Posts tagged paint
Earth Day 2013 :: The Center For Green Building
4April 22, 2013
The Center for Green Building, located at 3309 Fairfield Avenue, in Bridgeport, Connecticut, is a building supply store dedicated to selling products that are completely non-toxic (both to install and to live with), as well as manufactured in environmentally responsible and sustainable ways. During Earth Week, I met with Gabriel Johnson, part-owner and Operations Manager of The Center for Green Building, to learn more about the history of their store, the products they sell, and their business philosophy. [...]
Helpful Hints for Choosing the Best Exterior Paint Colors
0February 26, 2013
One difficult exterior renovation decision that many homeowners face is what color to paint the outside of the house. After all, it’s not something you do very often, and no one wants to look at a bad color choice for the next five or ten years.
Here are some tips for making the process of choosing the best exterior paint colors easier. [...]
The 5th Wall :: aka Looking Up & Looking Back … What to Paint the Ceiling
12February 25, 2013
by jb bartkowiak
in At Home
What are the prevailing trends with ceiling paint?
This vid from friends AK Renovations cites the continuing trend of painting ceilings not white, but rather a shade just lighter than that used on the walls. [...]
Fall DIY Projects Roll On :: 3 More Products 3 More Projects (Well I Guess Actually 2)
5November 13, 2012
by jb bartkowiak
in products
As I mentioned in the post Time to Get Your DIY On ... Fall inevitably becomes a mad dance of DIY Projects. Maybe it is something about impending cold and/or the approaching holiday season, but it just is, and it seems so year after year. [...]
Building Moxie with Baltimore’s Newest Ace Hardware :: Canton Ace Hardware
1September 28, 2012
by jb bartkowiak
in In the 'Hood
A few weeks back I popped in to the grand opening of Baltimore’s newest Ace Hardware. A guest of the beaming Gina Schaefer, her company “A Few Cool Hardware Stores” is responsible already for five (soon to be six) Ace locations in DC. This location, in Canton, makes their 3rd in Baltimore. [...]
