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GreenWave Solutions Now Offering Roswell House Painting

During the past few years, GreenWave Solutions has performed most of our professional painting and drywall services in Atlanta, Buckhead, Brookhaven and Sandy Springs.  We have started to outgrow the perimeter and are now offering our house painting and residential drywall contracting in Roswell, GA.

Roswell is a suburb about 10 miles north of I-285.  Roswell has a nice blend of new and old homes.  Like much of metro Atlanta, Roswell is growing as people continue spreading into the suburbs.

GreenWave Solutions wants everyone in Roswell to know that we are now offering our professional house painting services in Roswell.  So whether you want to update the colors in your old home or have a new house and want to upgrade the cheap builder paint, our professional house painters are here to help.

We specialize in interior painting, exterior painting, pressure washing, deck staining, deck sealing, cabinet finishing, cabinet refinishing, drywall repair, drywall installation, popcorn ceiling texture removal, stippled ceiling texture smoothing, carpentry, rotten wood replacement and more!

In order to help expand into Roswell, GA faster, GreenWave Solutions will offer clients in Roswell 15% off any painting or drywall project that is over $2000.

Call GreenWave Solutions today to schedule your free estimate and see why we’re one of the best painting contractors in Atlanta.  404-549-7776

GreenWave Solutions is Atlanta’s first green painting contractor.  We proudly serve Atlanta, Brookhaven, Buckhead, Chamblee, Dunwoody, Inman Park, Grant Park, Ansley Park, Midtown, Morningside, Virginia Highlands, Vinings, Roswell and more.

Call us today to see if we offer our professional services in your area.

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50 Shades of Gray, We’ve got 100s

At GreenWave Solutions we like to be on the forefront of  colors and trends for house painting.  In the 2013 we saw gray become one of the hottest and most dominate colors we worked with for interior painting.  Gray is a wonderful neutral color that offers a modern and sometimes edgy look in all types of homes.  There are numerous shades of gray that can highlight pretty much any color.  From reds and blues to beiges and brown, there is a gray that will enhance and blend well with the color of your choice.

Gray’s can set moods of how you want a room to feel, whether it is a formal dining room, a kitchen or even a master bedroom.  The main question to ask is what type of look you are trying to achieve.  A lighter gray can set a soft setting, a pale gray can be contemporary, and a dark gray can feel warm.  There is a gray for everyone no matter the style your home is decorated, classical, modern, traditional, or eclectic.  Gray is a neutral color that will continue to be in style over time since it is so versatile.

Choosing the right gray is tricky because there are so many options.  GreenWave Solutions can help any customer with color consultations.  We have over 10 years of paint knowledge and can spend time with you to make the right choice for your home renovation project.

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Winter Exterior House Painting

Atlanta has a temperate climate.  All four seasons represent themselves with green springs, hot summers, colorful falls and cold winters.  One of the best parts of being a painting company in Atlanta is that we can perform exterior painting all year long.

Obviously, we can’t paint outside during rain or freezing temperatures but those conditions usually don’t last more than a few days at a time.

The reason that we can paint outside during the winter is because paint manufacturers have formulated their exterior coatings for low temperature application.  For instance, Sherwin Williams Emerald, Duration, SuperPaint and A-100 all can be applied in temperatures as low as 35 degrees Fahrenheit.   35 degrees is the surface temperature, not the air temperature.

Because GreenWave Solutions focuses on quality instead of production, we don’t push the low temperature limits of the paints.  Even though the paint says it can be applied at 35 degrees, you must determine many factors when painting in winter.  An important factor other than temperature is daylight.  If the paint doesn’t have time to set before sunset, surfactants leaching becomes a real problem.

These obscure, but important, details are why you should hire a professional to perform your exterior house painting.

Call GreenWave Solutions to schedule your free estimate – 404-549-7776

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Winter Weather Means in Interior Painting Season

Wow we’ve had some weird weather this year.  Summer was unseasonably cool and rainy.  Then we had a week of spring-like weather.  Thanksgiving was in the 20s.  The first week of December was in the 60s and now it’s cold and rainy.

