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House Painter Near Me – What are the Benefits?

Why should you hire a house painter near you? Because you and your community will benefit. There are a few major benefits of hiring a long standing, local business as your painting company of choice. First, there’s a good chance a local, nearby company will be more responsive to any follow-up you may need. Time is money, and if the business is close, a quick trip out to your house will not be a big deal. Also, you know they’ll be nearby when you have future work. Secondly, you will receive better and more personalized customer service. Who doesn’t want better customer service in this day and age?!? This isn’t a large corporation, it is most likely someone who knows someone you know, or you may know them by only a few degrees of separation. Your problems will be taken seriously because you are more directly connected to that company and the community. Lastly, a local business is owned and operated by your neighbors. When they succeed, your community succeeds! Local businesses are more likely to utilize other local businesses such as banks and service providers. When that happens, money stays in your community. For every $100 you spend at local businesses, $68 will stay in the community.

Contact Lotus Painting, in business for 25+ years in Northern Colorado, for your next painting job. Google “house painter near me” and make the choice of using a local business. Here are a few more ideas if you want to help support local businesses in your area.

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Paint Color Made Easy – COLORado – Colors that Inspire

A little known fact…Lotus Painting provides color consultation services for our customers.  Our customers love Colorado, and they want their home to reflect it by their choice of paint color.  At Lotus Painting, we’re here to help make those personal color choices easier.  What better way to do that than to use color palettes inspired by Colorado landscapes.  Here’s our latest from a mountain bike ride I took on Green Ridge Road. 

You can find more information for picking colors on the Sherwin Williams website: https://www.sherwin-williams.com/architects-specifiers-designers/color/color-tools. Or, if you’d like to talk with an interior designer for paint color, we recommend: https://trio-design-interior-designer.business.site/ Rhonda Fortunato at Trio Design. Lotus Painting has been working with Rhonda for years and she is an excellent local resource.

Lotus Painting is also happy to provide applied color samples, because we know that color can look different depending on flooring and furnishings in your home. We want to help take guesswork out of choosing the right color. Get started now! REQUEST A QUOTE

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House Painting Lingo Translated

Just like any profession, house painting has words or phrases that are all their own.  Here’s a few definitions to help you translate and sift through bids from Fort Collins painting companies like Lotus Painting. Call us for more information!

  • Sheen:  different levels of light reflectivity value (LRV) on a surface that range from flat or matte to eggshell, satin, semi-gloss or gloss, read more here
  • Sash: the portion of the window that moves
  • Base & Case: base is the wood trim that runs along the wall adjacent to the floor; and case, or casement, is the wood trim around the outside of a window or door jam flush against a wall
  • Skipper/Holiday:  a missed spot in the paint job
  • Run:  when paint is over applied, can’t soak into the surface and runs off

House Painter Near Me