March 2017 - Buckeye House Painting

How to Paint Your Trim and Shutters

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Posted 6 years ago
by Craig Bennington

Painting your trim can have bigger impact on the look and value of your home than you realize – but people often overlook this simple upgrade. We’ve gathered a few tips to help you get started if you want to paint your trim and shutters:

While people tend to choose flat colors for siding, gloss or semi-gloss paints are often chosen for trim and shutters. This is because glossy paint will bring out the details, which you would want to avoid on the walls to minimize nicks and scratches – but could be great to emphasize your shutters.
Gutters, downspouts, and elements like that that should be painted a similar color as the siding, to help them fade into the house.
Shutters and window sashes are generally the darkest colors in the color scheme. This helps them to stand out and frame the windows.
Make sure you get the correct kind of paint for the surface you are considering. For example, an oil based paint will bond to a tin gutter better than other choices. You may end up with several different bases for the different surfaces that you’re painting. Check out the guide on exterior paint from Sherwin-Williams to see some choices.
Spring is a great time for exterior painting. Most paint won’t dry below 50 degrees, so these warmer days are great for your paint setting – but you also get a pleasant day to be outside too.
If you choose several color variations to paint your trim, there’s a simple rule of thumb that painters follow. Use darker color variations toward the first floor of the house, and use lighter variations when you paint your trim toward the top of your house. If you flip this principle and use lighter paints near the bottom and darker paints as you go up, your house can look top-heavy.

If you’re still not feeling up to painting your trim, or need some help picking colors, give us a call for a consultation!

Exterior Painting – New Look. New Value.

Posted 6 years ago
by Craig Bennington

Exterior painting can increase the value of your home more than you’d think—sometimes by thousands of dollars. And it’s also hard for most of us to even picture how significantly a new, exterior paint job will transform the overall look of your home. So whether you’re selling — and you want to increase both the cost of your sale and the speed at which it sells, or if you’re staying — and you just want the neighbors to say, “Oh, Wow”. Here are 4 quick reasons why you might want to consider repainting the exterior of your home this spring.

The Outside Needs Attention Too. As you prep your house to repaint, you’re going to find whether there are any other important issues going on with the outside of your house, that need serious attention.

Make the Neighbors go, “Oh Wow”. We’ve heard it said over and over and over again. “One of our neighbors painted the outside of their house. And when we drove by, we had to hit the brakes. It looked like they had replaced their old house with a brand new one. With only some paint.”
Like Makeup For Your House. Over time, a house gets flaws. Waters stains. Chipped paint. Rust. Sun Damage. And more. A good paint job can make all of that go away though. With a quality primer and weather sealing, you’re also now eliminating those exterior flaws before they get worse.
You Could Almost Say, It’s Free. Most Realtors will tell you that painting the outside of your home will increase the value of your home MORE than you paid for the new exterior paint job. It’s why many people have repainted their home as they’re selling, to increase price – and to speed up the sale.

Check out this guide from Sherwin-Williams on planning for your next exterior painting project. And if you’re looking for someone to help you out, give us a call! We’re obsessed with paint… and we’re good at it. We’ll walk with you every step of the way, from picking out colors to putting the finishing touches on your trim. We service Columbus and the surrounding areas, and we’d love to help make your house the best-looking house on the block.

What Our Customers are Saying:

Very professional and efficient during estimate. Explained everything thoroughly. Called with
updates on days the work was to be accomplished. The crew was excellent, cleaned up everything and locked my fence gate. So happy with the results.