There is no telling what Christmas is going to be like.  The one thing that we know is that this winter is unpredictable.  Unpredictable winters usually mean snow or ice storms.  In Atlanta, winter storms shut down the city because we don’t have  a lot of those machines they have up north to clear roads.

Personally, I like being snowed in (as long as there is power).  It makes you step away from work and spend time with family and friends.  There isn’t the pressure or temptation to go out because everything is closed and you can’t drive.  It nice to work out then watch movies, eat snacks and take naps.  And I nearly forgot to mention the best thing about winter storms; SNOWBALL FIGHTS!

If you’re wondering how this article relates to interior painting, you’re not alone.  I just realized that I forgot where I was going with that intro because I was thinking about how much fun snow ins are.

Back to the paint.

Because they predict that we are going to have wild winter weather, we will probably all spend a lot of time inside of our homes.  Since the weather outside is going to be cold, dark and possibly dreary, you should do everything possible to make your interior feel warm, cozy and inviting.

Interior house painting is the easiest way to achieve this goal.  New colors or even flatter finishes can make your home’s interior feel entirely different.

Because GreenWave Solutions is one of Atlanta’s finest interior painting company, you should call us to get an estimate for interior painting.

We are giving 15% interior painting projects until March 15, 2014.  Call us today to get a free estimate.

Remember, GreenWave Solutions also does cabinet finishing, exterior painting, color consultations, drywall installation and more!

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GreenWave Solutions Drywall Contracting for Residential Projects

GreenWave Solutions Drywall Contracting Services.

GreenWave Solutions has grown and evolved over the years.  We started doing VOC compliant painting, cool roofs, photo voltaic energy systems, rainwater harvesting and radiant heat barriers.  It turned out that people didn’t care that much about sustainable contracting so we discontinued many of those services.

What survived the recession was our paint contracting division.  Residential painting didn’t just survive, it thrived.  Along with house painting came other painting/coating related services.  One of these service was drywall contracting.

We found that there was a gap in the drywall contracting industry.  The limitation was that they weren’t professional drywall contractors that did small to medium residential drywall projects.  If you needed to drywall entire apartment complex or a new house, you can find lots of contractors.  However, if you only wanted to drywall an unfinished basement or even a few rooms in an unfinished basement, you don’t have many reputable options.

Another void we saw in the drywall industry was that most drywall contractors didn’t offer painting services.  This was most surprising.  As a business person, I didn’t understand why you would hang and finish all the drywall and not offer to prime and paint it, too.  You make more money, duh.  Contractors aren’t known as being the sharpest tool in the van.

We already had the painting part of this equation covered so we started researching and interviewing drywall professionals.  It turned out that some of our crew leaders knew drywall guys so we joined forces.

The outcome was GreenWave Solutions drywall contracting services.  Our drywall contracting is a full service solution from studs to paint.  We hang, tape, sand, finish, prime and paint drywall.  We also install trim, doors, and moulding.

Do you have an unfinished basement and want to make a guest room, office or playroom?  GreenWave Solutions can do this.  Our prices are competitive to other high-end contracting services.

Call us today to get a free estimate on your drywall installation project – 404-549-7776

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2013 Holiday House Painting Specials

It’s November and that means it’s officially holiday season.  We have Thanksgiving, a month of holiday parties and finally New Year’s Eve.  All these holidays mean a lot of holiday guests.

Holiday guests include family, in-laws and co-workers.  Sometimes guests use the condition of your home as a discussion topic.  We all know that most in-laws would never judge you for not having fresh, clean walls, some do.

If you have been putting off your interior house painting all year, November is the time to get it done.

We understand that the holidays can get expensive so we are offering 20% off all residential painting projects over $2,500 the rest of 2013.  If your needs are smaller and you only need a room or two painted, we will give you 10% off any jobs under $2,500.

Don’t wait too long because GreenWave Painting Solutions’ schedule fills up fast this time of year and you only have a few weeks before the guests start coming.

