Bring the Outdoors Inside: How to Use Colors and Design for a Nature-Inspired Look
Nature is inspiring current indoor color trends and design, and it’s not hard to see why. Nature has been shown to reduce stress, increase productivity, and inspire a feeling of calm — all of which we need these days when many of us are working from home more and are feeling anxious about the world around us. Fortunately, you don’t have to spend a lot of money to bring the serenity of the outdoors inside.
Warm Colors for Your Walls
Warm up your winter with wall color! Winter is a great time for interior paint projects, and cheery colors like red, yellow, and orange will make you feel warm even when it’s cold outside. Warm colors are great for rooms where there’s lots of activity, like kitchens, kids’ playrooms, or home gyms, but you can use them anywhere you’d like to add energy.
5 Important Ways to Prep Your Home for Winter
Our WNC weather can be fickle in the months of October and November — we often find ourselves wearing a coat one day and shorts the next! But sooner or later, freezing temperatures will arrive, so now is the time to prep your home for winter. By following these five tips now, you’ll save yourself the headache of higher energy bills and costly repairs down the road:
Pollination Collaboration: A Hendersonville Mural Brings Awareness to the Honey Bee!
Burlett Painting was pleased to BEE a part of our community’s efforts to raise awareness of the importance of the honey bee. We recently donated our services to paint the back exterior of the Hands On! Children’s Museum in downtown Hendersonville in preparation for world-renowned artist Matt Willey, who will arrive on October 26 to paint a bee mural on the wall!
Matt is the founder of The Good of the Hive, whose mission is to bring awareness to planetary health issues through art and storytelling. As a part of that mission, Matt is committed to painting 50,000 honey bees — the number of bees in a healthy hive — in murals around the world. Matt has created 27 murals with over 5,400 bees in the past five years.
Why You Should NEVER Paint Over Mold
Mold is a fungus that loves to live in humid rooms of your home, like the bathroom or the basement. It comes in an array of unappetizing colors, like yellow, green, brown, or even white — but the most dangerous type of mold is black. If you’re painting your house and encounter mold, you’ll need to take steps to ensure you kill it at its source.
The Hazards of Lead Paint: How to Protect Yourself
If your home or office was built before 1978, there’s a good chance it was painted with lead-based paint. Exposure to lead-based paint can be very dangerous, especially to infants, children, and women who are pregnant, so it’s important to know how to protect your family and yourself.
Upgrade Your Home’s Exterior With a Fresh Coat of Paint
The exterior of your home is one of the first impressions people have of your property, so the colors you choose are crucial. But selecting the right type and color of paint can be daunting — there are literally thousands of combinations, and the cost of exterior paint is not inexpensive. If you end up unhappy with the result, repainting will cost you time and money. Here’s what you can do to choose paint that complements your home and that will last.
Pressure Washing Your Home: The Complete DIY Guide
Summer is the perfect time to pressure-wash your home — you can take advantage of warm days with no rain or wind to thoroughly clean all the algae, mildew, and dirt that’s built up on your siding. But before you head to your nearest home improvement store to rent or purchase a pressure washer, read these tips. Pressure washers are extremely powerful and, if not used properly, can cause damage to your home and to you!
Staining Your Deck: 8 Steps to Doing it Right
Staining your deck isn’t difficult, but it does take some time and preparation. Applying stain to your deck will not only improve its appearance by bringing out the wood grain and texture, but it will also provide protection from rain and other damaging elements. Your deck will probably need to be stained every 1-3 years.
You can test your deck to see it if needs to be stained. Just sprinkle some water on the wood; if the water pools up, you’re good to wait a bit longer. But if the water is absorbed in less than 10 minutes, it’s time to get started!
How to Make Paint Work for Your Business
You’ve heard that “location, location, location” plays an important role in the success of your business, but every good business owner knows that location isn’t all it takes — your business’s success also depends on a lot of hard work, great employees, good management, and a solid marketing strategy. A big part of all of this is the “look” of your business — which, of course, includes painting! Read on to learn three ways paint plays a crucial role in the success of your business.