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Installing Decorative Picture Frame Moulding

If you’re looking for something that will really take your home to the next level, you might consider installing decorative interior moulding and paneling to key rooms. We often add these kind of decorative interior wall trims to foyers, dining rooms, offices, and hallways. Picture Frame Moulding looks especially elegant, though the look ranges anywhere from formal and classical to fun and modern.

Room with picture frame moulding, painted in Sherwin Williams Natural Choice

Decorative interior trim is an easy way to add architectural interest to a home without a major renovation. Our expert interior carpenters serve as artist and engineer to create a custom design for your home. Common styles of moulding and decorative paneling that we install and paint are:

Picture Frame Moulding
Judge’s Paneling
Board and Batten Walls
Wainscoting

…though our carpenters are ready to come up with a custom option just for your home!

Picture Frame Moulding

If you want a classic and elegant look, it’s hard to beat picture frame moulding! Equal parts mathematics, engineering, and artistry, installing decorative moulding takes careful planning and skillful creation.

Take a look at our behind-the-scenes guide on how to install picture frame moulding:

Our carpenters start with getting detailed measurements and planning the trim and paneling layout. We start with inspiration and guidance from the homeowner combined with the expertise of our carpenters to design a custom layout for the decorative moulding.

Picture Frame Moulding Before

Picture Frame Moulding Process

The sketch then goes up on the wall, with every piece of this complex puzzle custom made for a perfect fit. Our carpenters are meticulous and keep everything aligned through this process. Trim pieces are carefully caulked to ensure the finished result is smooth and elegant.

Room with picture frame moulding, painted in Sherwin Williams Natural Choice

Then it’s finally time to bring in professional interior painters to finish the project. We use special trim paint when painting decorative moulding and paneling.

For this Fishers house, the homeowners chose Sherwin-Williams SW 7011 Natural Choice. This is a warm off-white color that brings character without losing light. Here, we used a monotone color scheme and paint with a satin sheen on all the trim and walls.

The result is a professional finish that looks like it belongs on the cover of a magazine!

Other Decorative Trim Options

In addition to the Picture Frame Moulding seen here, we also install:

Judge’s Paneling
Wainscoting
Board and Batten Walls
Custom Decorative Interior Trim and Paneling

We will take a look at those in another post!

Decorative interior moulding and trim is one of the best ways to add architectural interest to a home without a major renovation. Our interior carpenters and professional painters can transform your home in just a few days.

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Indoor Painting Updates for Winter

There’s a chill in the air, and that means it’s time to think about returning to the great indoors for the winter and holiday season. As much as our homes are a part of our daily lives, they take center stage in the upcoming holiday season:

Our homes become the backdrop of our treasured holiday memories, the place we welcome our friends and family to celebrate these special times together.

These moments are sneaking up quickly, so we want to share some common indoor painting updates for winter that we can help take off your to-do list!

Projects that are popular in the fall and winter:

Painting walls and ceilings
Drywall repair
Removing wallpaper
Painting trim
Painting cabinets
Painting banisters

Painting walls

This two-story living room makes a dramatic statement in Sherwin Williams SW6244 Naval

Painting in rooms with high ceilings, like foyers and two-story living rooms. Make sure the entrance of your home welcomes your guests with a fresh feeling that fits you and your home. We can help you choose a color for your foyer that is classic, natural, bright, dark, dramatic… anything you want!

Gathering and entertaining spaces, especially around kitchens, dining rooms, and family rooms. It’s surprising how dirty the walls of a kitchen can get – and as the heart of the home it always seems to be the gathering place for holiday parties! Think of painting the walls with a color that accents your current cabinetry and countertops, or make a full change and paint the kitchen cabinets, too!

Guest bedrooms for welcoming overnight visitors. We know you probably don’t think of this room often, but here’s your reminder to give it a quick update with a new coat of paint! It’s a great place to try a new color you have been thinking of for your home. Your guests will appreciate the look, and you can see what a color looks like in your home!

Removing wallpaper

This kitchen got rid of the dated wallpaper but still feels fun in Sherwin Williams SW9135 Whirlpool!

We know how it goes – you’ve lived with that old wallpaper for so long and you dread removing it so you don’t do anything about it. Good call – done improperly, wallpaper removal can cause drywall damage that’s difficult to repair. Our professional painters have the tools (and patience!) to properly remove wallpaper, and then sand and skim coat any needed areas. After a fresh coat of paint to update the room, you’ll feel like you have a brand new home!

Drywall repair

Patch drywall holes and blemishes. Take care of those imperfections on your walls that we overlook in daily life. Our painting crews can fix holes in drywall from accidents and mistakes so that it looks like it never happened!

Ceiling repairs and matching ceiling texture. Ceilings can get missed as we consider updating the home, but old water leaks and stains can make an otherwise beautiful room feel old and in need of attention. We can paint over stains using special primers and paint products, and we can match existing ceiling textures if needed so that repairs blend seamlessly.

Trim Painting

Painting the wood trim in a bright white made a huge difference (before/after)

Painting the wood trim in a bright white made a huge difference – it’s immediately brighter and looks like new!

