by VMS Home Painting | 14/10/2026 | Exterior Painting
Asking how often to paint a house exterior is a little like asking how often to replace tires. The calendar matters less than where the wear shows, and on a house in the Lowcountry the wear never shows evenly. Most painting-company guides put a full exterior repaint...
by VMS Home Painting | 17/09/2026 | Exterior Painting
Exterior paint lasts as long as its film keeps protecting the surface underneath, which is not the same as how long it looks fresh. A wall can look tired and still be sound, or look fine from the street while the paint on a window sill has already cracked and let...
by VMS Home Painting | 10/09/2026 | Exterior Painting
Front door paint colors that work relate to your trim and siding, survive the sun your door actually gets, and pass any review your street requires. Black, deep navy, dark green and red are the classic choices, and they look their best on a door protected by a porch...
by VMS Home Painting | 03/09/2026 | Exterior Painting
Charleston created the first preservation ordinance in the United States in 1931, and its Board of Architectural Review has been reviewing exterior changes ever since. Yet the city keeps no list of approved paint colors. Inside the city’s historic districts,...
by VMS Home Painting | 10/08/2026 | Exterior Painting
Rainbow Row is the run of 13 historic houses at 79 to 107 East Bay Street in Charleston, on the west side of the street between Tradd and Elliott. Its colors matter beyond the postcards: it is the palette people bring to a painter when they say they want...
by VMS Home Painting | 03/08/2026 | Exterior Painting
Yes. Painting Hardie board siding works well, as long as you follow the rules James Hardie prints in its own installation instructions. Primed boards are made to be painted, and factory-finished ColorPlus boards can be repainted when you want a new color. The...
