We Rescued Our Clients’ Ceilings!

Our clients recently hired an electrician to install new light fixtures. Unfortunately, the end result was less than stellar and not at all what they wanted. The lights hung at an odd angle and were not flush with the ceilings. Our clients had chosen that particular style of light fixture for its sophisticated, recessed design.…

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Juneteenth 2020!

Hey folks. Happy Juneteenth! This holiday has taken on a renewed urgency these days. It was two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation that black people in Galveston, Texas, who had been trafficked and held in bondage, found out that they were free. Two and a half years later. The Emancipation Proclamation was…

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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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We Can Start Now

Larkin Painting Company

Father Richard Rohr is a world-recognized ecumenical teacher, and someone I admire very much. With so much horror showing itself in our country, our society and in the world at large, I often think of one of Father Richard’s quotes. He says this: “Christianity is a lifestyle – a way of being in the world…

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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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Inhabit Like Bonnie

One of my goals in life is to walk completely around Waban Pond like my dog-friend Bonnie. Bonnie is a sensate being who is completely at home walking around the pond. She fully inhabits her body as she circles the pond sniffing the various smells in leafy nooks and crannies, marking her territories, tasting the…

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