Home Improvement Tips & Project Advice
Helpful home improvement tips, painting advice, prep guides, and project ideas from Mike Ross Painting for Auburn-area homeowners.
When your kitchen feels outdated, the default answer is usually replacement. But for most homeowners with structurally…
You can skip sanding on cabinets in some situations. But you can’t skip adhesion prep, and most…
Cabinet painting quotes vary a lot, and the cheapest ones almost always have a catch. Here’s what…
Spray finishing gives you a smoother result on cabinets, but it’s not always the right call in…
Pressure washing a house before painting isn’t optional, it’s what gives the new coat something to hold…
Penryn is a small, quiet community where most homes have wood siding and a lot of fence…
Color selection for deck stain in the Auburn foothills is more constrained than most people expect. The…
Texture painting covers a wider range of finishes than most people realize, from spray-applied orange peel to…
A black front door is one of the highest-impact things you can do to a home’s exterior….
Fence staining looks similar to deck staining but it’s harder in practice. The surface is vertical, both…
Loomis properties tend to have more going on than a standard suburban job, wood siding, fencing, outbuildings,…
Chalk paint is everywhere on social media and it does look great. But it scratches and wears…
Outdoor furniture finishes fail when people treat them like indoor projects. The primer, the paint, and the…
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…