Expert Advice
Guides, color trends, and Lehigh Valley home improvement tips from our team.
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If you've ever watched a fresh coat of paint peel, bubble, or look uneven within a year of application, the culprit is almost always the same: poor surface preparation. At Anthony's Painting, we've sp…
Read article →Color is one of the most personal decisions a homeowner makes, and one of the most consequential. The right paint color can make a room feel larger, a home feel warmer, or a front door feel like a sta…
Read article →When a homeowner calls us because their exterior paint is peeling, fading, or failing far sooner than expected, the story almost always contains the same chapters: rushed preparation, low-quality prod…
Read article →The appeal of DIY painting is easy to understand. You look at a room, imagine it in a fresh color, and think: "How hard can this be?" Then you add up the cost of hiring a professional and the calculat…
Read article →Walk into any paint store and you'll face a wall of chips in a dozen different sheens, flat, matte, eggshell, satin, semi-gloss, gloss. Most homeowners pick a color they love, then guess at the finish…
Read article →If your home has wallpaper, and many Lehigh Valley homes built before 1995 do, sooner or later you'll face the question: can I just paint over it? The honest answer is: sometimes, but it's rarely the…
Read article →Your deck is one of the most enjoyable outdoor spaces your home offers, and also one of the most exposed to the elements. Pennsylvania weather is unforgiving: summer UV, intense rain, and hard winters…
Read article →Faux finishes occupy a unique space in the world of interior painting, they're part craft, part artistry, and when executed well, they can add texture, depth, and character to a room that flat paint s…
Read article →If you've walked through a freshly painted room and felt the sharp smell hit you immediately, you've experienced VOCs, volatile organic compounds, firsthand. For most of the history of interior painti…
Read article →One of the most common questions we hear from homeowners in the Lehigh Valley is some variation of: "Is it too late in the year to paint?" The answer depends significantly on whether you're talking ab…
Read article →Kitchen cabinet painting has become one of the most requested interior services we provide at Anthony's Painting, and for good reason. A quality cabinet paint job can transform a kitchen, making it lo…
Read article →One of the questions homeowners most frequently ask us is: "How long will this last?" It's a fair and important question, interior painting is an investment, and you deserve an honest answer rather th…
Read article →There's a moment every April in the Lehigh Valley when the ground thaws, the temperatures push reliably above 50 degrees, and homeowners start looking at their homes with fresh eyes. Winter in northea…
Read article →Nazareth, Pennsylvania is a community built to last, its stone churches, colonial homes, and brick rowhouses have stood for generations. But even the most solid home requires regular maintenance to ho…
Read article →Easton is one of the most architecturally interesting cities in the Lehigh Valley, a genuine mix of 18th-century stone row homes along the Delaware, Victorian-era single-family houses in College Hill,…
Read article →Allentown is the Lehigh Valley's largest city, and it contains some of the region's most architecturally significant residential housing stock. From the elaborate Victorian homes of the West End to th…
Read article →If you're preparing to sell your home in the Lehigh Valley, the exterior paint is one of the highest-leverage investments you can make. Curb appeal, that first impression from the street or from listi…
Read article →By the time November arrives in the Lehigh Valley, the window for exterior painting has largely closed. But there's still meaningful work a homeowner can do to protect their home's existing paint, and…
Read article →Every few years, a new category of paint product emerges with claims that sound almost too good to be true: paint your walls and dramatically reduce your heating and cooling bills. Some of these claim…
Read article →Commercial painting projects in the Lehigh Valley, office buildings, retail spaces, warehouses, medical offices, restaurants, and institutional facilities, have requirements and considerations that di…
Read article →Interior design in 2026 is moving in a direction that feels both fresh and deeply considered, a reaction, perhaps, to years of safe, neutral everything. The homes that feel current this year are ones…
Read article →For the many Lehigh Valley homeowners who share their homes with dogs, cats, birds, or other animals, the question of paint safety is a reasonable and important one. Pets are lower to the ground, clos…
Read article →If your home was built before 1978, there's a meaningful probability it contains lead-based paint somewhere in its history. This is not a cause for alarm, millions of Americans live safely in older ho…
Read article →Choosing a painting contractor is one of those decisions that seems simple until it isn't. There's no shortage of people willing to paint your home, the harder question is: how do you find the one who…
Read article →Hiring a painter, for your home's interior, your exterior, or a commercial property, is a significant decision. The right contractor transforms your space. The wrong one costs you time, money, and con…
Read article →When homeowners ask whether a contractor is insured, many accept the answer "yes" at face value and move on. The smarter approach is to understand what that insurance actually covers, why it matters f…
Read article →If you're a business owner or commercial property manager who has primarily dealt with residential painting contractors, or a homeowner considering hiring a residential-focused painter for a small com…
Read article →Warranties are frequently cited as a selling point by both paint manufacturers and painting contractors. "Lifetime warranty" on a can of paint sounds impressive. But what does a paint warranty actuall…
Read article →There is no shortage of painting contractors in the Lehigh Valley. A quick search will produce dozens of names, each with a website, a list of services, and some version of "quality workmanship" as a…
Read article →One of the most common sources of homeowner stress during a painting project isn't the quality of the work, it's uncertainty about the process. When does the project actually start? How long will my h…
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