Top 10 Home Interior Maintenance Tips for Summer
It's summertime, and this list, which we originally wrote in 2021, is still a great resource, so we are sharing it with you again! In addition, our friends at Porch.com offered us their summertime maintenance tips article, and we thought it was worth sharing bonus tips from that blog with [...]
Honey Homes Simplifies the Handyman Relationship
As anyone lucky enough to find the right person knows, a really talented and trustworthy handyman can be hard to find! The idea for Honey Homes came to company founder Vishwas Prabhakara soon after he and his wife purchased their home in Lafayette in 2020. Inspired by the challenge of [...]
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 itās 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 Mooreās 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 Williamsā 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, Iāve 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 Thereās 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 āmow and blowā 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 isnāt always the most aesthetically appealing scene. This doesnāt have to be the case. Using [...]
The Solar Issue: Is Solar Power Ready for the Mainstream ā 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 āgreenā when it comes to certain products, processes, and material choices. One example is the increasing appeal and popularity of solar. [...]
