Organizing Tips for Your Home
These days, even the famous Marie Kondo admits that staying on top of clutter is a difficult job and sometimes it’s okay to live with a little chaos. However, if you are wanting to clear your space because you have an interior paint job coming up or are preparing to [...]
Designer’s Favorites: Quinn Morgan on White Interiors
We recently interviewed a number of prominent Bay Area interior designers on their favorite shades of white for painting interiors. In this post, Quinn Morgan weighs in. (To return to the introduction and access links to other designers' interviews, click here.) Quinn Morgan (www.quinnmorgandesign.com): Benjamin Moore’s Capitol White, Simply White, [...]
Designers’ Favorites: Dawn Carlson on White Interiors
We recently interviewed a number of prominent Bay Area interior designers on their favorite shades of white for painting interiors. In this post, Dawn Carlson weighs in. Carol Perry and Dawn Carlson of MAS Design Dawn Carlson, MAS Design (https://masinteriordesign.com/): Sherwin Williams’ Incredible White How would you describe your design [...]
Choosing White Paint Colors for Your Interiors: Bay Area Designers Share Their Favorites!
A Paler Shade of White: Meditations on Choosing White for Your Walls I have a lot of conversations with homeowners and interior designers about color. Working primarily in the Bay Area, I’ve noticed that few homeowners choose white, especially for exteriors. Bathroom; interior design by Quinn Morgan I have my [...]
Meet Our Professional Color Designer: Cass Morris
When embarking on a new, fresh paint job for their home, whether inside or out, our beloved clients are almost always faced with a tough decision: What color? For exterior painting, this is even more challenging because, in addition to this being the one time they may paint their home [...]
In the Garden: Maintenance Is in the Details
By Suzanne Arca, ASLA, ALPD, CLCA Founder and Principal, Arca Design Group There’s more to landscape maintenance than just clearing weeds and pruning. Though it may quickly tidy up the place, not every landscape responds well to quick “mow and blow” treatments. Keep in mind that each plant species reacts [...]
The Artful Edible Garden
By Suzanne Arca, ASLA, ALPD, CLCA Founder and Principal, Arca Design Group Many of us caught the edible garden craze a few years back, but some of us may have found that a farm-to-table garden isn’t always the most aesthetically appealing scene. This doesn’t have to be the case. Using [...]
The Solar Issue: Is Solar Power Ready for the Mainstream — and Is It Equitable?
As painting contractors, we at Arana are very attuned to the needs of the homeowners we serve, and the desire that many people have these days to be more “green” when it comes to certain products, processes, and material choices. One example is the increasing appeal and popularity of solar. [...]
Bay Area Schools Train Next Gen Tradespeople
In February our daughter Sofia was accepted into the Academy for Business and Finance at our local San Leandro district high school. The Academy is a three-year program that provides academic and technical training to prepare students for the workforce as well as for higher education. These types of programs [...]
The 3P’s of Superior Exterior House Painting – San Francisco Bay Area
You may not realize it, but painting is as much about the process a painter uses as the painter themselves!At Arana Craftsman Painters, we leave little to chance because we follow a tried-and-true set of steps. These crucial steps are our “secret sauce” so to speak and it has allowed [...]
