by Nigel Costolloe | Jun 13, 2012 | Home Improvement, Professional Painting Company
When chatting with potential customers they’ll often refer to the need for a primer to help with a color change. This is a common misperception; in fact using a primer to hide a color or effect a color transition is wasting a good product. Primers are typically...
by Nigel Costolloe | Feb 10, 2012 | Historic Restoration, Home Improvement
Exhibit A: the ceiling of a parlor in one of JFK’s childhood homes in Brookline. A well-loved room, filled with books, comfortable chairs and a working fireplace – this is my idea of nirvana. The clients obviously enjoy the fireplace, as evinced by the...
by Nigel Costolloe | Nov 11, 2011 | Boston Painters, Customer Service, Home Improvement, Interior Painting, Professional Painting Company
We’re known for being discriminating, and also for being more expensive than most Boston painting companies. We pride ourselves on superlative finishes of course, and also on meticulous prep. So it’s often a surprise to our clients when they hand us the...
by Nigel Costolloe | Nov 2, 2011 | Blog, Boston Painters, Home Improvement
A call came from a Newton homeowner, referred by one of our customers; an exterior painting project in need of estimating and consulting; a strange issue with sidelights around the front door that couldn’t be explained. A home inspector, a general contractor,...
by Nigel Costolloe | Aug 8, 2011 | Boston Painters, Exterior Painting, Home Improvement, Summer
The Friday before last, all craftsmen and women were given a paid day off to escape the heat. Even those who were working inside Boston’s older homes were without A/C and when the conditions were exacerbated by the need for respirator use and other personal...
by Nigel Costolloe | Mar 21, 2011 | Boston Painters, Environmentally Friendly Paints, Home Improvement, Interior Painting, Professional Painting Company
Ceiling paint is typically the cheapest and lowest tech coating we apply. Not by choice, mind you – the market has decided since ceilings are low maintenance surfaces, white ceiling paints should be cheaper than wall and trim coatings. Reasonable logic, I suppose....
