This story had it all. The broken promises, the bad workmanship, the missed deadlines, the never ending surprises. This customer bought a home and faced pretty much all of the usual horror stories associated with renovating a home. She hired what she thought was a good contractor. He talked a lot and promised all the right promises. His price was reasonable and he sounded like he had experience with this type of renovation. Sure the … Read more
New kitchens with brand new cabinets, counters, and appliances cost a pretty penny. If your current kitchen works well, but looks outdated, consider updating it for a lot less with paint. Why Use Paint Instead of Remodeling A full kitchen remodel including new cabinets, counters, appliances, and floors can cost upwards of $30,000. It can also take up to 12 weeks to complete once all of the components have been ordered and have arrived. Some … Read more
Painting hallways is usually an afterthought when painting most apartment buildings. It is something that needs to eventually be done but somehow other more pressing needs take over. This is not intentional of course, they are just hallways, they work just fine. The floors are cleaned and anything mechanical is maintained, but what about the condition of the walls? What about the yellowed ceilings, the drywall, the banged up doors? Common areas such as corridors are important … Read more
What is Builder’s Beige? Builder’s Beige is the generic colour that most new homes come with. It usually is the colour that a builder uses for an entire subdivision of homes. These colours may actually have sophisticated sounding names but they are just different shades of builder’s beige. The size of the home or the size of the subdivision doesn’t make a difference – if it’s new it’s going to be beige. During the last … Read more
By Erin Stillaway. We were painting a Downtown Toronto office for a well known marketing company. The first day of the job I drove to work. What a mistake that was. My initial plan was to park on Spadina, by the Center for Social Innovation building. I remember this was a cheap parking lot and a seven minutes walk to the job site. You could park there for $4 from four pm till six am. … Read more
A lot of wallpaper to remove Wallpaper removal is something most people don’t enjoy. I think I might have been one of them. The first time I was given the task of removing wallpaper by Ecopainting, it was during the painting of a Scarborough home. George asked me if I had done it before. I told him no, honestly not thinking I had before. He instructed me on how to do it and left me to finish up … Read more
Looking for painters on Facebook makes a lot of sense these days. Google used to be and still is to a point, the place to search for and find a good service provider. Were you looking for a furnace repair technician? You googled “furnace repairs in your town” and you found plenty of technicians at your service. Google has always insisted on providing a great search experience for it’s users. Reality is, this experience seems to … Read more
The paint brush is one of the tools most associated with a painter but not everyone realizes the benefits of using a good paint brush. Before I started working for Ecopainting when I painted, I used those homeowner gizmos that just roll along the ceiling and baseboards and thought they did a great job. Now when I look at my walls at home, I know how much a difference a proper brush makes. What Makes a … Read more