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Come visit us this weekend, April 9-11 at the Yolo County Home & Landscape Show at the Woodland Fairgrounds, or, visit us next weekend, April 16-18 at the Total Home & Garden Show in Vacaville at the Nut Tree Complex! It’s great if we can get new painting business from the shows, but it is just as fun to see familiar faces and talk to past customers about their experience with Brooks Painting. We hope to see you there!
Many paint experts believe that paint color affects mood in significant ways. So what do you need to know when you are choosing colors for the interior of your house? Just think about how each room is used, and then decide what kind of mood you wish to create in the room. Use this as a guideline when choosing colors for your next interior room.
Colors that Energize and Stimulate (Bright Yellow, Orange, Red):Bright yellow creates a feeling of energy, cheerfulness, expansion and creativity. It is also one of the more difficult colors for the eye to process. Use it in kitchens and bathrooms, but not in main living areas because it can make people irritable. Instead, use a softer yellow in living areas. It will add positive energy and a cheerful feeling. Think of yellow as a splash of sunlight. Orange also stimulates energy and creativity, and a very bright orange can be great in an exercise room or office, or as an accent color. Use a softer, creamier orange (terracotta or peach) for your kitchen or living area. Red raises blood pressure and stimulates conversation and appetite. It can create excitement in an entryway or game room.
Colors for Comfort, Rest and Relaxation:Mid to light green is good for rooms where the family gathers to relax. Green calms, provides balance and promotes confidence. It can even cool down other stronger colors in the room. It is also a good choice for bedrooms and bathrooms
Colors that Soothe:Light blue, lilac and pink can calm and restore, add tranquility and are often recommended for use in bedrooms. Avoid using blue in kitchens and family gathering areas, where it can drain energy from the room and induce depression. Pink can be used in a living room to add romance and elegance.
Colors that create Drama, Elegance:Deep green suggests wealth and elegance. Black evokes different feelings depending on what it is combined with — too much black is mysterious and scary, but can also suggest excitement and elegance. Other colors that can create an elegant feeling when lit by lamplight in a dining room include brick red and sapphire blue.
Colors that are Neutral:Gray, white and beige are neutral; they do not create a mood, but can be used to balance other colors in the room. They are frequently used for trim and woodwork. Darker neutrals subdue other colors; white can intensify them.
While our painters do have some “fun” when providing our interior and exterior painting services for your home, we do stick by the rules and stay in the lines, just as adults do with most things. Remember when you were a kid and could just grab a brush and paint “just for fun”, perhaps with no plan at all? AH, those were the carefree days! Here is an idea on how to add a little twist the next time you are letting your kids break out the paints and brushes:
Next time you are setting up tempura paints for your little artists to use, try adding table salt to the paint. This will give it some texture and a sparkle when it dries. You can also add some flour with the salt to thicken it up, giving it a 3-D effect and the sparkle too! If it’s thick, use heavy paper and allow plenty of time for it to dry. Most of all, let them have fun (maybe you should join in too)!!
This historical building is going to look beautiful when we're done painting!
Even boss Jeremy got out a roller and did 8+ hours of physical labor!
I am happy to report that the 3rd annual Brooks Painting Charity Paint was a great success! We had 18 employees (yes, the office gals included!) and 7 other volunteers log about 200 hours of exterior painting work on Saturday at the old Maxwell Elementary school building in Woodland. Once all the work this building needs is done the Sexual Assault & Domestic Violence Center of Yolo County will be able to move in and make great use of it helping many women, children and families. There is still a lot to be done, but we are proud of what was accomplished in one day- you could already see the difference! We are already getting ready to plan next year’s event, so stay tuned!
Saturday, November 14th is the big day!
Brooks Painting Inc. is committed to being involved with and giving back to the communities that we work in. One of the ways we do this is our annual Charity Paint Give-Away. In 2007 we donated our services to painting the buildings, dugouts and backstops at the Davis Little League fields. Last year we donated interior and exterior painting services to the Sharp family of Vacaville. This year Brooks Painting Inc. has chosen the Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Center (SADVC) of Yolo County as our $10,000 Charity Paint recipient. We will be painting the exterior of the old Maxwell Elementary School in Woodland, which was gifted to SADVC in 2005. They have not been able to move in or use the facility because of all the repairs that are needed. We are glad to be able to be part of helping SADVC get one step closer to serving clients in this expanded facility. All of Brooks Painting employees (even the ones who are not painters!) and other volunteers will be working on the building at 175 North Walnut Street on Saturday, November 14th. This face lift will be a noticeable start to rejuvenating this historical building for a great community cause!
The building we are painting for SADVC
If you want to help the SADVC with their project, you probably can! If you have products or services to offer related to the construction aspect of getting the building ready for use, please contact tim@norcaldevelopment.com. If you have other products, services, or wish to donate monetarily to the center, please contact joe.deulloa@sadvc.org. They would greatly appreciate any help in seeing their vision for this building become a reality!
We will begin accepting nominations for our 2010 give-away in February, via our website at: www.brookspainting.com Start thinking now of whom you want to nominate!