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...
by Nigel Costolloe | Jul 28, 2014 | Back Bay, Blog, Boston, Exterior Painting, Professional Painting Company, Wood Restoration
When it comes to painting mahogany, there is no ‘normal’ color. We stripped a virtually opaque mahogany exterior stain on a clear coated roof deck in Boston’s Back Bay earlier this summer; since the deck was built over an EPDM membrane we couldn’t use any acid washes...
by Nigel Costolloe | Jan 2, 2013 | Boston Painters, Professional Painting Company
A common question … We often hear the following question from people who find us on the web or see our vans around Boston … why is your price higher than the other painter(s)? There are a number of variables that influence pricing, and these are presented in no...
by Nigel Costolloe | Nov 2, 2012 | Professional Painting Company, Wood Restoration
We see a lot of carpentry flaws in our line of work and captured in the photograph below is a common one. This house was built in the 1950s but was resided in the 80s with new cedar clapboards. Unfortunately the installers used a smooth nail to fasten the clamps. ...
by Nigel Costolloe | Oct 25, 2012 | Professional Painting Company
My son Jesse and I spent 5 days in London last week – his first visit, and I enjoyed seeing the familiar city through his eyes. Double decker buses that seem precariously unstable as they turn corners, London bobbies in their tidy blue suits and peaked helmets,...
by Nigel Costolloe | Oct 16, 2012 | Professional Painting Company, Safety
Performing at your best can only happen if you have the right tools. In the photo below, taken in Boston’s Back Bay this past late summer, I stopped to chat with the employees of a large commercial painting company that does a lot of work around Boston. The men were...