Call 404-549-7776 to schedule your free estimate.

GreenWave Solutions is Atlanta’s first ‘green’ painting company.  Our professional house painters serve most of Metro Atlanta including Brookhaven, Sandys Springs, Buckhead, Inman Park, Grant Park, Chastain, Vinings, Virginia Highlands, Roswell, Alpharetta, Chamblee, Dunwoody, Decatur and more!

GreenWave Solutions Recieves RRP Lead Certification

If your house was built before 1978, there is some very important information you need to know before hiring any contractor to work on your home.

The EPA and Congress passed some laws in 2010 that can significantly affect your home’s value if you don’t know the regulations.

Go to our Lead Paint Removal Page to learn more.

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How to Patch Small Holes in Drywall

When you are around professional painters everyday, you become jaded to how difficult painting and drywall repair can be.  These trades require skills and knowledge that can be learned only through experience.

Oftentimes, clients call us to finish projects that they started and realized that painting and drywall repair isn’t as easy as it looks.  I see many things that homeowners attempted that were done extremely poorly.

Today, I’m going to go over one of the most simple processes that I see done incorrectly.

Repairing small holes and minor damage on drywall.

When I saw “small holes”, I mean holes from pictures and other damage that does not go entirely through the drywall.  If you can put you finger or more through the hole and feel the other side of the drywall, then this isn’t the right how to for you.

The most common mistake I see people make when patching minor drywall damage is using too much finishing compound.

I speculate that the following are reasons for this:

  • Impatience
  • Lack of understanding the process.

First off, YOU WANT TO USE ONLY ENOUGH DRYWALL COMPOUND TO FILL THE VOID.

I can’t emphasize this enough.  This about it, any excess compound is going to create a new profile on the drywall.  It may look and feel smooth, but you will quickly see to what I am referring once you paint it.

The mindset is “I need to fill this hole and dammit I’m going to fill this hole.”  Unfortunately, this mindset will cause a bad finish.

The key to flawless drywall repair is using the right tools and understanding of how to apply the drywall compound.

Here are the tools that you need for flawless drywall repair:

  • Drywall finishing knife
  • Mud pan
  • Appropriate type of finishing compound (i.e. 20 min, 45 min, 90 min, or pre-mixed.
  • Sanding Sponge

Here is how to do it:

  1. Cover the associated work area because you are going to make some dust.
  2. Mix your joint compound if applicable
  3. Using your finishing knife, fill the holes with drywall compound.  After the hole appears full, scrape all excess mud off of the wall.  Don’t be scared to use some force.  Remember, the more compound you leave, the more sanding you will do or you will be able to see the repair.
  4. Wait for compound to dry.  A blow dryer can expedite this process.
  5. Sand the repair after the mud dries.  The goal here is remove all compound except where the damage is.  You don’t want to leave any compound on good parts of the wall.
  6. Feel the hole or damage.  If it is smooth, then you are ready to spot prime the repair and paint it.
  7. If you can still see or feel the damage after one coat of drywall repair compound, apply another thin coat as described in steps 3-5.
  8. Now that you have a smooth wall, you need to spot prime the repair.  This is necessary because the compound has a different porosity than does paint and applying one coat of paint to compound will cause the repair to “flash.”  If you don’t have primer, most paints can serve as primer for this application.

Now that I’ve given away our secrets, I hope that clients will still have a need for GreenWave Solutions’ professional drywall finishing and painting services 😉

Enjoy!

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New GreenWave Solutions Residential Painting Services

Residential house painting is GreenWave Solutions’ specialty.

Residential painting requires the most skilled and professional painters available for a myriad of reasons.  Here are some of them:

  • You must have professional and trustworthy painters because you are inside people’s homes and around their families.
  • The painters must be clean and careful because they work around furniture, decoration and other valuable property.
  • Painters must be skilled at using high-end coatings, professional finishing and painting straight lines.
  • Painters must be polite and respectful as they typically work in close proximity to women and children.

The above stated characteristics of residential painting contractors are equally important because ignoring any one can cause huge problems.

