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House Painting project in Seattle, Washington Inverness neighborhood. C2 exterior satin and semi-gloss paints on this residential repaint project. The home had not been painted in 15 years.

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Benjamin Moore Color Stories arrives in Seattle. January 3, 2012 Wealth Asset Manager Karl Moore is Seattle’s first home owner to use a paint color from the new Color Stories line. Karl and his wife navigated their color selection completely online on New years day…the Seattle Benjamin Moore Dealership had not even received the new color fans or retail displays in early January.
Karl has a Lake Union view home built in 2006. The original spec color was painted on the walls and ceiling throughout most of the home. Karl wanted to add contrast between the walls and ceilings especially in the 40 foot hall space from the front entry to the living-room. The living room features large windows with a view of Lake Union and provides lots of great natural light to the hallway. The picture above shows the new color contrast which actually makes the space look much larger with greater depth. The ceiling height at 13 feet was also a consideration in selecting the value of the new color.

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Painting Exterior in January

February 2, 2012

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Exterior house painting project Seattle. Painting project had been abandoned by previous painting contractor. Low temperature paints were used on this project. Started Jan 8th, 20120 completed Feb 2, 2012. The previous contractor had started primimng and painting before completing the appropriate surface prep. We removed the new primer, paint, and existing failing paint. The bad & incomplete work needed to be corrected and this added a significant cost to the project; this could have been avoided if the prep and priming work had been completed properly the first time.

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High Gloss Black Paint

January 31, 2012

Elegant High Gloss black paint on private residence in Broadmoor Seattle, Washington 2010 See more painted doors on the Pinterest “painted door” Board. Read more about the product used on this home Benjamin Moore 133   Find a Benjamin Moore Paint StoreĀ in your city, this interactive map has 652 of the largest dealerships in the [...]

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Fine Paints of Europe 15 year paint job

January 30, 2012

The Owners of Headlines Salon in University Village contact Shearer Painting in 1997 to install a black durable high gloss finish to their newly remodeled store front. In the 15 years since installation the door has been repainted twice and two damaged spots repainted.

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Front door restoration | Laurelhurst in Seattle, Wa

January 27, 2012

Nothing modern could replace the charm and history of restoring the 83 year old original solid wood door on this Laurelhurst home in Seattle, Wa. Learn more about custom stain work Door restoration video from a different project

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Drywall Repair Video

January 23, 2012

This video is a demonstration of a drywall repair. Learn about a level 5 drywall finish The face paper of drywall (GWB) is rough and this shows in critical lighting areas. The whole battle with drywall and getting it looking good involves time and money. The tools needed for a level 5 drywall finish: Roller [...]

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Water reduced oil enamel review | Advanced by Benjamin Moore Paint vs Proclassic by Sherwin Williams

January 21, 2012

2011 was the year the water borne oil finish enamel finally arrived as a true replacement for traditional oil enamel for trim and cabinets. Environmental regulation and consumer demand has slowly pushed out oil base paints and replaced them with water-base equivalent; this trend as been building slowly over the last ten years. The early [...]

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Luxe magazine Seattle

January 16, 2012

About Luxe Magazine from the publisher “Luxe Interiors + Design Magazineā„¢ is the uncompromised source for those with a passion for creating beautiful surroundings and living well. It is the influential go-to guide that leads readers to discover and acquire local and national resources for design, decorating, architecture and renovation. Curated for the affluent, sophisticated [...]

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Inverness Seattle, Washington house painting

January 15, 2012

Exterior House painting project in the Inverness neighborhood in Seattle, Washington. This residence had not been painted in 15 years. The existing paint coating showed significant deterioration on the south elevation and all fascia and trim. The north elevation and ground level surfaces had considerable mildew growth on the paint. The paint selected for the [...]

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