PaintTouch Up Tips

It's about that time to start sprucing up the house for holiday visitors. Throughout the year, do your walls get a few dings and bumps that leave an unpainted surface? Here are a few tips you should know before you break out the paint can and start touching up.

1. Surface temperature can make a difference in the appearance of the touch up area. Touch-up work should be done under the same temperature conditions as the initial painting. So make sure your basement isn't too cold or you've got the heater cranked way up. Always apply the paint when the ambient air and surface temperatures are well above 50.

2.  Time can affect how well a touch-up mark blends into the original painted surface. Different types of paints have different final finish times. For example, alkyd based paints can sometimes take several weeks to reach their final appearance, while latexes get to that point pretty quickly. The best practice is to wait and judge your touch-up success after about a two week period.

3.  Your paint application method can result in a different outcome. If you initially painted the wall with a roller, using a brush to do your touch-up will cause a noticeable difference. Be sure to use the same type tools when you touch-up your paint and you should get a nice looking surface.

Number 2 in the Pie World

"While pumpkin pie was not present at the first Thanksgiving, it was by the time of the American Revolution. The predecessor to the modern American pie was made by colonists that cut the tops off pumpkins, removed the seeds, added milk, honey and spices to the interior of the pumpkin, and roasted it over a fire. It was not until 1796 that the first written version of a recipe for a pumpkin pie similar to today's version was recorded. Since that time, pumpkin pie has evolved and become easier to make with the introduction of canned pumpkin in the early twentieth century."

(from http://www.ehow.com/about pumpkin pie)

Pumpkin pie is now the 2nd most popular pie, ranking close behind apple. This time of year brings that delicious smell of pumpkin spice baked in a pie, a roll or even cookies. It's the smell that makes you think of family and food and parades and football and .....

Take this time to reflect and be thankful for all that you DO have. There are many folks out there without family or friends to share that yummy pumpkin pie with. We are very thankful for all our amazing staff, our hard-working installers and our loyal customers.

Enjoy your Thanksgiving holiday!

Great Success!

Our Let's Decorate event was a huge success! All of our presenters came armed with color trends and new color matching applications. Tyger and Bryan did a fabulous job with our DIY countertop transformation kits. I think a few husbands might be a bit annoyed that they now have a "Hunny Do" project!

We collected donations to the BRHC Cancer Fund and will continue with this until Thanksgiving. We will make a 5% donation of all sales from our Let's Decorate attendees from now til November 25th.Our sales associates are busy with measures and consults so we're hoping to make a sizable donation in December.

Thanks to everyone that attended our event. We hope to make this an annual event and grow our attendance.