GreenWave Solutions carefully interviews and screens all of our painters because we understand the importance of employing high-caliber people to represent us.  We know that our fantastic reputation is what separates us from the competition and strive to provide our clients with the best service possible.

We train our painters about how to use high-end specialty coatings, as well as the importance of demonstrating professionalism to all of our clients.

As we prepare to grow GreenWave Solutions for 2014, we are offering residential house painting promotions.  One of the most exciting promotions we have is 15% off all residential house painting in the Atlanta Metro area.

This includes:

  • Atlanta
  • Buckhead
  • Brookhaven
  • Dunwoody
  • Chamblee
  • Sandy Springs
  • Alpharetta
  • Roswell
  • Vinings
  • Virginia Highlands
  • Grant Park
  • Inman Park
  • Candler Park
  • Marietta (some exclusions apply)
  • Milton
  • Northside
  • Morningside
  • And more – Call us at 404-549-7776 to see if we serve your area

GreenWave Solutions residential house painting services include:

  • Interior painting
  • Exterior painting
  • Deck staining and sealing
  • Cabinet painting and cabinet lacquers
  • Decorative concrete staining
  • Concrete polishing
  • Popcorn ceiling removal
  • Stipple texture ceiling smoothing
  • Wallpaper removal
  • Lead paint removal, lead paint abatement
  • Color consultation
  • Carpentry
  • Drywall Repair and drywall installation
  • And more!

Call us today to schedule your free residential painting estimate!

404-549-7776

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Atlanta Exterior House Painting Company

A building’s exterior is the first impression guests get when visiting somewhere.

Think about the first time you go to a doctor’s office, restaurant or hair salon.  If you pull up to a building that is unkempt, messy or dirty, you may think twice about using this businesses services.

Now think about if you are taking your child to a new friend’s sleepover and pull up to a poorly maintained house with old, peeling paint and plants growing out of the gutters.  Many parents may feel uneasy about leaving their child at this house and think to themselves, “Hmm.  If these people don’t even take care of their home, how are they going to take care of my child?”

We all know the old adage, “You can’t judge a book by its cover.”  And while it may be unfair to judge people based upon how they maintain their home, we still do.

Anyone that owns a home knows that keeping up with a house can be time consuming and expensive, however, it’s a responsibility that comes with home ownership.

One of the least expensive and easiest ways to make your house look new and clean is with fresh exterior house painting.

GreenWave Solutions has been performing high quality exterior house painting in Atlanta for nearly 10 years.  We’ve painting hundreds of Metro Atlanta homes over years and have it down to a science.

Here’s how we do professional exterior house painting:

  • Pressure wash the home’s entire exterior
  • Perform all necessary carpentry.  We replace rotten wood around windows, doors, trim, soffit, and fascia.
  • Extensive prep work.  We remove old, dried caulk and recaulk around doors, windows, trim and cornice.  This creates a seamless finish.  We scrape all peeling paint and spot prime bare areas.  If there is rust on handrails, we scrape and prime it, too.
  • After the house is clean and thoroughly prepared, we begin painting.
  • We use Sherwin Williams’ best coatings.  We spray siding and cornice to make sure that we get a think, smooth paint finish that will look great for years.  We paint doors, windows and other detailed work by hand.
  • Once we finish painting, we do a quality inspection walk through, perform touch ups and clean up the job site to pre-project conditions.

Of course each all houses are different so sometimes the preparation changes according to the condition of home and from what it is built.

GreenWave Solutions is offering 15% off all exterior house painting projects this Fall.

Call us today to schedule your free estimate 404-549-7776

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Fall House Painting Specials

Is that football I hear?

Yes it is!  And football means that Fall is here.

We didn’t have a typical Atlanta summer this year.  It was one of the coolest and rainiest summers in recorded history.  It was good for interior painting, however, many Atlanta residents postponed their exterior painting projects due to the constant rain.  I’m not a weatherman, but I’m right about the weather about the same percent of the time and I hope that we have an unseasonably dry and warm Fall.

