Queen Anne painting review

March 11, 2012

This is Bruce Clark My wife and I own a home on Queen Anne which we completely remodeled in the mid 1990s. Last year I realized that the house really needed to be repainted, and I asked around. I got a number of recommendations including Shearer Painting. I had John Shearer come over and look [...]

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Rust-Oleum

March 7, 2012
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Luxe Battle of the Chefs

March 1, 2012

Battle of the Chefs raised $18,500 for O Wines Scholarships! Thank you LUXE Magazine, sponsors, and participants: Pictures from the event Brian Brand Baylis Architects Jim Dearth Ripple Design Studio Stuart Silk Stuart Silk Architects Kyle Gaffney & Shannon Murphy Gaffney SkB Architects Tyler Engle Tyler Engle Architects Steve Bender Bender Chaffey John Shearer Shearer [...]

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Daly’s Profin Clear Coat for wood

February 28, 2012

Facebook Wall: Robin Daly OMG!!! John, what a GREAT video! I love how well you demonstrate the prep that goes into creating a lasting finish. Details matter. And I am so sharing this movie! February 23 at 11:26pm · Like John Q. Shearer Robin that’s Michael’s Sunset House…thank you so much..he LOVED the Pratt & [...]

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University of Washington Bookstore Purple Paint

February 20, 2012

Deep tone colors have a tendency to fade. This is a problem associated with quality colorants and lower solids content of many architectural coatings. Many paint companies charge more for darker colors. The Genex colorants in certain product lines for Benjamin Moore are clearly superior for color retention. Learn more about Aura paint

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Wenge AF 180 Black 4 C 430 landscape Pantone 579 UP

February 18, 2012

Louis Vuitton 40 inch box 2 Rolex Oyster P. boxes. Color Matching with Pantone and Benjamin Moore Colors.

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Luxe Magazine Spring 2012

February 17, 2012

A slightly different version of this feature will appear in the Spring 2012 Luxe Magazine. Design by John Shearer.

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What brown paint color goes well with Terrapin Green

February 14, 2012

Benjamin Moore Paint Experts Exchange: Brianna Hamblin asks I need a brown that would match my kitchen which is painted Terrapin Green. Suggestions please Thread here John Shearer suggestion Wenge AF 180 and Terrapin Green 2145-20

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Hermes Birkin 35 matching the orange color

February 14, 2012

Hermes Birkin 35 matching the orange color to paint color for a walk-in closet. A long time Shearer Painting customer is surprising his wife with a handbag & matching room painting (home in the Highlands, Seattle) for their 40th anniversary. I think the Color Preview 2015-20 Orange Burst and Color Stories 1110 14 Carrots are [...]

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Benjamin Moore Satin Impervo Water Bourne version

February 12, 2012

Increasingly project specifiers (architects and interior designers) are calling out water bourne alternatives to solvent based enamel paints. On this Seattle Seattle Residence Architect Chris Keyser has called out the water reduced version of Satin Impervo in place of the traditional oil base Satin Impervo. We find this finish to be softer than traditional Satin [...]

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