Giving the Outside of Your Home or Business an Exclusive Touch
Count on Our Quality Paints to Come Through with Elegance & Durability
Bonds Decor may be your trusted furniture expert in Ottawa, but we also know a thing or two about exterior house paint. We’re focused on helping bring your vision to life; from colour matching to painting advice for that elite look and feel you have in mind. The perfect exterior paint can refresh or transform the look and feel of your home, giving you the look you’ve always wanted.
It's our pleasure to give you the support you need for any project, including exterior house painting, repairs and renovations. It’s important that we help bring your vision to life; from paint selection to tips and tools unique to the look and feel you have in mind. Stop by Bonds Decor Ottawa today to talk with our team of Paint Experts who will recommend the best Pittsburgh Paint & Benjamin Moore products for your project and ensure that you receive great value for your dollar. Our team is ready to serve you at our locations on Bank Street in the Glebe, Stittsville, and Ottawa Industrial Park. Don’t compromise, get the best exterior paint today!
Count on Our Quality Paints to Come Through with Elegance & Durability
Bonds Decor may be your trusted furniture expert in Ottawa, but we also know a thing or two about exterior house paint. We’re focused on helping bring your vision to life; from colour matching to painting advice for that elite look and feel you have in mind. The perfect exterior paint can refresh or transform the look and feel of your home, giving you the look you’ve always wanted.
It's our pleasure to give you the support you need for any project, including exterior house painting, repairs and renovations. It’s important that we help bring your vision to life; from paint selection to tips and tools unique to the look and feel you have in mind. Stop by Bonds Decor Ottawa today to talk with our team of Paint Experts who will recommend the best Pittsburgh Paint & Benjamin Moore products for your project and ensure that you receive great value for your dollar. Our team is ready to serve you at our locations on Bank Street in the Glebe, Stittsville, and Ottawa Industrial Park. Don’t compromise, get the best exterior paint today!
Choosing the Best Exterior Paint Colour for Your Home
Instead of re-facing the exterior of a home, many homeowners are opting to re-paint the outside of their home to give it a fresh new look. Choosing the perfect paint colour can be intimidating. There are many things to consider that will help you successfully decide on an exterior paint colour. Our best advice is to consider the following; think about your personal style and preference - not trends, take a look at what’s being done in your neighbourhood, and seek guidance from professionals!
Our team at Bonds Decor are here to help you narrow down your possible exterior home colours to find the perfect one. We’ll be here to point you in the right direction of the best exterior paint to use and provide you with samples so you can test different colours before you commit to one. Our preferred brands of pain are Benjamin Moore and Pittsburgh Paint. If you’ve got plans for an exterior paint project in Ottawa, get in touch with our team at one of our 3 locations around the city. We look forward to helping you find the perfect exterior paint colour!
Choosing the Best Exterior Paint Colour for Your Home
Instead of re-facing the exterior of a home, many homeowners are opting to re-paint the outside of their home to give it a fresh new look. Choosing the perfect paint colour can be intimidating. There are many things to consider that will help you successfully decide on an exterior paint colour. Our best advice is to consider the following; think about your personal style and preference - not trends, take a look at what’s being done in your neighbourhood, and seek guidance from professionals!
Our team at Bonds Decor are here to help you narrow down your possible exterior home colours to find the perfect one. We’ll be here to point you in the right direction of the best exterior paint to use and provide you with samples so you can test different colours before you commit to one. Our preferred brands of pain are Benjamin Moore and Pittsburgh Paint. If you’ve got plans for an exterior paint project in Ottawa, get in touch with our team at one of our 3 locations around the city. We look forward to helping you find the perfect exterior paint colour!
Our Preferred Brands of Paints
Why We Love Benjamin Moore
With these premium performance paints and smooth applications, Benjamin Moore makes painting fun and effortless for first timers and professional painters alike. We carry Benjamin Moore because we’re sure that they’ve got the perfect paint for your next exterior paint project in Ottawa, from start to finish.
Why We Love Pittsburgh Paint
Spending some quality time prepping the surface of your project is the key to a dramatic difference in the final result’s look and lasting impression, but it’s the least exciting part of painting your home. Pittsburgh Paint makes project preparation and application easy – and even fun – with so many one of a kind colour, texture, and shine options to choose from for first timers and Ottawa professional painters alike.
Exceptional Service Through Your Exterior Paint Selection Process
A new coat of paint may completely transform the appearance of your home in less time and for less money than any other remodelling endeavour. A truly remarkable exterior paint job begins before a single brush touches the house. From an industry-leading preparation process to selecting the best quality paints, we take pleasure in our unwavering attention to detail, so you can get a paint that fits the finish you’re looking for.
Bonds Decor offers high-quality products, exceptional service, and a knowledgeable sales staff that can help with colour matching and guidance. We offer the products to make your next renovation or decorating job a success as we stock a huge choice of paint inventories. What sets us apart from the large box stores is our knowledgeable personnel. When you visit the Beds Decor, you get expert assistance on any technical issues you may have and product recommendations. Our employees are here to assist you in selecting the right products for your project.
Deciding which paint to use has gotten easier with us, we offer premium paints that give a beautiful and durable finish, don't mildew as readily, and comply with new air-quality regulations. At Bonds Décor, everything we do is focused on providing an exceptional customer experience with quality outcomes that last. Is it time to get a new coat? we have the right paint, contact us today.