Typically, Fall is good season for exterior painting.  The lower temperature and relative humidity allow the paint to dry at near perfect conditions (manufacturers rate most coatings at around 70 degrees at 60% humidity).  Also, there is no pollen or surprise thunder showers like in Spring and Summer.

GreenWave Solutions is offering 15% off exterior house painting in Atlanta to help our neighbors that didn’t get to take advantage of our Summer specials.

Our 15% off Fall house painting special includes:

  • Exterior Painting

  • Interior Painting

  • Deck Staining and Sealing

  • House Painting

  • Cabinet Finishing

  • Wallpaper Removal

  • Popcorn Ceiling Texture Removal

  • Stipple Texture Ceiling Smoothing

These are only some of the many services that our skilled painters, carpenters and craftsmen do to make your home a more beautiful place.

Call us today to learn more about GreenWave Solutions’ services and specials.  Our professional interior and exterior painters serve Atlanta, Alpharetta, Roswell, Brookhaven, Dunwoody, Sandy Springs, Buckhead, Midtown, Grant Park, Inman Park, Decatur, Chamblee and other affluent Metro Atlanta suburbs.

Call GreenWave Solutions for your free estimate at 404-549-7776

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Brookhaven GA Finest Painting Contractor

We love Brookhaven, Georgia!

Not only is it Atlanta’s newest city, but also our home.  Since its incorporation in 2012, Brookhaven has quickly become one of Atlanta’s premier addresses.  Brookhaven’s demographic breakdown is similar to Dunwoody and Sandy Springs:  affluent, educated professionals.

Also like Sandy Springs and Dunwoody, Brookhaven has a wide array of homes.  From brand new to 60 years old, Brookhaven has a little bit of everything.  Brookhaven needs painting contractors that can do a lot of everything.  GreenWave Solutions can handle any kind of painting and coating project.

As City of Brookhaven charter members, GreenWave Solutions is Brookhaven’s Official Painting Company.

Because GreenWave Solutions wants to give back to the community that has been so good to us, we are offering specials on residential painting in Brookhaven.

GreenWave Solutions Brookhaven painting specials include:

  • Free driveway pressure washing with full home exterior painting
  • 20% off full exterior house painting
  • 20% off full interior house painting
  • 25% off full interior and exterior house painting
  • Free Sherwin Williams Emerald paint upgrade on full exterior painting
  • Free Sherwin Williams Emerald paint upgrade on full interior painting projects
  • $100 gift card for any project over $4000.00
  • Free window cleaning with full exterior or interior painting
  • AND MORE…

Call GreenWave Solutions today to get your free estimate and learn more about our Brookhaven house painting specials and promotions.

Remember that GreenWave Solutions does more than painting, we also perform the following high end services:

  • Color consulting
  • Concrete Acid Staining
  • Concrete polishing
  • Color Design
  • Fine finishing on Cabinets
  • Cabinet glazing
  • Cabinet antiquing
  • Lacquer wood work
  • Onsite HVLP lacquer application
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Top Rated House Painters in Dunwoody GA

Dunwoody GA, incorporated in 2008, is an Atlanta suburb with a population of about 46,000 people.  Dunwoody, Georgia is only 12 square miles, but that is enough to pack in a lot of goodness.  This mostly residential Atlanta suburb has a great mix of old homes and new homes.  The styles of homes are also very diverse.   From 1960’s one-story ranch styles to 2010’s stacked stone mansions, Dunwoody has a little bit of everything.

Having so many different types of homes requires house painters in Dunwoody to have large skill sets and experience.  One day you may be painting a 5 year old house whose paint is simply faded or worn and the next project could involve a 50 year old house with 6 layers of lead paint that is cracking and peeling.

Although both of these projects are paint jobs, they each require very different processes and licenses to be completed correctly (and legally).

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has found direct correlations between lead’s toxicity and the rise in dumb people in America.  Lead paint was not banned until 1978.  Consequently, there is a high probability that any home built prior to 1978 contains lead paint.

