Platinum Painting Blog

When you look around your house, does it lack a modern touch? Do you feel like it’s decorated to reflect who you are? Working on your home to make it your own seems like a huge task, but there’s no better time to start than at the beginning of a new decade. Along with the new year, 2020 has brought popular home decoration and paint color trends. Read on to learn how you can refresh your home and make it your own in 2020.

Paint is everywhere we go, on the surface of walls, the outside of buildings, and even on furniture to give a room an extra pop of color. It is able to serve a variety of purposes, including fun decoration, protection, and even for sanitary reasons, but few people know what happens behind the scenes to make it what it is. If you’re wondering “how is paint made?” read on to learn what happens along every step of the way before it gets put on your walls.

While redecorating a child’s room sounds like a project that’s all fun and games, it tends to be a more stressful task to take on than many parents think. When you consider the big picture, it seems like the only thing you need to do is pick out a new paint color. However, when you get down to it, there are other questions you need to be asking yourself, like “will my child like this color in two years?” or “should I hire a professional painter or do it myself?” Here are five tips to paint your child’s room and do it right the first time.

You’re standing wide-eyed in front of a wall of paint chips, completely bewildered at the number of options you have to choose from. Then, you turn and realize that you’ll also have to select the sheen, brand. Many overwhelming questions can roll around in your head: “What’s the difference between eggshell and semi-gloss? Which shade should I choose? How do I pick out paint and know it’s the right one?” Well, in this post, we present questions that can guide you to the right decision for your home.

When you first moved into your house, you swore that you would eventually change the wall colors. They aren’t to your taste, and you want to make your new house feel more like your comfortable home. For one reason or another, you haven’t done it yet, and the thought of tackling this project feels overwhelming. What color(s) should the rooms be painted? Does the gloss really matter, and which one should I use? What do I want my guests to feel when they come over? In this blog post, you’ll get the answers to these questions through these four tips for picking interior paint.

As you open your front door to greet your guests, you catch a glimpse of the exterior paint and realize that it’s time to repaint. Maybe you’re looking for a change and want to make a statement. After all, you don’t want your home to look exactly like the ones around it. But what color should you choose? With thousands of options to pick from, this decision can quickly become overwhelming. It doesn’t have to be this way! In this post, you’ll learn six tips that can make picking an exterior paint color easier.