Exceptional Service Through Your Exterior Paint Selection Process
A new coat of paint may completely transform the appearance of your home in less time and for less money than any other remodelling endeavour. A truly remarkable exterior paint job begins before a single brush touches the house. From an industry-leading preparation process to selecting the best quality paints, we take pleasure in our unwavering attention to detail, so you can get a paint that fits the finish you’re looking for.
Bonds Decor offers high-quality products, exceptional service, and a knowledgeable sales staff that can help with colour matching and guidance. We offer the products to make your next renovation or decorating job a success as we stock a huge choice of paint inventories. What sets us apart from the large box stores is our knowledgeable personnel. When you visit the Beds Decor, you get expert assistance on any technical issues you may have and product recommendations. Our employees are here to assist you in selecting the right products for your project.
Deciding which paint to use has gotten easier with us, we offer premium paints that give a beautiful and durable finish, don't mildew as readily, and comply with new air-quality regulations. At Bonds Décor, everything we do is focused on providing an exceptional customer experience with quality outcomes that last. Is it time to get a new coat? we have the right paint, contact us today.
Experiment With Different Colours Using the Paint Colour Explorer
If you are planning to start and exterior painting project, you need to consider the type of paint you will be using, as well as how to work around the rain.
Acrylic paint needs at least 2 hours to dry properly before rain hits it. If there is a prolonged period of rain, or a short but heavy rainfall coming, then you would need at least 6 hours. If it has recently rained, you will want to check that the surface is dry. A little bit of moisture is okay as acrylic paint can let small amounts pass through the coating without ruining it.
Oil based paint takes anywhere from 2 to 12 days to dry, and can’t have any kind of contact with moisture. As such it isn’t recommended for use in exterior painting.
There are a few instances where using primer is necessary for getting the best look from your exterior paint:
If you are changing your paint colour, especially from a darker colour to a lighter one.
If you are painting over bare wood.
If you are painting over brick surfaces.
If you are painting slick and glossy surfaces.
If you are covering blemishes caused by removing stains.
There are a small number of cases where you don’t need to use primer:
If you are refreshing the existing paint colour.
If there are no blemishes and bare spots to cover.
If you are not painting over a glossy surface that isn’t wood or brick.
For optimal coverage and appearance, 2 coats of paint on a well-primed surface is typically all that is needed.
There are a few important steps you need to take before you can get the new paint on your walls.
The first step is to clean the surface. It should be clean, dull and dry before you start painting. Cover nearby landscaping with plastic to protect it, then wash off any chalk, dirt and mildew that has built up on the exterior surface.
After cleaning the house, look for any peeling or cracked paint and scrape it off. After that, you will need to sand the surface and apply primer. Once the primer dries, the surface is ready to paint.
This is perhaps the most difficult decision you’ll make with regards to your exterior painting projects. The colour you paint your house exterior is something that you’ll be looking at for a long time, many years! Exterior paint colour is the first impression people will have of your home! Exterior paint sets the mood and the tone for your home. Not only do you have to be satisfied with the paint colour in the years to come, it’s worth at least thinking about resale. You’ll want to select an exterior paint colour that matches well with other exterior features of your home, such as bricks, roof, siding, etc. Trim colours can complement main exterior paint colours nicely. Lighter colour paints absorb less heat and are less likely to fade, so keep this in mind for exterior paints for homes or areas that are exposed to more sunlight. Lighter exterior paint colours will also make a home seem bigger. That’s why many home exteriors have traditionally been painted white or light colours. It doesn’t mean that you have to, but this exterior paint tip is worth considering. Your Bonds Décor Ottawa paint specialist will be happy to work with you to select paint colours.
For starters, you can always come back to Bonds Décor to buy more paint. So, it’s better to buy too little exterior paint than too much. Calculate the surface area being painted and divide that by the number of square feet a gallon of paint can cover. We can help you find this number, or the paint company’s website should have this info. Also important for exterior painting is the type of surface you’ll be painting. A rough or porous surface will require more paint than a smooth, well-sealed surface. Your Bonds Décor Ottawa paint specialist will be happy to work with you to get the right amount of exterior paint for your home painting project.
In Ottawa, it turns out that this is a very good and important question. You won’t want to paint your home’s exterior in temperatures near freezing, that’s for sure. But ideally it will be a little warmer than that, even, starting at around 10 degrees Celsius, 15 even better. What’s too hot? Well, again ideally, you’d not be painting the exterior of your home on a day where the temperatures are climbing over 25C. Paint is best applied when the temperature of the air, surface and paint are all in the range of 15C~25C. Check the forecast to see what the temperatures will be like, as well as the chance of precipitation. While it’s preferable to avoid painting the exterior in a rain, sometimes it happens. Concerned about the present or upcoming weather for your exterior paint project? Ask a Bonds paint pro, we’re happy to help.
This is really a personal preference. If it’s your first time painting a home, especially the first time doing exterior painting, we invite you to speak with a paint expert in Ottawa at Bonds Décor. We’ll ask you about what you’re painting, what your experience is, and then we’ll show you some of the products we carry (paint brushes, rollers, etc.) and talk about what could be best for you. There’s no one-size-fits-all solution when it comes to exterior painting. We’re happy to help find what’s best for your home painting needs.
Let Us Know How Bonds Decor Can Serve You!
At Bonds Decor we’re proud of our Ottawa roots, serving this amazing community for nearly a century. We’ve helped tens of thousands of Ottawa residents make their homes and businesses more aesthetically pleasing – and their lives a little better in the process. How can Bonds Decor help you?