The Portland real estate market was one of the hottest in the entire country in 2016 and it has no signs of slowing down in 2017.  We have been painting many homes for new homeowners moving from all over the country the past few months.  If you are planning to put...

The holidays are upon us again and many of us are getting up on ladders to put lights up in the cold weather.  This is a great time to do a little multi tasking to prepare your home for the winter weather we have left.  While you are hanging your lights or taking them...

Our summer is going to be coming to an end soon and you may have put off the repair projects you meant to do all season.  It seems like summer is never long enough in Portland for us to do everything we meant to do to the exterior of our homes.  August is a good time...

Summer has officially begun and we are crazy busy again at Absolute Painting & Power Washing.  The days are longer and the weather is blazing hot!  People often ask me when I am giving them an estimate if we are able to paint when it is really hot outside.  My...

It is already June and summer is just around the corner.  The kids are almost done with school and time for lots of fun activities in Portland.  At Absolute Painting we get really excited when the sun comes out and we can start working outside again.  We got an early...

The sun is starting to show up and the temperatures are rising quickly.  April is upon us in Portland and we are getting excited to see sunny summer weather soon.  When the sun comes out we will want to be outside grilling and hanging out with the family.  Many of us...

You have survived another Portland winter and March is now here.  The weather is getting warmer and hopefully drier.  You are again going outside and seeing neighbors you have barely seen for months.  The yard looks a little beaten from the cold wet weather we have...

February is already here and it seems the worst weather is now behind us in the Portland area.  Our crews have been extremely busy doing interior painting the past few months waiting for the weather to start warming up.  Now is a great time of year to start getting...

Thanksgiving is over and Christmas is around the corner.  Our days are getting shorter and the weather is getting colder.  Now is the time to do a few more things around your house that may save you some heartache over the winter.  At Absolute Painting we prefer to be...

Most of the blogs I write for the Absolute Painting website are about how to be a proactive homeowner so you can save money on costly home repairs.  The story I am going to tell today was a problem I had with my home years ago that I did not address quick enough and...