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Sterling Painters News. It’s not just about painting for us.

It’s about your painting projects, the new painting ideas, the new painting techniques and the painting experience. Most importantly, it’s about the end of the day satisfaction.

We always have new and exciting painting projects on the go. Customers bring us their painting ideas and we run with them.

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Painting Quotes – The Rights and Wrongs

Detailed Painting Quotes

Now let me get this right you’re going to give a man lots of money for a figure on a piece of scrap paper! Where’s your Painting Quotes?

Or here’s the one I love, he’s got a calculator and punched in some numbers, taken a deep sharp intake of breath, and shows it to you looking disgusted in the opposite direction, tutting!

Here’s what HAS to be on a painting quote:

Contractors complete details. i.e.
Name
Address
Home phone
Mobile phone
ABN

Clients full details, that’s you.

All Painting Quotes should include:

1. Scope of works. This clearly identifies items to be painted i.e. walls, ceiling, windows, doors etc

2. Specification. This section identifies areas such as the Preparation required i.e. Sanding, filling of holes and indentations. The quote should also state if previous coatings need to be removed to obtain a sound surface before repainting and does the surface need to be washed down? i.e kitchen, wood work etc
This section should also include the number of coats to be applied, type of paint to be
Used, colour required, and the selected gloss level.

3. Exclusions. This section identifies what is not to be painted and is just as important as the Scope of Works.

4. Insurance. Contractors must have Public Liability and Personnel Accident Insurance.
This is for your protection in case something goes wrong.

It is important that you sight their current Certificate of Compliance.

5. GST. Must be included in the final quotation amount

https://www.consumer.vic.gov.au/housing/building-and-renovating

https://www.mpav.com.au/

14/08/2014
What to look for in a Professional Painter in Melbourne?

What is a Professional Painter?

What is a professional painter? Now there’s a question!

Neat and tidy or looking like a can of paint has exploded over them! In my mind the answer is simple, if the painter has paint all over them then chances are there’s paint all over your house, and not just the bits you wanted painted!

Surely if you want a neat and tidy paint job you employ the neat and tidy painter. It’s your house. Simple.

However, there is a bit more to it than that:

Unfortunately Painting is a career that most people think they can simple just do. I walked passed Bunnings once – therefore I’m a painter!

Qualifications and Experience really do matter, as in any business. You should always check on these things. Ask the questions.

Now I’m a member of the Master Painters Association, which means I have to be Qualified, Experienced and Insured…

Insurance: Now the thing with life, stuff does happen that you didn’t want to! Insurance means it’s much less hassle. See first paragraph for example.

14/08/2014
Very Talented Sterling Decorators Melbourne

Sterling Decorators Home Design

First Impressions Matter

When selling your home, first impressions are everything. At Sterling Decorators, we create tailor-made home styling packages designed to enhance your property’s appeal with strategic cosmetic updates. Our transformations make your home irresistible to buyers—helping it sell faster and at the best possible price, all for a fraction of the cost of reducing your asking price.

Flexible Decorating Services

Our Decorator Services are tailored to your needs, whether you’re looking for expert advice in a one-time consultation or full project management for a complete home makeover.

We also understand the stress of moving into a new home. Once you’ve settled in, we can help turn your new house into a home with thoughtful design and styling.

Expert Colour Consultation

Our experienced Colour Consultant can transform your space with the perfect palette, bringing style, warmth, and character to your home. The right colour scheme doesn’t just enhance your living space—it can also boost your property’s value and appeal to buyers. A smart, cost-effective investment that delivers real results.

Pinterest Sterling Painters Ideas

21/05/2014
Warm Up for Summer. Colour Consultants Melbourne

The days are getting longer…

…and before you know it Spring will be with us. Then you’ll be settling down for lunch with friends in your beautiful freshly painted home. Did you use a colour Consultant?
The most difficult task in painting your home. Isn’t the painting, we’ll do that. But you choosing the colours. Here’s a little help…two words Colour Consultants.

Well have our own Sterling Colour Consultant, she’s very good. Yes, picking colours isn’t as easy as you might like to think!

Paint Colour Consultant Inspiration:

Dulux Colour Movement

“We are in motion, movement is all around us – a blur of colour, a subtle shift of light, a merge of shadows. Movement is social change, the rise of a nation, the protest of people, the progress of the digital age. The Dulux Colour Forecast – Colour Movement, explores how colour is moving around us, shifting and changing along with our world and all that is in it.”

Dulux as always provides lots of seasonal ideas, and gadgets to help. ‘MyColour Visualiser’ as great tool, just upload your picture and literally colour it in.

Stealing Painting Ideas:

Pinterest

Pinterest is great for ideas, search for ‘Weatherboards’, ‘interiors’. Or if you’re after a particular look, search for that. And yes Sterling Painters have been pinned a few times.

Pinterest in Sterling Painters

If you see a house in your suburb that you like, yes we can ask for the colour scheme for you. As the quote says “Imitation is the sincerest [form] of flattery”. It’s okay to ask your friends too!

Help! If all else fails then there’s always help available…

Need some other professional advice on colour?

Porter’s Paints Colour Consultancy

Porter’s Paints pride themselves on the specialist advice their staff offer customers every day in their showrooms on colour and product selection. They can also offer this advice to you in your own home through Porter’s Paints on-site consultation service.

Their team is made up of fully qualified colour consultants who have extensive experience in developing interior and exterior colour schemes and have an in-depth knowledge of Porter’ Paints colours and products.

31/07/2013
Stylish Victorian Weatherboard Exterior. Seddon
Painting Weatherboard Exterior

As weatherboard exterior painters, we never tire of painting weatherboards. Whilst they all look similar, no two are the same, they all have their own personalities, does this have something to do with the owner?

This weatherboard house was no exception to the rule. The rule being preparation and yet more preparation. Sanding, more sanding. Filling and gapping, sometimes we even get to paint!! Usually, with painting a weatherboard house, the preparation takes longer than the painting. Why? Because this is the ‘rule’!

How your home looks is a reflection of you. A well painted house, and well kept house, tells the world what you think of yourself. We paint many sorts and styles of weatherboard houses. From the classic and grown up weatherboard, with black painted front doors, to the cheerful cottage, with bright friendly colours. How do you see your weatherboard house painted? What will the paint colour scheme say about you? Are you as stylish as this weatheboard house owner?

Dulux Popular Exterior Paint Colour Schemes Here to give you a few ideas, but if you have a strong idea already, go with it.

Paint Used:
- Dulux Weathershield Low Sheen – Gaiety Tan.
- Dulux Weathershield Gloss – Clotted Cream.
- Weathershield Dulux Low Sheen – Monument.
Sterling Painters Exterior Pinterest Ideas
07/05/2013