Decorating Without Damaging

If you were like most kids and think back to "the good old days", you probably remember having the walls of your bedroom covered with posters of hottest boy band or movie star - if you were a girl, or the coolest rock band or sleekest sports car - if you were a guy. You also probably remember your mother yelling when the scotch tape you used to put the posters up peeled off the paint, if not the entire top layer of drywall when you took it down. Fortunately, things have changed for the better. Wall art, or custom wall graphics as they are also known, are now more durable, flexible and non-damaging than before; and they're not just for kids anymore.

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Vinyl wall graphics - the New Trend

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Vinyl wall graphics are a hot new trend in home decorating for both the younger and more mature crowds. While children and teenagers will appreciate vinyl wall graphics with rock bands, movie stars and other pop culture themes, young adults, and even some older individuals, will find an outlet for their artistic expression in custom wall graphics featuring treasured photos or photo reproduction of favorite paintings. And for the big kid that seems to lurk in every sports fan, how could they resist a life-size photo of Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson bustin' through their basement wall at full tilt.

Custom Wallhogs and Fatheads

Wallhogs and Fatheads are two of the more popular brand names, but there are dozens of other small companies popping up to take advantage of the trend. Custom wall graphics are great because they are so many ways they can be designed. In addition to the traditional rectangular poster format, they can be cut so that only the features you want to leave in are included. If you have an adorable photo of your child playing little league ball or performing at a dance recital you can have just the silhouette of the child included so it appears that he or she is hitting or dancing just for you. They come in a wide range of sizes, depending on the company, and can run anywhere from 12 inches to 6 and ½ feet tall.

Vinyl wall graphics go up easily, although with the larger sizes it is recommended that you have a helper.

Easy to Put Up, No Damage to your Wall

They require no tape or paste, they are self adhesive, but come down easily without damaging the wall beneath and leaving no residue behind. They are tough and scratch and tear resistant. The great thing is that they are reusable; they can be hung up and taken down multiple times, so if you move or if the owner just wants to change its position, doing so is a breeze. With most companies out there, you can select a photo from their library (size of the libraries vary with larger companies offering a wider selection), but you can also order custom wall graphics using your personal photos. The process is relatively straight forward and usually consists of simply uploading your photo to their website and specifying how you want it cropped. Prices also vary with size, very large sizes often costing over 0, but generally speaking there is a vinyl wall graphic sized to fit every price range.

Decorating Without Damaging

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Painting and Decorating - 6 Surefire Ways to Make Maximum Profits As a House Painter

Here are six surefire ways to make 2-3 times as much per hour in the painting and decorating business. Each of these techniques could make you - per hour or more.

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1. Spray Painting - if you do a lot of decks, exterior painting, commercial jobs and/or would like to get into new construction painting and want to turn your jobs faster to make more per hour, consider renting or buying an airless paint sprayer.

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Because these sprayers are airless you get very little over-spray to worry about. Even painting indoors is safer because with an airless sprayer you don't get a room full of spray fumes.

If you get jobs that work well using a spray system, you can bid the job as you normally would but get it done in "days" not weeks or "hours" not days, etc.

You cannot spray in people's homes of course. But if you have a large commercial re-paint with lots of interior wall space you could use a power roller attachment for faster results. For spray painting exterior you will have to mask off surfaces here and there and cover a few shrubs but once that's done you can go with the flow.

2. Get Help - hiring employees and sub-contractors can be profitable. It's called "leveraging your time" because you use the power of others to multiply your hours of service worked.

There are a lot of good quality painters out there that just want a job. While you do the estimates and line up the work they (your employees or subs) do the painting and you make part of the profit per painter.

Each painter could be making you an extra per hour or more. Ten painters times equals a 0 per hour. That could work out to an extra 0 or 0 per day just for you. Simply multiply that for each painter you employ and you will be highly motivated to keep doing estimates.

3. Drywall Repair - you can make great money repairing damaged drywall and plaster caused from leaks, vandalism, house settling, etc. There is even texture jobs for ceilings and walls to get.

Everyone "thinks" they know how to paint right? But when it comes to doing simple drywall or plaster repairs they go running home to mommy every time. And even if they do attempt to do it themselves it never works out for them because they don't know the simple basics that make drywall repair look good.

It has always been easy for me to get - per hour doing drywall and plaster repairs. I may spend a couple hours one day tearing out and patching in new material and another 3 or 4 hours the next day finishing the job. I can walk away with 0 for a total of seven hours of work and I spent very little in materials cost.

So it is always pure profit minus maybe or for materials. Drywall and plaster repair is an easy business once you know a few tricks-of-the trade.

4. Faux Painting - there are 4 basic faux painting designs or finishes that are popular and that you can master fairly quickly and make great money for starters. And you will soon be creating new and exciting patterns as well. Get good at this trade and make some great money because people don't know how to do it and the ones who do many times make it a disaster.

You can get faux painting jobs doing bathrooms, kitchens, bedrooms, dinning and living rooms, accent walls, etc. There are customers in all price ranges. Even multi-million dollar homes have beautiful faux painting done in them.

5. Star Mural Painting - here is a type of painting that will make you an "illusionist". As you get good at creating the night sky or outer space themes on ceilings and walls you will be making it look like the room has literally disappeared before their eyes and they are looking up into the night sky. You will soon be well known and sought after for your mysterious painting art.

It is truly a beautiful type of painting when you actually see one of these for the first time. Colors come alive in the dark. You can do bedrooms, game rooms, hotels, motels and basically everything that has a ceiling or walls.

6. One more way to make great money in the painting business is regular conventional mural painting. People have large walls done, ceilings done, large wall size canvasses, etc,

There are even sign painters that do sides of buildings and muralists do similar work. This type of painting can be easy because you "graph" out the wall after first planning the artwork out on graph paper. Again, everyone "thinks" they know how to paint but when you master any one or all of these above niche painting techniques the crowd goes running home to mommy!

Painting and Decorating - 6 Surefire Ways to Make Maximum Profits As a House Painter

Lee Cusano has owned his own painting business since 1991. Since 2004 he has helped others to start their own business and make good money doing it right from the start with his several painting manuals. Please visit http://BetterPaintingTips.com for some free valuable painting techniques and painting ideas.

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