By Sam Landa A huge style staple right now, feature walls offer an easy way to highlight one aspect    of the room. How do I love thee, feature wall? Let me count the ways:   It can make a room more eye-catching.   It’s cheaper than painting the entire room.   It’s a great [...]

By Tania Venn Today we are all searching for well-being, a sense of harmony and balance in a busy world. We typically strive to achieve this through diet, exercise, spirituality, work, family and friend connections, as well as community involvement. But there is more. Our living spaces can be considered one of the spokes in [...]

Survey shows that majority of Americans are scared of house painting Recently, WOW 1 DAY! Painting partnered with Wakefield Research to find out what concerns Americans had when it came to getting their home painted. 1,000 nationally representative U.S. adults from the ages of 18 to 64 were polled and here are their top 3 [...]

Is More Better? In Painting…Yes (usually) Paint has changed a lot over the past 15 years. Mostly for the good. In recent years, many states and provinces have instituted government policy on VOC levels that have restricted the production and retailing of oil or alkyd based consumer paints. Good news for the environment. Good news [...]

WOW 1 DAY! Painting is thrilled to announce that it has received a top ranking on Franchise Business Review’s “FBR50″, a respected industry awards program that ranks franchisors based on franchisee satisfaction. WOW 1 DAY! Painting ranked high in the Home Services category, placing in the Top 10. What’s more exciting is that 3 of [...]

How to match your wall colour to your furniture It is the age old story: which came first, the furniture or the paint? The answer is always going to change, depending on the situation. However, there is a bit of an art that come into play when decorating the home, just like when you are [...]

Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC for short) in case you were wondering. VOCs are harmful chemicals that have been proven to contribute to many health conditions including cancer, breathing difficulties, dizziness, headaches, fatigue, and blurred vision. Pretty nasty stuff! 40 years ago, nearly all paints were oil-based which meant high amounts of VOCs. These days, due [...]

Spring has sprung! The birds are chirping and flowers are blossoming, yet your home remains the same as it did over miserable winter. Each year winter brings dark days, and often darker moods.  As spring approaches it’s almost like we are feeling a winter hangover  -  until the glory of small, colorful blossoms breaking through [...]

The inspiration to paint a room On the first day of my internship here I experienced an unexpected, though not unwelcome, shift. Just one day on the job and I became enlightened about an important area of my life, and am now prompted to take action. Before I explain, picture this: I am 22, about [...]

Childhood friends reunite to take painting business by storm Our Toronto franchise partners were recently featured on InsideToronto.com, an online publication that focuses on the Greater Toronto area. The article was written by Izabela Jaroszynski. Brent Sharpless doesn’t believe in the messy side of painting a house. “Painting doesn’t have to be a big chore [...]