively, and begin to breathe again....
by Nigel Costolloe | Sep 16, 2019 | Historic Restoration, Interior Painting, Residential Interior Painting, Wood Restoration
Stair Railings. Banisters. Handrails. Call them what you will, they are more than just a means of safely ascending and descending your staircase, they can make a significant architectural statement in any house.Walk in to one of the Victorian homes found throughout...
by Nigel Costolloe | Jun 11, 2019 | Blog, Historic Restoration, Interior Painting, Lead-Safe Certified
For the homeowner interested in the preservation and painting the historic interior of their home, we are often asked about the use of historically or period appropriate colors. Most larger painting manufacturers have addressed this topic through their specialty color...
by Nigel Costolloe | Oct 10, 2018 | Back Bay, Brookline, Historic Restoration, History, Newton
Because we are a professional painting company, our customers assume we are familiar with, or expert in, color (color theory, color selection). This is far from true, but given our daily application of color to homes, inside and out, we do acquire a reasonable comfort...
