Planning to have the exterior of your home painted? You’ve come to the right place! If you’re looking for an exterior house painter in Chappaqua, NY and other surrounding areas, look no further than Designs Unlimited Painting & Carpeting. Here at Designs Unlimited Painting & Carpentry, we offer a complete painting and restoration service throughout Fairfield and Westchester Counties. Our goal is not only to help you improve and restore your home, but making sure the process is both easy and enjoyable for you. We’re a full-service painting and carpentry company with a wide range of experience, and we work hard to help you with all phases of your homes improvements or remodeling.

With us, we want to help you become an expert as well. Whether you’re a beginner looking into what you need to know about painting the exterior of your house, or if you’ve done this before and need a few helpful tips on how to make it better, Designs Unlimited Painting & Carpeting can work to help make you house look like the home of your dreams.
Here are a few helpful tips on getting you started toward you exterior house painting project:

Planning: The key to achieving the beautiful results that you’re looking for comes in the planning process. A fresh coat of paint is the most inexpensive way to freshen up and protect your home’s exterior. Design’s Unlimited Painting & Carpentry specialize in various areas of the trade, such as panting/staining, wood/plaster restoration, wallboard/taping, wallpaper hanging, and color coordination. Thanks to our high quality coatings and applicators, even first-time painters can achieve professional-quality results. A few important factors  that our team always keeps in mind when planning for an exterior house painting:

• Choosing the right paint
• Matching paint to surfaces
• Selecting a sheen
• Choosing the right brush
• Choosing the right roller cover
• Choosing a ladder

Preparing: During the preparation process, the first step toward a lasting finish is through the use of a good primer. Unless otherwise specified, all walls, ceilings and trim/woodworking surfaces receive primer before application of the finish paint.  Since primer is truly the foundation of any painting project, Designs Unlimited only use the highest quality latex, oil and alcohol-based primers that we carefully select based on type of paint that will follow.
Designs Unlimited primers are formulated to solve typical painting problems while helping to make your finishing coat:

• Achieve a smooth, professional finish
• Block stains, marks and odors
• Assure adhesion
• Speed top coating
• Prevent peeling
• Attain the truest paint color in the fewest coats
• Improve touch-up performance of the topcoat

Painting: Are you ready to Paint? Becoming an expert toward the techniques for painting is the key to a successful exterior painting project. Before you paint your entire house, it’s a good idea to test out the paint you’re planning to use. Prepare, prime (if necessary), and paint an inconspicuous spot. Wait the appropriate drying time as specified on the label, and look for any adhesions or compatibility problems before proceeding with the full-scale application.

While priming may be the foundation of a painting project, it is the paint itself that will determine the overall appearance of the finished product.  Since the cost of paint is probably less than 10% off the total cost of the job, why sacrifice quality?  We don’t. We hand pick our paint and coatings to meet each application.  We only use the highest quality, top of the line interior/exterior paints and stains from tried and true manufacturers like Benjamin Moore, Sherwin Williams, Pittsburg, Muralo and Minnwax.

Cleaning: It’s easy to protect your investment in quality painting tools.
As paint users, we should properly manage and if necessary dispose of any leftover paint. To minimize clutter and avoid spills or unsafe disposal, it is important to consider ways to limit paint waste.

Always consult your local city or environmental regulatory agency first for guidance on disposal options. Do not pour paint down a drain or into a storm sewer. The dangers of such disposal methods might not be immediately obvious, but improper disposal of paint can pollute the environment and may pose a threat to human health and natural resources.

• Buying the correct amount of paint: Estimate the amount of paint you need by measuring the area you’ll be painting, and calculate the gallons you’ll be using. Designs Unlimited will know the proper amount of paint you’ll need for the project and can help give you a perfect estimation.
• Storing away paint properly: After finishing your project, any leftover paint should be sealed and stored away in an area that’ll protect it from damage. Also remember to be sure that any leftover paint is out of the reach of any children or pets.
• Saving paint for future use: Any leftover paint can be used for a touch up or other creative projects you have in mind. With any leftover paint, you did i give him herpes may be able to experiment and mix colors for other small projects.

At Designs Unlimited we have several decorative painters at our disposal; each with their own specialty or niche. Truly, you will be hard-pressed to find a decorative finish that we can not create.  If you see something in a magazine or on a home decorating show; we can make it happen, just ask. Contact us today and speak with our design specialist about your project at 914-276-0439.