6 Signs of a Professional Painter

Are you in the market for a Virginia painter, but want to make sure you hire the right one? You want to feel comfortable with who is in your home and make sure you get your money’s worth. MasterWorks Painters gives Fairfax homeowners six things to look for when hiring a painting contractor.

First Impressions Matter

In our fast-paced world, a first impression is sometimes the only impression you get the opportunity to make. One typo on your resume could cost you a job, and just one morning of running late could mean you lose a new client. On the other hand, making a good first impression builds trust, confidence, and goodwill.

A Splash of Warm Color

Many rooms in the home can benefit from a warm color scheme.  Warm colors in the yellow, orange, and red families can make a room feel more inviting, as well as add brightness to your space.  Reflecting summer’s sunshine and adding cheer to winter’s bleaker landscape, warm colors are appropriate year-round.  Next time you plan a home improvement project, consider adding a warm palette to your home.

Red-Hot Remodeling

Even though neutral color schemes such as browns, creams, and muted shades are a growing home improvement trend, don’t be afraid to enhance the tones with a bold statement color, such as red. Using red and other warm colors creates positive energy throughout the home. When you decorate with the right combination of base and accent shades, the color red will definitely add a “wow” factor to any room. Make sure you use the bright color correctly to avoid an … Continued

Painting A Home Office

Have you ever noticed how the color of a room makes you feel when you walk in? For example, when you walk into a spa, painted in earth tones and relaxing blues, you feel calm and relaxed. When you walk into a gym with bright loud painted walls, you feel energized. A lot of the sensations you experience when entering a space can come from the colors that have been chosen and how those colors affect us.

Cottage Inspired Home Remodeling

A recent home remodeling trend that has been popping up across the country is using cottage-inspired décor.  Because of fond childhood memories, cottage-styled rooms, particularly kitchens, create a relaxing and open feel in your home. Whether you want to add cottage-style elements gradually to your kitchen, or go all-in with a major home remodeling project, you’ll love this breezy, weathered, simple look. Here are some features you can use to create this modern cottage design in your kitchen.

5 Basic Kitchen Layouts used in Kitchen Remodeling

Taking on a  project like a kitchen remodel takes time and planning. Every little detail has to be planned from cabinets to floor to lighting to materials. However, one of the most important decisions to make that affect all of the rest is the kitchen’s layout. Kitchen remodeling teams work off five basic kitchen layouts

How long should a paint job last?

For Exteriors homes this is a very relative question. The largest variables are sun and rain. Other big factors are prep work from the initial job, and was the proper amount of paint applied? Most of the time painters skimp on the application not getting enough product on the surface. I see allot of “painters” stretching and pulling the paint across the surface instead of applying it to the surface and leaving it to dry, instead they over work the … Continued