Opening your windows each waking day allows the morning light to enter your room and provide you with the sunshine vitamin you need for healthier bones. You can’t help but shout “Good morning, Mr. Sun! It’s going to be a great day!” because you know it will be. Unless it’s…
What are the Decorative Techniques You Can Try? Stencils Metallic Accents Color Wash If you feel like your current design is beginning to look outdated, it’s time to use a refresher. The best place to get started is by using your walls. It’s very easy to transform your room by…
Always prime when painting. Since metal has a smooth texture, it’s difficult for paint to cling onto its surface. A primer can give an excellent adhesion between the topcoat and the metal surface to ensure a durable paint job. Let Boysen Primeguard help you get a successful and long-lasting metal…
Cooking is a beautiful mess for the cook, but for someone who’s assigned to clean the kitchen after all the cooking, it is just a mess. We all have that friend™ who can’t cook or chop so they’re assigned with the clean-up. I’m that friend. Whenever my friends make pasta…
The main purpose of accent walls is to break up the pattern created by the other walls, to have a completely different design or color than that of the rest of the house. But to you who’s always been wary of whether or not you should repaint your walls with…
What are the inviting colors for your house? Dusty Blue White, Terracotta, Moss Green Warm Beige Pink and Gray Navy and Taupe Need some house color ideas? You can create an inviting atmosphere by using different colors of paint for your interiors and exteriors. This can be done by applying the…
So you want to overhaul your kitchen interiors starting from the kitchen shelves and cabinets (admit it, it has been years since you painted those wooden cupboards). You searched the internet for inspiration and stumbled upon the phrase ‘Duco finish’ which, upon further research, you think would be perfect for…
The things that we do every day defines our lifestyle. All the seemingly small choices we make every day are so embedded in our lives that they can extend into our homes. That’s why we made a quiz to help you find out what interior design style fits your lifestyle.…
An inspired painting idea from Kriz is to make someone else’s trash her special cable spool bookcase that doubles as her coffee table. Some basic carpentry work, a few expert whacks of a hammer, and a piece of furniture is born. If you’re a new DIYer, start with small projects.…
Tinting paint is something best left to professional painters or Boysen Mix and Match Stations in home depots. But if you’re a DIYer who wants to experiment on how to mix your own paint color, watch this video about another painting idea. First, Kriz gave a short tutorial about the…
Let’s shift gears a bit and talk about something else aside from painting ideas for your walls or homes. The topic is a lifestyle trend called cohousing or co-living, which is on the rise. Read on and find out why. Cohousing is a way of living where people with shared…
When renovating or remodeling a home, floors tend to be on the bottom part of the priority list. Considering the amount of work and logistics needed even before the actual project, most people just let their floors be. Still, once in a while you need to give it a makeover…
Ceilings are probably the last thing on your mind when renovating. You might have even overlooked this part of your house unless the staining and bulging have started to show. Here are tips on how you can have a superb painting job on your ceiling. Your ceilings deserve just as…
Watch our bubbly Boysen girl Kriz pep up the house number at the entrance of her pad with this fresh painting idea. Painting Idea for Your House Number House numbers are important, unless you don’t want to be found, you’re hiding from someone, or you want to confuse the delivery…
Editor’s Note: At Boysen, we like to write about trends that can inspire you to get more excited about your own kitchen makeoever, and not only about painting ideas for your kitchen or for anywhere else in your home interiors and exteriors. John Linden, an interior designer based in Los…
How do you increase your home’s value through painting? Avoid Bright Colors Stick to Green Yellow is a No-go Pick Proper Combinations Neutral Colors Work Dark Doors Sell Buying and owning a home is a long-term investment, and you would want to maintain and improve your home, and help increase…
Meet our Boysen girl Krafty Kriz! For her first DIY video tutorial on a wall paint design idea, Kriz will show us how to make a faux brick wall. Kriz is a bubbly millennial who can show us that DIY can be fun. Do you want to have that terra…
After the 60-30-10 rule, what’s this 80-20 rule in interior design all about? Whereas the 60-30-10 rule is helpful for how you can combine colors in a space or for the wall paint design, the 80-20 rule is about how to combine architectural styles. You’d think there are enough rules…
Are you planning on painting your front doors and gates? How about refurbishing old wooden furniture, or repainting kitchen shelves and cabinets? Boysen Quick Drying Enamel is your go-to paint for beautifying and protecting your wood or metal surfaces. Boysen Quick Drying Enamel is an alkyd type paint that is…