Americans love to paint. Each year they buy an average of 2.3 gallons of paint. A 2007 Environmental Protection Agency study estimates that about 10% of the house paint purchased annually ends up as leftover or unused. In Oregon and Washington State about 2.322 million gallons of paint is leftover annually. This is just a preview...Read the rest... Read More →

Our tastes change over time; the floral motif wallpaper in the family room seems out-of-date, and the kids have outgrown the wallpaper with zoo animals in their bedrooms. Paint can revitalize these rooms but what about the wallpaper? This is just a preview...Read the rest... Read More →

Using the right brush for a painting project makes the work go easier and faster. A premium brush will even make the painted surface look better and last longer. This is just a preview...Read the rest... Read More →

Several companies manufacture rubber roofs from recycled tires. These products are durable (many come with 50-year warranties), as well as fire and wind resistant. Metal Roofing With a long life, metal roofs keep composite material out of our landfills. Also 100% of the material used is recyclable. This is just a preview...Read the rest... Read More →

Color, color everywhere: that’s the feeling customers get when they walk into a paint store and are surrounded by sample paint chips and cards. Dan Saunders, Marketing Coordinator for Miller Paint, explains, “A 14-foot wall display at a Miller paint store will offer 1400 colors to take home and study for free.” This is just a preview...Read the rest... Read More →

When mid-century modern houses were built in the 1950s and 1960s, the most striking feature of their interior was usually their open and flowing floor plan. Living room spaces flowed into the dining room, which flowed into the kitchen. A vaulted ceiling over it all really did make the core of the house one big “great room.” This was, after all, the era of “togetherness.” If the ceiling was vaulted,... more

A common reason for re-painting is the desire for a fresh, clean surface. But simple repainting will not remedy the most common cause of paint discoloration: mildew. This is just a preview...Read the rest... Read More →

While white reflects all the colors in the spectrum it isn’t a color but remains the most widely used interior hue. This is just a preview...Read the rest... Read More →