by Nigel Costolloe | Oct 29, 2012 | Boston, Boston Painters, Environmentally Friendly Paints, Interior Painting
As an environmentally conscious company, we go to great lengths to avoid use of solvent-based finishes in favor of water-based low and zero VOC (volatile organic solvents) paints. Occasionally however a client will insist on a more traditional oil-based finish. Below...
by Nigel Costolloe | Feb 17, 2012 | Cambridge, Customer Service, Interior Painting, Lead-Safe Certified
One of the tasks we take very seriously when we are welcomed in a customer’s home to paint is cleanliness. For my part I am on the OCD end of the spectrum when it comes to cleanliness – my weekends involve exercise, trail running with my dog Huey, and...
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 | Apr 15, 2011 | Blog, Boston Painters, Environmentally Friendly Paints, Historic Restoration, Interior Painting, Paint Quality Institute
There’s a great outfit just outside Philadelphia that is a valuable resource to we painting professionals, the Paint Quality Institute, www.paintquality.com. The institute’s mission is to inform and educate the professional as well as the consumer. Their Director of...
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....
by Brian | Feb 21, 2011 | Exterior Painting, Historic Restoration, Home Improvement, Interior Painting, Wood Restoration
For those of us who have left behind our younger years, the cold dry air of winter can offer up insults beyond mere inconvenience and discomfort. I refer to the additional 10 years winter air can add to our age as a new facial topography emerges. Wrinkles appear...
