Category: Residential Painting

Colors to Make Your Front Door Pop

Colors to Make Your Front Door Pop

Is there a front door on your block that really stands out? Is it yours? Are you happy with the first impression of your home, or would you like to improve it? The award winning exterior house painters at Reston-based All American Painting Plus suggest you consider a new color for your front door, as […]

Northern Virginia Interior Painting Project: Ceiling Painting

Northern Virginia Interior Painting Project: Ceiling Painting

If you are planning an interior painting project for your Northern Virginia home, you probably have spent a great deal of time looking at paint chips and selecting a color scheme for your walls and trim. But what about your ceiling? Ceilings are the largest space in a room, but they are often overlooked when […]

Shiplap – Current Hot Décor Trend

Shiplap – Current Hot Décor Trend Carpentry during

An interior design buzzword, shiplap is a versatile material steeped in historical value. Shiplap is a plank with grooves at the top and bottom to allow shipbuilders to tightly fit pieces together making them watertight. Later, the shipbuilder’s timbers were used to sheath exteriors of homes to keep out cold winds. Today, shiplap is a […]

Before and After: Barn Doors

Before and After: Barn Doors Painting after

At All American Painting Plus, the award winning, Reston-based residential painting contractor, we have noticed an uptick in the number of Northern Virginia customers jumping in on the barn door trend. These rustic inspired alternatives to swinging doors are becoming exceptionally popular in homes of all styles and themes. Essentially, a barn door is an […]

How We Can Keep You Cool and Save Energy

How We Can Keep You Cool and Save Energy

It doesn’t matter if you live in Arlington or Herndon, Dulles or way out in Haymarket, summertime in Northern Virginia is hot and humid. The most common method of beating the heat is to crank up the air. Of course, when you do that, you are cranking up your energy bill as well. There is […]

Why to Repaint Your Springfield House

Why to Repaint Your Springfield House

If you are a Springfield homeowner and your house is looking a little…well, let’s say “tired,” it’s probably time to consider a home painting project. Appearance is a big motivator when it comes to deciding to repaint a home, but there are actually any number of reasons why house painting demonstrably pays off. For most […]

Signs Your Kitchen Needs a Touch Up

Signs Your Kitchen Needs a Touch Up

The kitchen is often considered to be the “hub” of most Northern Virginia homes. It is the most trafficked room in the house and after a while, it looks like it. Cabinets and drawers get scratched, marked up, and dented in the normal course of kitchen activities. The same goes for baseboards and pantries. Ceilings […]