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Answers to common questions about cabinet painting, color, paint and wallpaper.

White painted cabinets with a blue-gray island and black counters

How long does cabinet painting take? A two-day kitchen, step by step

What happens on day one and day two, in your home and at our shop.

Cabinets

Kitchen cabinets painted a soft beige, with brass hardware

How to get your kitchen ready for cabinet painting

What to clear out, what can stay, and what we take care of.

Cabinets

White painted cabinets around a double wall oven and stone backsplash

Updating a 1990s oak kitchen: what cabinet painting can do

A fresh look for a kitchen built between 1990 and 2010, keeping the cabinets you have.

Cabinets

White kitchen cabinets with a navy island and lantern pendants

What is a 2K cabinet finish? A plain-English guide

Two parts, weighed and mixed, sprayed and cured: why it wears so well.

Cabinets

Kitchen with blue-gray painted cabinets and island, light counters and a wood floor

How much does cabinet painting cost in Lancaster County?

What goes into an estimate, and what’s included in ours.

Cabinets

Sage green painted kitchen cabinets with brass pulls

How to choose a cabinet color that suits your counters and floors

Start with the colors that have to stay, then read the light.

Color

Kitchen with linen-white painted cabinets and a sage green island

What to expect at a free color consultation

Large swatches, a look at your light, and several recommendations to keep.

Color

Kitchen with pale gray upper cabinets over charcoal lower cabinets and island

Knobs and pulls: choosing the right metal for painted cabinets

How to match hardware to a new cabinet color.

Cabinets

Deep green walls above white wainscoting, with white French doors

Sherwin-Williams, Benjamin Moore or PPG: choosing paint for each room

The three paint brands we use, and how we choose between them.

Interior painting

Bedroom painted a light neutral with white crown molding

The kids have moved out: ideas for repainting the rooms they left

A bedroom becomes an office, a guest room or a place of your own.

Interior painting

Bedroom wall with a trailing willow-branch decorative finish

Venetian plaster, lime plaster and faux finishes: what’s the difference?

Three decorative finishes, and where each one works best.

Decorative finishes

Paneled fireplace wall painted deep navy above a white mantel

Wallpaper or paint? Choosing for a feature wall

When pattern does the job, and when a deep color does.

Wallpaper

Book a free color consultation

Tell us where you are and Deb will call to set a time. Or call (717) 682-2390.