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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...
3 tips when choosing bold colours for your Toronto home!
So you’re thinking about bold colours for your Toronto home? Bold colours can be tricky to paint with, so here’s our list of tips to make sure that it goes smoothly. Coverage Intense colours are notorious for bad coverage. I’ve heard many stories about certain...
A primer on priming!
Many paints advertise “paint and primer in one” and this can potentially be a time saver. However, there are certain situations when priming will greatly help a paint job, either in terms of efficiency or durability and sometimes both. Here is our definitive list of...
What do I need to do to prepare for interior painting in my Toronto Home?
If you take a few simple steps to prepare your Toronto home you can have a great painting experience! The painting experience can run very efficiently and be done with minimal inconvenience, however, there are things that you should do to make this a reality. In this...
What goals do you have for your Toronto home in 2018?
It's that time of year! The time that everyone reflects on the past year and sets goals for the next. How about setting some goals for taking care of your home in 2018? If you proactively take care of your home it will pay dividends down the road in terms of money...
My @#$#&*! painter never showed up!!!! How do I find a reliable painter?
Unfortunately this is a more common experience in Toronto than it should be. Here's how you can avoid this occurrence and find a reliable painter... Here's the backstory, You found someone either through a recommendation of a friend, or perhaps on Facebook, or a lawn...