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Best Paint Colors for Hardwood Floors

One of the questions we get frequently at All American Painting Plus is “What Paint Colors Work Best With Hardwood Floors”. The short answer is both easy and uninformative: “Hardwood looks good with everything!” That is mostly true, but it’s not all of the story. All American Painting Plus has [...]

March 12, 2017|

3 Approaches to Painting Your Kids’ Rooms

When it comes to painting kids’ rooms, there are several different schools of thought. A child’s room should be a place where they enjoy spending their time, but which integrates with the rest of the house. All American Painting Plus has painted a lot of kids rooms in our day. [...]

March 3, 2017|

Differences in Oil and Latex in Exterior Paint

Most homeowners don’t have much knowledge about the qualities and histories of paints for external painting applications. For the most part, when it comes to household external painting applications, consumers have had just two choices: oil-based and latex-based paint. Oil-based paint has fallen out of favor for a number of [...]

February 23, 2017|

Preparing A House Before A Painter Arrives

If you are counting down the days until All American Painting Plus arrives to paint your home, you’ve got a beautiful house to look forward to. In the meantime, there is a little bit of preparation you can do to make sure the project goes smoothly. All American Painting Plus [...]

February 19, 2017|

Spring and Summer Painting/Carpentry

When you think of All American Painting Plus, you might think about the best Virginia painters around. And though we won’t say you’re wrong on that point (thanks for the compliment!), we want to emphasize that we’re more than a painting company. All American Painting Plus contractors can build or [...]

February 15, 2017|

Don’t Underestimate Front Door Painting

People ask us all the time about the relationship between a fresh coat of paint and home equity. This is a complicated conversation, but generally speaking, the fresher and nicer your paint job, the more someone will be willing to pay for your home. There are practical and subconscious reasons [...]

February 11, 2017|

Businesses See Benefits off Fresh Paint

We can all use a makeover from time to time. But if you have a business or represent a publicly-accessed structure of some kind, you know that a real estate makeover is not always in the budget. At All American Painting Plus, we paint commercial and public buildings all the [...]

February 7, 2017|

Paint Colors We Recommend for Clients

With modern paint technology, you can produce infinite color variations. These endless shades can be used on interior or exterior walls, cabinets, fixtures...anything you can imagine. But because homeowners and business owners have such specific goals for their properties, not just any color choices will do. As painting contractors, All [...]

February 3, 2017|

Lose Mistakes With Interior and Exterior Paint

If you are a homeowner, painting your home’s interior or exterior is a job you don’t want to do often. A good paint job can last for years, but one performed poorly will show its flaws in just months. It can be difficult for nonprofessionals to appreciate the nuances of [...]

January 28, 2017|

Paint Colors for Work, Rest, and Play

If you’re thinking about repainting your house or business, your thought process probably follows some common pathways. When most people consider this problem, the first thing they think about is their favorite color or colors. While favorite colors might look great on the walls of your home, artful residential painting [...]

January 24, 2017|