July 6, 2011

Free Color Consultation with Authentic Home COLOR Paint™ creator Kathy Banak at Seattle’s Stoneway Rodda Paint Store

Are you one of the many people that has a difficult time picking out a paint color?  Do you struggle with all the different shades of a particular color that you know you want in your home?  Well, now is your chance to get a professional opinion. I will be available Saturday July 16th, from 10-2pm at the Rodda Paint store in Seattle, located at 3633 Stone Way North, to answer all your questions about choosing paint colors, and get your $5 off coupon for your first purchase of a gallon of Authentic Home COLOR Paint™.

Our Authentic Home COLOR Paint™ line is now sold in many Rodda Paint Stores and offers a superior, high-quality acrylic interior paint that offers a rich, elegant finish with exceptional coverage and durability.  All paints are zero VOC base, with low odor and minimal solvents to help maintain a clean painting environment.

Authentic Home COLOR Paint™ offers the following standard paint finishes:

• Matte – a flat sheen recommended for ceilings
• Buffed – a durable eggshell luster recommended for walls
• Polished – a semi-gloss finish recommended for trim, doors and bathrooms with no ventilation
• Washable Matte – available via special order only; please contact us for details

Take a look at my newest article “Could a Can of Paint Save Your Relationship” and then bring all your questions, your spouse, partner or roomy, and we’ll chat at the Rodda Paint store, Saturday the 16th!

June 22, 2011

Newest Project – The Hamilton’s Home, Our Room Makeover Contest Winner

This week we started our newest project, a room makeover for our contest winners, The Hamilton family.  They have a lovely home and Authentic Home and Fine Construction are genuinely excited to get this done and surprise them with a beautiful new room.  Take a look at our first viewing of the room in this blog post…The Hamilton Home.

The first day Billy Brandt, of Billy Brandt Painting, gave the fir ceiling in the living room a new look.  He applied a white washed finish to lighten up a rather dull and dark living room ceiling.  A mixture of 1 quart of glaze to 2 quarts of Authentic Home COLOR Paint™ in the Champagne on Ice color provides a fresh new “shabby chic” look to the room. Tomorrow he will be painting the walls!

As you can see the light ceiling will brighten the whole room and give all the elements, including the fireplace and windows and doors,  a whole new look and feel to them.

Yesterday, Billy applied the Authentic Home COLOR Paint™ in the London Fog color on the walls.

I love the lighter feeling the room has and how the piano and armoire are highlighted by the blue/green tone of the new walls!

Follow along as we show you the progress of this room makeover and provide colors and tips to help you with your next project.  Subscribe through RSS and get our updates in your preferred reader or check our blog every week for the update, enjoy!

May 27, 2011

AHCP Now At Rodda Stoneway

It’s official, Authentic Home COLOR Paint is now available at the Rodda Paint Stoneway store!  We are so excited have this opportunity to share our passion for color and easy selection process with you.

Stephanie, the Stoneway manager, and her team of paint professionals are ready to help you get all your painting needs filled.  This store is now the 4th Rodda Paint location that Authentic Home COLOR Paint is being marketed with plans for several more Rodda locations to launch this summer.

Stephanie, Tom & me!

What a nice way to start of the Memorial Day weekend!  I hope you are enjoy your painting projects you have planned for this weekend. And now you have another location to purchase all of your Authentic Home COLOR Paint!

May 20, 2011

“Could a Can of Paint Save Your Marriage?” My Interview with Bonnie D. Graham – Blog Talk Radio Show “Read My Lips”

In case you didn’t have a chance to tune in on Monday and listen to my interview with Bonnie D. Graham on her Blog Talk Radio show, “Read My Lips”, it went without a hitch and I really enjoyed myself.

The 1st guest was fascinating, Simon Treselyan,  with “The Lost Art of Chivalry: Lost or merely misplaced?” a lovely man with, of course, lovely manners and a real true gentleman. Simon is educating the men of our world, young and old, about manners, respect and geniune chivalry, which really pleases me and most women I know.

Then, Bonnie D. Graham, the fun loving, gracious and gregarious host, introduced me. I had a quick moment to interact with Simon, that was a lot of fun and then we got down to the business of choosing paint colors for your home.  “Could a Can of Paint Save Your Marriage?”. That question set us off on the subject of choosing paint colors for your home that create a certain mood and helps the inhabitants feel the best they can feel in that room of the house and that this process, may include all members of the family including your spouse.  Take a listen!

Later in the show Bonnie introduced Kerry Gardette, “How to Find Mr. Right”. Challenging the belief about a “Man Shortage”, Kerry created a game to inspire women to be proactive about meeting men. “It’s not about your age or your dress size.” The last one standing is Mr. Right.

I hope you will take the time to listen to the show, where you can learn more about the process of choosing paint colors and how you can easily schedule a consultation via email or in person and transform your home into your beautiful sanctuary.