Choosing colors
Large samples on your own walls, looked at in daylight and lamplight, before a single room is painted.
A color chip the size of a stamp tells you very little. The same paint looks different on a north wall and a south wall, in the morning and under lamps at night, next to oak floors or grey ones. So we never choose from the chip alone.
How we help
- Large samples: we bring sample boards and paint test patches of your top choices on the walls that matter.
- Two lights: look at them in daylight and again in the evening before you decide.
- The whole house: we think about how rooms that open into each other look together, and how trim and ceilings tie them up.
Finishes
The sheen matters as much as the color. Flat hides flaws on ceilings, matte and eggshell suit living rooms and bedrooms, satin stands up to scrubbing in kitchens, baths and children's rooms, and semi-gloss is for trim and doors.
Exteriors
Outside, colors look lighter than on the chip. We look at the roof, brick or stone that will stay, and the houses either side, and paint a test area on the siding before you commit.
Three rules we paint by
Test on the wall
Every color is tried where it will live, never chosen from a small chip.
Sheen for the room
Washable where hands and splashes go, flat where light shows every flaw.
Leftovers labeled
You keep labeled leftover paint for touch-ups, with the color and the room written on it.
Color questions
Is the color help extra?
No. It is part of every estimate and every job.
Can you match a color I already have?
Usually, yes. A paint store can match a chip of the old paint closely; we bring one in.
Should the ceiling be white?
Not always. A ceiling tinted with a little of the wall color often looks calmer than bright white.