Because of lead’s acute dangers, the EPA requires contractors working on pre-1978 home to earn lead removal certifications.  This certification proves the contractor understands the dangers of lead and knows how to safely abate the lead and paint or renovate the home without putting anyone in lead danger.

GreenWave Solutions is RRP Certified by the EPA and GPD.  GreenWave Solutions is lead paint certified.

Dunwoody, GA has been good to us, so we want to give something back.  GreenWave Painting Solutions offers 15% off to all residential painting projects in Dunwoody GA through October 1st 2013.

This includes:

  • Interior Painting
  • Exterior Painting
  • Color Consulting
  • Decorative Concrete Polishing, Staining, and Epoxy Floors
  • Deck Staining and Sealing
  • Cabinets finishing, Glazing, Lacquers
  • Faux Painting
  • House Painting

Call GreenWave Solutions today to get your free estimate and 15% off for Dunwoody painting projects.

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GreenWave Solutions is Sandy Springs GA Top Painting Company

Sandy Springs was one of north Atlanta’s first affluent communities to get annexed as a new city.  Sandy Springs’ residents fought long and hard to gain independence from the City of Atlanta.  City of Atlanta didn’t want to lose the valuable tax dollars from this affluent suburb, but Sandy Springs wanted the ability to control zoning laws and codes to make the area as nice as it should be.

Once Sandy Springs was incorporated, it got nicer almost immediately.  The new city cleaned up many of the city of Atlanta’s zoning missteps.  You can see remnants of this on Roswell road in the form of “massage” spas and dirty apartments.  But fortunately, most of this has been abated and Sandy Springs property values have boomed.

Homes in Sandy Springs, like much of Atlanta, are very diverse.  Some houses were built in the 1960’s and others were built during the last few years.  Either way, many of these house need painting and home improvement and that’s where GreenWave Solutions comes in.

Based in Brookhaven, GreenWave Solutions has been serving Sandy Springs for nearly 10 years.  Our Sandy Springs painters have experience working on all of the different kinds of home in the area.  Now that we are lead certified painters in Atlanta, we can perform painting and renovations on all of the homes in Sandy Springs, GA.

Because Sandy Springs has been so good to us, we want to give something back.  We are offering 20% discounts on all residential painting services to Sandy Springs home owners for the month July.  This includes:

Call us today for a free estimate at 404-549-7776!

 

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Best Painting Contractor in Buckhead

Buckhead is a community just north of Atlanta.  While, Buckhead is not an incorporated city, everyone knows it.  From fine dining and upscale shopping to Atlanta’s best bar scene, Buckhead is where you need to go if you want the best Georgia has to offer.

Buckhead’s coolness doesn’t stop at restaurants and stores, the houses and condos are just as impressive.  From cute, little old houses to 10,000+ ft2 cribs, Buckhead’s houses are full of character.

Since Buckhead has the best restaurants, malls, and houses, we figured that it should also have the best painting contractor.  Enter GreenWave Solutions.  We have been painting and doing home improvements in Buckhead since the beginning.  Our painters know what the houses and clients in Buckhead expect from a painting company.

ALSO, GreenWave Solutions has received our RRP Lead Certification.  This means that we are licensed by the EPA to safely and legally work on homes built before 1978 that contain lead paints.  This lead paint certification is kind of a big deal.  Up until 2010, the only party liable for doing lead work without a certified contractor was the contractor.  This created a large market for home owners who would hire unlicensed contractors to do the work “on the low” to save some money.

Now liability for doing unlicensed lead work falls on the contractor and the home.  Stay tuned as we have an updated article about this…Back to Buckhead house painting.

We are offering 20% off and lead paint abatement project during the summer of 2013.  We are also offering 15% off any residential painting project in Buckhead through summer.  These can’t be stacked on each other.

Our services include:

Call us today for your free estimate – 404-549-7776

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Summer House Painting Specials

Although it has felt like summer for a while, the summer equinox just happened which makes it official.  After just one season in Atlanta, you quickly learn why they call it “Hotlanta.”

