DIY Page

So you want to do it yourself? Well McBride Paint and Wallcoverings would like to help. We will provide tips for the DIY projects to help you do it yourself and do it right. Our first tip is wallcovering removal.

Company Links

DeNovo Wallcovering Yardage Calculator

Want to know how much yardage you need in 54" wallcovering for your project? Just click on the Link above and de novo will figure it out for you. It allows for a bit of waste and on a 45 foot wall it will give you one extra sheet.

Benjamin Moore Paints

This is a great site to get ideas for your home or office. The site has tools you will love to help with your colors and Benjamin Moore has the finest looking finishes.

Sherwin-Williams

Sherwin-Williams has some of the best paints anywhere. Sherwin-Williams is convienient and has a product for every need.

Meoded Decorative Paint and Plaster

Meoded Decorative Paint & Plaster is home to everthing you need to know about lime-based Venetian Plaster.

Phoenix Hampton Inn Airport

McBride Paint and Wallcoverings removed and installed wallcovering in the bathrooms, guest rooms, lobby and corridors in the Hampton Inn on 44th Street in Phoenix Arizona. Here are some photos:

The lobby at the Hampton was the first room to be done at the hotel. We installed a 20 oz vinyl wallcovering in the Lobby.

 

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We stripped the wallcoverings off the walls. Luckily for us the original installer used strippable paste making for easy removal of the existion wallcoverings.

With strippable pastes, sealing the walls is not necessary for easy removal of wallcoverings. It was not that way with the clay based pastes of yesteryear.

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One of the finished guest rooms