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Dark Wallpaper Tips
I have a dark wallpaper to install in my Toronto home. I’ve heard that the seams can really show on dark papers, how do you prevent this from happening? What is the issue with installing a wallpaper with a dark background colour? The basic issue is that if some...
Toronto Accent Wall Project: Chevron Stencil
Are you looking for something a little different? Maybe you’ve found a wallpaper pattern that you like, but you can’t find it in the colour that you like? That’s what happened to this family. Their daughter wanted a specific pattern in a specific colour,...
Chalkboard Calendar installation in Toronto!
Have you ever thought about having a chalkboard calendar in your Toronto home? How about a magnetic chalkboard calendar? We did just that for a cooking studio in the west end of Toronto. WATCH THE VIDEO: Here are the steps that we did… Products Tape - We used Frog...
Do I need lining paper for my Toronto wallpaper installation?
“I’ve opened up my roll of wallpaper and I see in the instructions that they recommend a lining paper, What does this mean?”. In this post we’ll go through what lining paper is, what it does and when it should be used.
Toronto Wallpaper Project: 7 Accent walls
We recently completed a project in the east end of Toronto that consisted of 7 separate accent walls, and the client was delighted. Here's what we did: How much wallpaper is too much? The first question you might ask is, 7 different types of wallpaper in one house,...
Choosing wallpaper for your Toronto home?
So you've heard a lot about wallpaper these days. Why should you consider it fo your Toronto home? There are many advantages to choosing wallpaper for some walls in your home, especially if you have the work done by a good installer. What about the drawbacks? "I've...
Can Existing Wallpaper be Wallpapered over instead of removed?
Wallpaper can be difficult to remove sometimes. Sometimes it does damage to the walls when it's removed. In these cases can we wallpaper over the existing wallpaper in your Toronto home? In most cases the answer is yes, if certain steps are followed so that the new...
Do painters get a “kickback” for buying paint?
I was in a paint store in the east end of Toronto and I overheard a conversation between the associate and a homeowner. The basic gist of the conversation was this “I had a quote from so and so painter and he’s supplying X brand paint. I think the reason that he’s...
The walls are uneven in my Toronto home, can I still wallpaper?
You’re in love with wallpaper, however, many older Toronto homes are plagued with uneven walls. Many renovations and DIY projects have left corners less than square. Plaster walls can look a little lumpy and humpy in parts. What’s a homeowner to do? Can wallpaper...
Renovating your Toronto home? Here’s how to plan the painting
So you're planning on renovating your Toronto home? CAM Painters can help! Everybody loves a bit of home renovation, and the beauty in it is that there are so many ways you can go about renovating your home, even if it is just investing in new interior doors as you're...