Farrow & Ball’s Featured Colors for 2021

Renowned paint manufacturer, Farrow & Ball, has released its featured colors for 2021. These attention-grabbing hues are sure to inspire. The manufacturer’s featured colors can be organized into four easy-to-explore categories: 1) Natural and Calming Green Hues, 2) Earthy, Warm Hues, 3) Jewel Hues, and 4) Simple, Clean Blue Hues. Let’s explore the green palette…

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Larkin Painting Creates Work From Home Spaces!

It’s time to create or refresh your work from home space. We can create the space you need, and we are here to help you negotiate these difficult and uncertain times. Many of us are working from home (WFH) for the foreseeable future and some of us may be working from home permanently. You may…

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The Jonathan Maynard House Restoration Project-Video

Our client needed to refurbish his historical home, the Jonathan Maynard House. He trusted us with this challenging task. We had to ensure that the refurbishment adhered to strict historical preservation rules. We got started and the results are stunning.

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Clean and Safe Painting Procedures: COVID Update

Flowers are blooming and the weather has finally started to warm up. It is beautiful outside. As the state reopens, we continue to work cautiously and carefully as we help our clients improve their lives, homes, and the spaces that are important to them. Our painters continue to wear masks and utilizing frequent hand washing…

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Soul Happy

The poet Rumi writes: no one knows what makes the soul wake up so happy. Maybe a dawn breeze has blown the veil away from the face of God. If there is a face of God, it is Eden, one of our youngest customers at six months old. (She may not be the one that…

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Wellesley Interior Makeover with A Better Way Redesign

Painting by Larkin Painting Company

Sue, owner and founder of A Better Way Redesign, is an incredibly creative interior designer. She has an extraordinary eye for design and an immense talent for creating spaces that express the client’s personality and lifestyle. We are honored to frequently work with her and are particularly impressed with her work on an extensive and…

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Classic Blue is Pantone’s 2020 Color of the Year

Color influencer, Pantone, recently released its 2020 Color of the Year: Classic Blue. This color looks like the dusky blue sky. The Pantone Color Institute selects the Color of the Year. The Institute is a unit within Pantone that has the hefty job of  forecasting worldwide color trends, featuring trendy runway colors, and helping companies…

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Painting a Victorian Exterior

Victorian exterior repaint by Larkin Painting Company

Our long-time customer owns a stunning Victorian home that recently required expert paint mixtures and paint application. Years ago, early in our relationship, he was concerned with finding the right company for his painting work. Our client is very well-versed in the trade and has a basis of knowledge sometimes made it harder for him…

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First Light (Benjamin Moore Color of the Year)

First Light is Benjamin Moore’s 2020 Color of the Year. Pink in interior design is popular once again. The color can be said to have begun its current resurgence in 2011. Our culture’s attitude towards pink has varied over the years. Over time pink has been perceived as feminine, kitschy, frothy and frivolous, punk and…

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