Genesis Pro Painting
Painting advice for your home
Practical painting advice for Westchester homeowners. Explore color choices, surface preparation, costs and maintenance with guidance from Genesis Pro Painting.
Kitchen Cabinet Painting in Katonah, NY: A Real Before and After
See a real Katonah kitchen cabinet painting before and after. Learn what to check before refinishing, from cabinet condition and scope to kitchen access and curing.
How Often Should You Paint a House Exterior?
How often should you paint a house exterior? Learn how climate, siding, preparation, and warning signs shape a practical repainting schedule in Westchester.
How to Choose the Right White Paint (Without Guessing)
There are hundreds of whites. Some read warm, some cool, some go green or purple on your walls. Here's how to narrow them down before buying a sample.
How to Paint Trim, Doors, and Baseboards Like a Professional
Trim painting is where most DIY paint jobs show their age. Learn the surface prep, caulking, masking, and finish choices that keep edges tight and paint lasting.
Interior and exterior paint are not the same product
Why you cannot use one for the other, what each is engineered for, and where residential and commercial work differ.
Getting paint off carpet, and other cleanup
What to do about paint on carpet, hardwood and glass, and the protection that means you never need any of it.
The mistakes that make a paint job look amateur
Cut lines that band, tape pulled at the wrong time, sheen mismatch on touch-ups: the errors that show up later, and spraying versus brushing.
Cracks and holes in drywall: what they mean and how they get fixed
Which wall cracks are cosmetic and which are telling you something, and why a patch that is only filled comes back.
Wallpaper: removing it, or painting over it
When wallpaper can be painted over and when it has to come off, how removal actually goes, and what the wall needs afterwards.
What kind of paint to use in a bathroom
Bathrooms fail paint faster than any other room in the house. What to use on the walls and ceiling, and the prep that actually prevents peeling.
Painting basements and garages
Why basement paint fails, what a garage floor actually needs, and how to tell a moisture problem from a paint problem.
Painting before selling: what is worth doing
Which painting actually affects what a house sells for, which colors to use, and where the money is better spent elsewhere.
Accent walls, texture, and finishes with character
When an accent wall works and when it dates a room, plus what modern textured and specialty finishes actually involve.
Lead paint in older Westchester homes
Which houses are likely to have it, why disturbing it is the risk, and what safe preparation looks like on a pre-1978 house.
Deck maintenance: how often to refinish, and what to fix first
How long a deck finish lasts, the maintenance that stretches it, when boards need replacing, and choosing a deck color that survives sun.
Deck refinishing: solid stain or paint?
The real difference between solid stain, semi-transparent stain and paint on a deck, what each one costs you later, and how often to redo it.
What affects interior painting costs in Westchester County?
A practical guide to the preparation, repairs, trim, access, color changes, and scope decisions that shape an interior painting estimate in Westchester.
What affects exterior painting costs in Westchester County?
Learn how siding condition, preparation, repairs, access, coatings, and project scope affect the cost of exterior house painting in Westchester.
Rot and carpentry repair before painting
Where exterior wood fails first, how to tell repair from replacement, and why paint over soft wood is money spent twice.
Painting siding: vinyl, aluminum, wood, and when to replace instead
What each siding material needs, why dark colors are a risk on vinyl, and how to tell whether painting or replacing is the better spend.
Why washing comes before painting
What pressure washing does for an exterior paint job, the difference between pressure and soft washing, and why the drying time matters as much as the wash.
Painting ceilings: color, sheen, and the vent question
Should a ceiling be white? Can you paint the vents? What sheen hides a patched ceiling, and what makes it worse.
How color changes the way a room feels
Why the same color reads differently in two rooms, what light does to it, and how to use color to change a room's proportions.
Painting kitchen cabinets: what actually makes it last
Why cabinet refinishing is a prep job rather than a paint job, what can and cannot be refinished, and how to tell a proper cabinet finish from a fast one.
How long a paint job should last, and how to get there
Realistic lifespans for interior and exterior paint in the Northeast, why one elevation always fails first, and the maintenance that adds years.
Oil-based or water-based paint?
What each one is actually good at, why almost everything is water-based now, and the few places oil still earns its place.
How long after rain can you paint a house exterior?
No fixed wait works for every house. Learn when siding is dry enough to paint after rain, and how temperature and dew affect exterior work in Westchester.
How to paint a room properly
The order of operations that produces a clean room, from clearing and protecting through to the last cut line.
Choosing paint colors room by room
Practical color direction for bedrooms, dining rooms, living rooms and nurseries: what works in each and why.
How to choose a color palette for your home
A practical method for picking interior colors that work room to room: starting with what you cannot change, and testing in a way that tells the truth.
Paint finishes: which sheen belongs in which room
Flat, matte, eggshell, satin, semi-gloss and gloss: what each one actually does, and the rooms where choosing wrong shows up first.
How to choose a painting contractor in Westchester County
Use this Westchester homeowner checklist to compare painting contractors, proposals, insurance, preparation, communication, warranties, and warning signs.
Why preparation decides how a paint job ages
Prep is the part of a painting project you cannot see when it is finished and the only part that determines whether it still looks right in five years.
Choosing exterior colors that fit your street
How to pick an exterior palette that stands out for the right reasons, and the three shades homeowners regret most.