Home Improvement Tips & Project Advice
Helpful home improvement tips, painting advice, prep guides, and project ideas from Mike Ross Painting for Auburn-area homeowners.
Newcastle is a small community but the painting work here has its own character, older wood siding…
Dry to the touch and ready for use are two very different things with deck stain. Rushing…
A bathroom accent wall is one of the easier ways to transform a space, but bathrooms are…
Choosing an accent wall color in an Auburn or foothills home isn’t the same as choosing one…
Shiplap accent walls look simple but they’re easy to get wrong at the painting stage. The wood…
Aluminum siding can be painted successfully, but it has one specific obstacle that trips up most DIY…
Yes, you can paint vinyl siding. But there’s one rule you can’t break, and most homeowners who…
Lincoln has its own character when it comes to painting work, newer communities, HOA approval requirements, and…
Cedar is one of the best decking materials you can have, but it’s also one of the…
The prep work is what determines whether a deck stain job lasts three years or falls apart…
What does it actually cost to paint a house in Auburn? The honest answer is that it…
Skipping the pressure wash before painting is one of the most common reasons exterior paint jobs fail…
Most homeowners don’t think about fascia and soffit until there’s a problem. By then, it’s usually rot….
Wallpaper borders are a different job than full wallpaper removal, and the approach changes depending on what’s…
When deck stain starts peeling or flaking, recoating over it won’t hold. Sometimes you have to go…
Removing wallpaper without wrecking the drywall underneath is mostly about patience and technique. Rushing it is how…
Most homeowners wait too long to repaint. By the time paint is visibly peeling, the damage is…
Mold on wallpaper almost always means the wallpaper needs to come down before painting. Never paint over…