While the temperature outside is hot, GreenWave Solutions’ prices are cool.  We are offering 15-20% off all residential house painting and decorative concrete finishing services during the ENTIRE SUMMER!

This includes our core service area of Metro Atlanta;  Atlanta, Alpharetta, Brookhaven, Buckhead, Chamblee, Doraville, Dunwoody, Grant Park, Inman Park, Marietta, Milton, Roswell, Sandy Springs, and Vinings.

Our summer special includes the following services:

 

 

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GreenWave Solutions helps support Breast Cancer

On Wednesday July 19th 2013, Rob Sturgis, our Operations Manager took part in a great cause to help support the Breast Cancer Survivors’ Network, Inc.  Rob and a few other friends of GreenWave Solutions played in the North Fulton Charity Golf Tournament with all the proceeds going to Breast Cancer.  We are very happy to be part of such a great event and loved seeing over 150 golfers supporting something that can or has touched all of us at one point.  At GreenWave Solutions we love giving back to Atlanta and helping out with wonderful charities.

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How Colors Affect Moods and Feelings

Color is powerful.

It is so simple, yet so abstract.  Scientifically, color is a reflection of light.  White is all colors and black is the absence of color.  If we were in school, we could talk about Isaac Newton and physics and color and all go to sleep.  We not in school so we are going to have a fun informal discussion about color and how it affects moods and human behavior.

Marketers and advertisers have studied how color affects human behavior for decades.  Although their objective is to learn how to more effectively sell products, their data offers insights into other facets of business.

One of these businesses is painting and architectural color design.  As a professional color consultant, I am well versed in how colors affects human moods and behaviors.  When I help clients during color consultations, one factor I consider is the spaces’ use.  If you are doing a child’s bedroom, you don’t want to use a color that is going to evoke too much excitement that may cause the kid to be crazy or anxious.

Although, much of color psychology is theoretical and subjective, I believe that it is real.  Here is a list of what colors may represent or which feelings they may evoke:

  • Green:  Life, nature, health, fertility, and safety.  Green encourage learning, comfort, relaxation and well being.
  • Yellow:  It is the easiest color for the human eye to see.  Uplifting, optimistic, cheerful.  Yellow encourages creativity and intellectual energy.  It symbolizes wisdom and happiness.  It’s sunny!
  • Red:  Passion, aggressiveness, strength, ambition, and vitality.  Red is a powerful color.  You have to be careful with reds because we may associate them with anger.  Too much or the wrong red can cause irritation, anger, or aggression.
  • Orange:  Joy, energy, exuberance.  It is uplifting and can increase appetite.
  • Pink:  Innocence, femininity, softness, warmth.  Pink represents nurturing and sensitivity.  It’s not just for girls.
  • Blue:  Calming and relaxing.  Depending on their shade, blues can foster creativity, comfort, clarity, relaxation, intuition and even memorization.
  • Purple:  This is an interesting one.  Purple can balance the mind and assuage irrational fears.  I don’t have personal experience with this, but I do like purple Polo shirts!
  • Black:  Serious, distinct, bold.  Black has different meanings based on culture.  Many western cultures associate black with death, however, some native American cultures associate black with life because fertile soil is black.
  • White:  Purity, truth, peace, cleanliness, comfort.
  • Gray:  Authority, practicality and independence.  It works well for controlling other colors.
  • Brown:  Naturalness, stability, comfort.  It’s earthy, dude!

The coolest thing about all these colors and how the affect our feelings is that by blending shades and combinations, you can make them do anything that you want!

It can be overwhelming, but don’t fret, there are color consultants who know this stuff and love helping.

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GreenWave Solutions is Atlanta’s finest painting contractor.  We offer house painting in Sandy Springs, Buckhead, Dunwoody, Brookhaven, Alpharetta, Roswell, Milton, Johns Creek and other affluent areas in Atlanta.

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Concrete Acid Staining and Decorative Concrete Polishing

Have you ever walked into a high end salon or hip restaurant and looked at the floor and said, “Whoa, this floor is awesome!  I wonder how they did that”?  If so, then it was probably a reactive acid stain or polished concrete flooring system.

