Start Your New Year with a Fresh Look

This January you’ll probably hear a lot of proclamations of “new year, new me!” Why should your company be any different? The new year might be an arbitrary date, but it’s a widespread symbol of renewal and transformation. Individuals enjoy setting new year’s resolutions to map out how they might [...]

2023-03-11T10:43:51-05:00November 28, 2018|

Did You Hire The Right Painting Service?

If you own a business, you only hire the very best people to work for you. The same rule should apply to any services that you outsource. After all, you hire these services to improve your business and attract more customers. When hiring commercial painting services, there are some key [...]

2023-03-11T10:43:52-05:00November 26, 2018|

Clean Schools Help Kids and Teachers

Education is one of the most important societal institutions. Children go to school to learn social skills, language, history, math, abstract concepts, and to hone their creative impulses. Without good schools, kids have a harder time reaching their full potential, and teachers struggle to help their students. On the other [...]

2023-03-11T10:43:52-05:00November 18, 2018|

Bad Color Ideas for A Commercial Space

Modern research has begun to discover how different colors affect human behavior. While not all findings are conclusive, psychologists seem to think certain colors are linked to productivity and overall mood. Of course, these findings are general and research is ongoing. Some individuals might react to a color differently than [...]

2023-03-11T10:56:39-05:00November 9, 2018|

The Many Ways To Use Commercial Paint

A business must always look its best for its customers and employees alike, and a fresh coat of paint is one of the largest contributors to this. Companies employ commercial painting contractors to at least repaint the walls every few years or as needed. However, these services can provide much [...]

2023-03-11T10:56:40-05:00November 7, 2018|

4 Common Problems with Drywall

For a century now, drywall has been a staple in homes and commercial buildings. This gypsum and paper conglomerate material made plaster walls nearly obsolete when it came onto the scene in 1916. Drywall has maintained its prominence in construction for several reasons. It’s sturdy, relatively cheap, easy to paint, [...]

2023-03-11T10:56:42-05:00October 29, 2018|

Meeting-Helping Conference Room Colors

A recent business study reports that the average employee spends 37% of their time attending meetings of one type or another. That’s about 15 hours per week. With that big of an investment in labor cost, Northern Virginia business owners want to make sure that meeting time is as productive [...]

2023-03-11T10:57:14-05:00July 2, 2018|

How Bright Colors Can Draw Customers In

At All American Painting Plus, Reston’s award winning commercial and residential painting contractors, we think that using color to attract customers can be a tricky business. The effect of color on human behavior has been the subject of hundreds of studies and experiments. While some generalities appear in all the [...]

2023-03-11T10:57:28-05:00April 2, 2018|

WhiteBoard Walls Add Collaboration and Creativity

Some of the most creative minds in the country work in Northern Virginia businesses. If you are a business owner or a team leader, you can help unleash that creativity and the synergy from team collaboration by providing plenty of space for “doodling” on a wall. We all doodle. Lincoln [...]

2023-03-11T10:57:30-05:00March 12, 2018|

Tips for Creating Impressive Hallways

If you are a Northern Virginia property manager, hotel manager, business owner, or president of a condo HOA, there is a piece of your property that could be making a bigger, favorable impression on tenants, guests, employees, and homeowners. We’re talking hallways here. Hallways are unique pieces of real estate. [...]

2023-03-11T10:57:31-05:00March 7, 2018|