Painting over stained wood trim. Shorter winter days can really remind us that our home feels darker than we want it to, and a great option to help this is to paint over stained wood trim in your home. Going from stained wood trim to painted wood trim is part science and part art – and the right tools and experience make all the difference! Our professional painters know the right products to use and application techniques needed to give you a smooth and long-lasting finish. You’ll be surprised to see the difference this change makes in your home! Those previously dark corners suddenly feel bright and cheerful, and you find yourself enjoying your home in a whole new light.

Cabinet Painting

We spend so much time in our kitchens in the holiday season – make sure you love where you’re cooking! This kitchen worked well but the homeowner wanted an update – it looks great!

Painting kitchen cabinets.

There can’t be a faster way to make a huge update to your home than this! Kitchen cabinets get so much use, and at this time of year they become the background of our holiday parties and family memories. A kitchen renovation can be incredibly disruptive and expensive, but we can help you achieve a similar result in just a few days… and typically for much less money! The process of painting kitchen cabinets is more intense than other painting projects, and our painters have years of experience painting cabinetry to achieve as close as possible to a factory perfect finish.

Our cabinet painting process was developed to be efficient and leave you with a kitchen you can be proud of!

Painting kitchen islands, sometimes in an accent color.

If you’re not ready to paint the entire kitchen, think of just updating your kitchen island cabinetry! Many of our customers choose to use an accent color on the kitchen islands that is different from the rest of the kitchen cabinets.

Painting bathroom cabinets.

Don’t forget about the hardworking cabinets in the bathrooms that we so easily overlook. If you’re painting other cabinets in the home, it’s a great time to update the bathroom cabinets at the same time!

The wood built-ins made this room look dated, but painting them white makes it look completely different. Think of all the potential for seasonal decorating on these shelves!

Built-in bookshelves.

Painting mudroom cabinets or laundry room cabinets.

Our families sure can abuse the cabinets in a mudroom or laundry room! Over the years, they take a beating and they can start to show it. Think of going with a darker color in these spaces to help hide the dirt, mud, and fingerprints of daily life.

Painting banisters and stair railings

On banisters, some people like the look of wood handrails with white spindles, like in the before picture, and some homeowners like everything painted – either way, we can make it happen!

Often a focal point of an entryway, stairs can make a stunning entrance to your home… or they can make even a freshly painted room look dated. Painting stair rails and banisters is a popular way to update these features – and it’s often much more affordable than installing new! Some homeowners choose to paint everything, sometimes just the handrails or just the spindles.

We know the season can be overwhelming, so rest assured knowing you’re in good hands when you call Guy Painting for painting updates for winter.

Our professional painters are clean and respectful, and everyone on our team is here to make your house feel like your dream home! If there’s anything on your to-do list that we can help you with, reach out today and we will be happy to stop by for a FREE QUOTE and to go over our process. At the end, you’ll understand why our customers leave us the best painter reviews in the Indianapolis area!

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Fixing your Faux Painting Faux Pas

We were recently called to help paint this Carmel home. Like many homes, this house had some painting and decorating choices that were starting to look outdated. They had seen Guy Painting trucks in their neighborhood and called us to get their free painting quote to take care of updating their interior painting!

Alltus came out to take a look at their house and to understand what they were hoping to achieve, and worked with the homeowner to put a plan in place that was in their budget and would help them love the look of their home again. This homeowner had colors picked out already, so they did not need to take advantage of our free professional color consultations. Shortly after, our professional painting crew came out to take care of wall repair, wallpaper removal, skim coating and sanding over old faux painting finishes to give a modern and contemporary look that complements their house and lifestyle.

The homeowners chose a mix of two neutral grays:

Sherwin Williams SW 7058 Magnetic Gray – a neutral, modern gray used in the bedrooms pictured

Sherwin Williams SW 7015 Repose Gray – a warm, brighter gray

Faux Painting Finishes

You can see some of the styles that were very popular in the past and that can cause some issue when painting over. Faux painting finishes often created a texture on the wall, and it is important to have a professional painting company who knows how to prepare the surface for painting. In some cases, lightly sanding the walls to remove the edges of the faux finish is enough. Other times, we need to skim coat over the paint in order to provide a smooth surface for painting. As with all painting projects, preparation is key! Our painting team takes the time needed to do a project correctly so that you can enjoy the results for years to come.

Wallpaper Removal

This house also had some wallpaper borders that needed to be removed prior to painting. Removing wallpaper can be a difficult job and it is important that your painter has experience to do this correctly. Our professional painting teams have the knowledge on how to remove wallpaper without damaging the wall, and know how to prepare that surface for painting after wallpaper removal.

One other project that we think looks great was the decision to paint the trim in the foyer white with an extra large strip of white. This gives the viewer the impression that the room has bigger crown molding than it does. This is a wonderful effect, especially when painting a room with tall ceilings like this, and we think it turned out wonderfully. This is a great way to save money during a renovation or while redecorating.

If you’re thinking about a painting project, give us a call! We are happy to talk about options to help you achieve your goals and stay in your budget.