Concrete acid staining is rapidly becoming the craze for concrete flooring.  Typically, when I see trends hit the design scene this hard I know that they aren’t going to be fashionable for very long.  Concrete acid staining is different due to its classic elegance, versatility and unsurpassed durability.

Acid stains can create a variety of faux finishes similar to paint faux finishes.  In fact, because of concrete’s properties you have even more options than you do on walls.  The application techniques are very similar, however, you use different tools and mediums.

Like all floor coating systems, proper preparation is critical for quality product.  Amateurs and do-it-yourselfers will use a muriatic acid solution to etch the concrete prior to applying acid stains.  While, this method technically works, the results it renders are not up to par with GreenWave Solutions’ quality standards.

Muriatic acid, HCl, is residual in concrete.  Even after neutralizing it with a base, traces remain in the masonry substrate.  This residual acid will eventually cause your beautiful acid stain finish to get cloudy or hazy.

To avoid this problem, GreenWave Solutions uses commercial concrete grinders to prepare concrete floors for acid staining.  These diamond grinders are outfitted with interchangeable heads that each perform different jobs and vacuums to control dust.  So instead of using hydrochloric acid to prepare the floor, we use diamond grinder or shot blasters to rip off carpet, tile, adhesives or any other garbage that will prevent the floor from looking awesome.

Upon floor preparation, we apply the reactive acid stain and catalyzers to create whichever look our client chooses.  After the staining is finished and cured, we apply a clear coating that protects the finish and adds a polished look.  The clear coats have different sheens that go from a matte finish to a high gloss, depending upon which look is most appropriate for the area.

Call GreenWave Solutions to learn more about this exotic and exclusive floor finishing system at 404-549-7776.

GreenWave Solutions offers concrete acid staining in Atlanta, Alpharetta, Brookhaven, Buckhead, Chamblee, Cumming, Dunwoody, Doraville, Grant Park, Inman park, Marietta, Roswell, Sandy Springs, Milton, Johns Creek, Duluth and most other metro Atlanta areas.  Concrete acid staining and decorative concrete floor polishing is available for both residential and commercial clients.

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House Painting Contractors in Alpharetta GA

Summer is not officially here according to the equinox, but we’ve past Memorial Day and that means summer in Georgia.  This summer, GreenWave Solutions is going to offer exclusive Alpharetta house painting specials!

Alpharetta, one of Atlanta’s most affluent suburbs, has wide open spaces blanketed with subdivisions full of beautiful homes.  Many of these houses are between 10-20 years old and need the attention of GreenWave Solutions Alpharetta painters.

Exterior house painting is a simple and inexpensive way to preserve and maintain the beauty of your home.  It starts with a thorough pressure washing to remove dirt, debris and other surface contaminants.  After pressure washing, we will perform any carpentry and replace rotten wood or siding.  Then we prepare everything for painting.  This includes caulking gaps and joints, scraping peeling painting, priming bare areas, filling holes and patching imperfections.

Once the house is ready, it time to paint it.  GreenWave Solutions applies exterior coating using professional paint sprayers, just as the manufacturers recommend.  Spraying applies a thicker, smoother coating which translates to a longer lasting job for our clients.  Don’t be fooled by the “we do all work by hand” line.  It may sound good, but machines do better than humans when operated by a skilled professional.

Why do we use bulldozers to move dirt instead of using 300 guys with shovels?

At this point, we are almost done beautifying your home.  We perform quality inspection walk through with our client and project manager.  At this point, we fix any touch ups and tie up all loose ends.

Finally, we clean up and leave our job site how it was when we got there; except of course for the magnificent, freshly painted house.

This isn’t the only way to perform exterior painting in Alpharetta, but it is the way that GreenWave Solutions has a nearly perfect customer satisfaction record.

Call us today for your free residential painting estimate – 404-549-7776

Our 15% off discount applies to all residential projects costing $1500.00 or more and includes: