Check out www.remodelista.com to see the post regarding the above picture. This is one of my favorite sights about all things related to remodeling. These women have put together a super clean, super sophisticated site that continues to amaze me with its creativity. They have often featured comments by me and I do appreciate their style.

Here is a link to an article that was published in the San Francisco Chronicle back in October.

http://sfchronicle.us/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/01/HOOK133KJS.DTL

G&R Paint Company recently became one of a select group of retailers across the the U.S. who are authorized to sell Fine Paints of Europe. These paints manufactured in the Netherlands, are created to a completely different standard than their domestic counterparts. The Dutch have been paintmaking masters for the past 300 years, so they know what they’re all about, and quality of finish is what they’re all about. Due to the completely separate tinting systems for alkyds, (oil-based) and acrylics, (water-based) they are able to create incredible colors that have even more remarkable opacity. No more 5 coats to get that amazing red. The surface texture has everything to do with the way that light reflects off a paint film, thus revealing the color we see. Fine Paints of Europe has an unbelievable “feel” that makes you want to touch your walls. Fortunately the paint is hard as nails and can easily be cleaned again and again. In all my years of painting as a contractor, colorist, and retailer, I have never seen anything else approaching this kind of quality. As Fine Paints of Europe likes to say, “There is nothing more expensive than cheap paint.” I would add to that, “There is no greater value than high quality paint.” When you think about the time and effort that goes into your painting projects, why would you ever consider a cheap paint as being a value at all. It is all about the labor and the years that you will get from the paint that is applied to the walls. As I often say to my clients, when the painter is gone all that you have is whatever they left you on the walls. Make sure that they leave you a paint film and a color that will lasts for years to come.

Here is a link to a video that was just done for some online advertising. Check it out.

http://www.yellowpages.com/info-SP49559168/G-R-Paint-Co