Custom Painting Services from Broke Slipper Paint

There are tons and tons of custom painting ideas out there. Adam can work with you on particular projects you have in mind for unique and creative painting services.

 

Accent walls are one of the most popular options for easily yet effectively changing up a room. You can brighten, lengthen, emphasize, or de-emphasize a wall in a space with a new coat of paint.

 

All About Accent Walls

You don’t always need an accent wall in your home to make it look it’s best. However, basic rules of thumb for accent walls include:

 

Focus on the Focal Point

Where do you want your eye to go in the room? A wall without windows or doors often works best. You can highlight a beautiful piece of new art with an accent wall, a stylized architectural point of the room, or a special furniture piece.

 

Conversely, you can camouflage certain visual pieces. A darker wall behind the T.V. for example, can hide it when it’s turned off.

 

Symmetry and Balance

 Accent walls will mostly look off if they aren’t on the far wall of the room, or the shorter wall, or on a wall that’s nicely balanced throughout the room. The far wall from the entrance, or the shortest wall in a long hallway, will produce the best accent wall results.

 

Clean Corners

 No matter where the accent wall is, clean and defined corners will make your accent wall look complete, professional, and intentional. Adam is a skilled painter who will always achieve crisp corners while painting.

 

Think about the “Fifth” Wall

 What’s the fifth wall? The ceiling, of course! You can add a lot of interest and dynamism to a room by painting a ceiling instead of a wall. This works well for homes with oddly shaped walls where symmetry or a focal point aren’t clear.

Furniture painting in Hawaii

Furniture painting, like home painting, can infuse new life into your furniture while protecting it. Outdoor furniture is most prone to exposure damage, making patio furniture a great option for painting. Indoor furniture that experiences a lot of normal wear and tear is also best-suited for repainting and even refinishing or varnishing.

 

When NOT to Paint Furniture

Painting furniture is an awesome way to be environmentally friendly by re-using old furniture. It’s also budget-friendly, considering how expensive new furniture can be. There are, however, certain times when painting furniture is not a great choice.

           

Family Heirlooms

Don’t paint furniture that’s been passed down through generations. Covering family heirlooms with paint might sound like a good idea, but you might regret it later on. Instead of painting those kinds of furniture, thinking about getting them restored, or re-varnished!

 

The Right Paint

The best paints for furniture are satin or semi-gloss luster, using a latex paint for indoor or outdoor furniture. If you’ve got extra interior paint and want to match your furniture and walls or accent wall and furniture, go for it! An additional seal of protection for outdoor furniture is highly recommended, and even for heavily used indoor furniture like coffee tables and furniture in family rooms.

 

A polyurethane top coat, made for indoors or outdoors, will do the trick.

 

Pro Tip: With vintage being very stylish these days, a milk paint—water-based paint made with limestone, clay, pigments, and casein—adds a lovely distressed look to furniture, adding a patina, visual interest, and vintage essence.

Trim painting and Baseboard Painting

Baseboards can get dulled and worn. Because they are on the ground, they often get lots of dust exposure, with quite a bit of traffic, shoes, or maybe kids toys bouncing against them. Interior trim nicely contrasts with interior walls, but is also prone to fading and damage.

 

Especially if you’ve made a dramatic color shift on your interior walls, re-painting your baseboards and trim to match is a must!

Window Painting

Windows receive a lot of wear and tear as well thanks to being constantly being opened and closed. The exteriors generally receive lots of sun, salt, and exposure, particularly in oceanfront homes. Repainted windows look lovely and protect your home.

 

First, windows must always be cleaned with a cleaning solution and razor blade (never scrape dirt and muck off dry windows, this could cause scratches and damage). This will ensure a good seal of the paint because the glass will be clean.


Starting early in the day is particularly important for windows and doors, because you want dry windows and doors by the end of the day. Keeping out mosquitos, roaches, critters, and possible thieves is tough to do when you’re missing windows and doors.

 

Finally, keep those tracks free of paint using masking tape or painters tape. After all, what’s the use of windows if they’re sticking in their tracks and difficult to slide open?


Preparing the Exterior of a Home


If it’s a newly constructed home you need painted, feel free to scroll past this part. If, however, you’re repainting an existing home, here are the basic rules of planning before paint is even applied:


Stripping Existing Paint


Removing existing paint chips, bubbles, and peels creates a smooth surface for the exterior paint.


Clean and Dry Surfaces

Power washing or hand-washing of trim, siding, doors, or any other surfaces you want painted is an absolute must before painting. Getting the surfaces dry is also important to prevent any moisture getting trapped in the wood, vinyl, masonry, or stucco.


Cabinet Painting on Oahu

Re-painted kitchen cabinets, bathroom cabinets, living room cabinets, or any other cabinets you can think of are a fantastic way to elevate a space. Newly painted rooms will naturally lend themselves to newly varnished or painted cabinets, while older houses find a balance between modern cabinets and older aesthetics.

 

Update a plain space with stylishly painted cabinetry, painted by a professional. Professional cabinet painting includes removal of cabinets from their locations, disassembly, and separation. Each piece gets sanded and primed (as needed) and painted individually to get the best most professional results.

Custom Project Needs

Have a custom painting idea you don’t see listed? Call today to find out about other painting services Broke Slipper can offer, such as stucco, designs, texturing, fences, and decks.

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