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Which Comes First, The Color or The Furnishing?

It is very much the question of the chicken or the egg that we all grew up with.  In the painting world, especially here at Brooks Painting, part of our job is to help our clients with choosing their colors for their painting project.  The easy part for most of our clients is choosing the company to apply the paint, and the stressful part is choosing the colors.  With 20 plus years of experience I feel like I am pretty good at this.  In fact, I have a lot of clients who have me pick their colors for them.  We also have Terese on our sales staff who has a design background, and is excellent at helping with colors.  Some people know exactly what they want, but more than half really don’t have a clue.  That is where our expertise comes into play.

We encounter a lot of customers who are redoing the entire space.  They are getting new flooring, furniture, or bedding.  They want a whole new feel, and paint will just be a part of the overall picture.  So where should you start?  Paint really should be the last part chosen.  Let’s take a bedroom, for example.  Have your new bedding there already or at the very least a sample of it.  If you are changing flooring, window coverings, etc, samples of those are ideal too.  Once we can lay out the other items going in the space then we can pick colors that will complement each other.  The last step is to pick a paint color; that is much easier to change than bedding, flooring, or window coverings, and furnishings.  I can’t tell you how many times customers want to do it back words, and I advise them against doing that.  It is much better in the long run to have the whole picture of the space laid out, than just one part.

If you need help with color consulting, please call us at Brooks Painting to help with all your color needs in Davis, Woodland, Yolo County, Solano County, or Sacramento County.

Jeremy Brooks

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Sandra & David M.

Very professional, I appreciate the time they took to make sure everything was taken care of for my house! I really liked that Jaime stepped up and told me not to paint my front door like the house and then chose a color that worked great. Thank you!

Dale S.

We chose Brooks Painting based on their excellent reputation. It was an excellent choice! We had them do a complete exterior and almost complete interior painting of our two story house. They were done separately, while we were out of town. We are very pleased with the quality of the work. They even fixed up a few mistakes made by a crew that painted a portion of our interior ceilings a month prior (removal of asbestos popcorn ceiling), at no extra charge. Cleanup was great, also. They repaired some dry rot that was uncovered (extra charge, but worth it), and they even moved furniture back into place as well as put back the curtain rods that I had taken down, which wasn't expected. I highly recommend them, and will use them again for any future paint jobs.

Charlie Russell
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Eric and his crew were on time every day and did a very thorough job. I was thrilled that they were willing to paint my outdoor light fixtures which were getting rusty. I was particularly impressed how much time they spent going over their work at the end to catch spots that were missed. I’ll be using them again for interior painting.

C Lewis

I have always received excellent customer service and the crews are always very concerned about ensuring satisfaction!

Shawn W.

Another great job by Brooks Paining. they did a great job on our trim painting and siding varnish. They were very timely and considerate of our home and property. This is our 3rd time in 19 years utilizing Brooks Painting. We haven't been let done. 👍👍

T Thompson

Very professional. Painters were very accommodating on the little things.

Claude V., Dixon

We are long time happy customers with many positive experiences with Brooks Painting. We have appreciated the assistance (and patience) with selecting paint colors, the professionalism of the staff and the high quality of workmanship. We recently had some interior painting done and the crew was on time, neat, careful inside the house and very easy to work with. They also cheerfully handled some unexpected drywall repair. I highly recommend Brooks Painting.

Teri Greenfield
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Brooks Painting painted our home in Sacramento in March of 2022. Tim did a great job power washing our home. Corey, Flint, and Kristen were very helpful in the bid and. planning. process. The painting crew was excellent. Arrived on time each day and the project was finished in 5 days as promised. All worked very hard.

M Hawkins

Competent, very thorough, listened to my wishes, very accommodating. Hard workers, friendly, happy, willing to please.

Kay M

Chris and Gabriel were amazing. Corey was patient and helpful in answering questions and while I decided on colors. The office was easy to contact and had good follow-through. Thank you so much to Brooks for a job I could not possibly be happier with. Feel free to use me as a reference!

Laura P

My house is so beautiful now…great work. Courteous, prompt, awesome work.

Lisa H.

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