by Nigel Costolloe | Apr 12, 2019 | Interior Painting
Deciding what colors to paint your interior walls isn’t easy. Since you have to live with your decision you want to make sure you get it right. Interior paint colors have more to do with your personal preferences, than what the neighbors think. But if you are selling...
by Nigel Costolloe | Feb 10, 2018 | Exterior Painting, Historic Restoration, Home Improvement, Interior Painting, Residential Interior Painting, Water Damage
Here in New England the reason most paint peels is because the paint coating has become too thick and inflexible. Old homes wearing their original siding and trim can have over 15 coats over them – as the wood expands and contracts with temperature and humidity...
by Nigel Costolloe | Jan 7, 2016 | Customer Service, Interior Painting
I’ve been working through a trenchant biography of Winston Churchill for some months now, The Last Lion, and continue to be impressed by his fortitude and perseverance during the harrowing experience of the London blitz of WWII. Recently I heard a quote that was...
by Nigel Costolloe | Nov 30, 2015 | Blog, Customer Service, Environmentally Friendly Paints, Home Improvement, Interior Painting, Professional Painting Company
Two delightful and gratifying testimonials are below, both unsolicited, from two very different projects. The first comes from the remarkable interior designer Kelly Rogers who has been managing the multiple responsibilities of running a business, raising small...
by Nigel Costolloe | Jun 12, 2015 | Blog, Exterior Painting, Historic Restoration, Interior Painting
A homeowner Mike in the Chicago area found us via this blog and after checking us out on Angie’s List called to pick my brain about primers. His predicament reminded me of the confusion that surrounds the use and purpose of primers before painting. He had been given...
by Nigel Costolloe | Jan 31, 2015 | Blog, Boston Painters, Exterior Painting, Interior Painting, Professional Painting Company
At Catchlight Painting, we’ve always put families first. We believe in recognizing and honoring the significant events in our employee’s lives. From work anniversaries to birthdays, from paternity leave to bereavement, we understand that to ask our...
