What Dallas Says About Color, and What Color is Saying About Dallas

Every spring, publications abound with articles on color trends. Emphatic declarations are made, anointing a given hue as the color of the year. Trouble with that is, color preference is a very personal thing. All the declarations in the world won’t make you accept orange-yellow, for example, if it just doesn’t resonate with you.
So [...]

Dallas Painting Contractor Coupons

Here are a few good coupons for Painting Services form Blue Ox Painting…
If Santa gave you some Gift Certificates this Christmas you could save hundreds of dollars on a great home remodel in Dallas. Blue Ox Painting can offer clients that provide “all materials” (primers, paints, caulking, etc) an additional 5% off of labor costs! [...]

2009 is the year of NO VOC in Dallas Texas

This is a video on NO VOC paint.
You can have Safe “Green” Paints that will keep your home and family free from Toxic Fumes!
The average price for Eco-friendly paint is only $5 more that traditional paints.

For me the choice to use No VOC paints for Dallas interior painting projects is obvious.

DallasPaintingBlog.com notes on 2008-2009

This is a brief look back at the 2008 Year.
The DallasPaintingBlog.com was established in 2008 to provide transparent informative value to Dallas Home Owners and Dallas Painting Contractors.
In 2008 we had the opportunity to partner with Blue Ox Painting Manager Nick Gronewold, and Paint Color Help’s Juli Roland!!!
The site now features current images of painting [...]

Color selection advice from a Color Consultant

Contractors know that working with a client who has not chosen colors can be a difficult process.
For my part I always recommend a client works with a professional who can take the time to reveal their ideal interior color pallet.
So back to the Basics of Color Selection
Provided by Juli at Paint Color Help Take [...]

Interior Color Selection Advice From a Color Consultant

Series Title: Interior Color Selection Advice From a Color Consultant
Article 1.
The Basics – Personality and Color Selection.
Over the years, I’ve discovered there is more to choosing a color than just finding something that matches. Sure, that’s an essential criteria. But a given color may match a customer’s space, yet still not thrill them.
That’s [...]

Seasons Change… So change your colors.

Could a choice in color, if changed seasonly, create a warmer aesthetic?
I was in an empty home with plain white walls just as a cold front came into Dallas.
Could this cold room feel colder?
I think we will find it depends on personality for the most part, but there are real benefits to changing [...]

Color Selection Articles Coming Soon…

I received a commitment from Juli Roland at Paint Color Help to do a series of articles on paint color selection for Dallas homes.
So expect to get a bit of advice on selecting colors in your stocking this Christmas!
We are going to look at items like:
Where does one start?

Where to go for color inspiration?

Does personality [...]

Got Stripes? Interior accent colors that work.

I was looking through some images of Dallas interior painting projects that our company has recently completed… I found a common thread among the pictures that I liked. Many of the rooms had accent stripes painted either as a border near the ceiling or at around four to five feet high.
One [...]