Wo-Built Inc: Clients' Advocate for making their Dream Home happen: February 2007

Wednesday 28 February 2007

How many paint colours?!

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Wonder why a trip to the paint store to choose colour can be overwhelming? Should be simple....right? You don’t have to study colour theory or colour meanings to make a decision. After all you know what you like...right? Once you’re faced with a wall of thousands of paint colour chips it’s easy to become trapped in indecision because there’s actually too much choice!

A consumer living in an urban centre and looking for interior or exterior paint colour has an estimated 20 to 30,000 options. Benjamin Moore has over 2500 colours, Parapaint a couple of thousand, Pittsburgh another couple of thousand...and on it goes. But Glidden? Well, Glidden has 6000 colours they can formulate. Glidden is the grandmother of paint colour offering.

As a colour consultant, I’ve noticed that each paint company has it’s own ‘personality’ in the colour palette it offers. For example Benjamin Moore and Pratt & Lambert have a lot to offer in the ‘historic’ look... murky and aged-looking colours that change a lot during the day and into the evening. Sico, Para and Pittsburgh are known for clear colour and strong pigment. Para and Pittsburgh have some fantastic ‘almost blacks’. Glidden has a lot to offer in more interesting pale tones (probably due to their 6000 colours!).

So, how to narrow it down? Determine which paint company’s palette you generally like the look of and try to keep within that company’s offering. Test the colours you think you’ll like (some of the companies mentioned have test pots you can buy... if not buy the smallest can to test the colour). Whether you’re selecting interior paint colour or exterior paint colour, this testing is a valuable step.

It’s amazing what happens to colour when you start to spread it around!

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This article was contributed by Sylvia O’Brien, creative director of Colour Theory, a colour consulting firm in Toronto, Canada.
Colour Theory helps clients pick colour for interior and exterior paint, flooring, cabinetry, tiles, countertop, roofing, siding, aluminum, vinyl and hard landscaping.
To contact Colour Theory call 416-766-6789 or visit the web site at www.colourtheory.net

links:
Wo-Built Inc.: Paint Colour Trends 2008... Are you making the most of your investment?
by Sylvia O'Brien

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Tuesday 6 February 2007

Why do so few women choose the skilled trades as a career?

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Why do so few women choose the skilled trades as a career?

We really would like to have your feedback for the above question. Wo-Built Inc is committed to help women enter and succeed in the trades and we would like to know what is holding women back in choosing the career. We have our own ideas on the reasons why, but we want to know what you think.

Comments please. It would be great to have a discussion on the subject.

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About Us

Wo-Built Inc.::The Vision Builder
Where Building Supports Living Dream

Wo-Built Inc - Building Renovations...With a Woman's Touch

Wo-Built offers complete design and build services for light construction and remodeling projects using where possible the unique talents of women. Experienced with great flair for design, conscientious attention to detail in the execution, committed to care and since they are women bringing a woman’s touch to the work.

Wo-Built Inc - stands for quality and style

Having recognized that women are well suited for this type of construction Wo-Built’s social mission is to help women to play a bigger role in construction by giving women employment opportunities in construction and by training those who aspire to be in the trades.

Wo-Built Inc - provides women with opportunities to fulfill their dreams

Wo-Built uses the unique talents of its founders; having substantial experience in design, project management, building and construction; to provide a comprehensive and stylish result. Wo-Built endeavors to meet or exceed the customers’ expectations at every instant. A proven track record shows the ability to manage complex situations with many parts and lots of challenges. The approach is flexible and dynamic.

Wo-Built Inc - helps clients to bring out their individuality, enjoy their spaces and create wonderfully comfortable places

Wo-Built’s management have architectural backgrounds and understand the importance of design. Wo-Built has great affiliations with talented designers and trades people to make clients’ visions come true and to fulfill dreams.

Contact us:

phone: 416-402-2679
e-mail: info@wobuilt.com
website: http://wobuilt.com

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Important Links

CAWIC::Canadian Association of Women in Construction
http://cawic.ca/

CCW::Canadian Construction Women
http://www.constructionwomen.org

Womennet.ca:: the Canadian Women's Virtual Information Centre
Womennet.ca est le Centre canadien d’information des femmes
http://www.womennet.ca/

SWC::Status of Women Canada
Status of Women Canada (SWC) is the federal government agency which promotes gender equality, and the full participation of women in the economic, social, cultural and political life of the country
http://www.swc-cfc.gc.ca/index_e.html

Ontario Women's Directorate: Ontario Women's Directorate
http://www.citizenship.gov.on.ca/owd/

Shortcuts to Career Development Resources for girls and women
http://www.actew.org/projects/recent/Shortcuts.pdf

Commemorative Dates
International Women's Day (March 8)
Women's History Month (October)
Governor General's Awards in Commemoration of the Persons Case (October 18)
National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women (December 6)

Thursday 1 February 2007

Welcome to Wobuilt's blog

Hello,

I would like to welcome you to Wo-Built Inc’s information and discussion forum where women in the building industry are invited to tell their stories, to give mentoring advice, to inform about construction and building issues and to let the world know about their experiences.

Wo-Built Inc helps women enter and thrive in the building and construction industry. We are especially interested in helping women enter the skilled trades. This forum is established to showcase women’s achievements, tell about Wo-Built’s progress and initiatives and to encourage participation in our vision of having more women actively participating in the construction industry.

Women have a lot to offer to the building industry and the building industry can offer great career opportunities to women. This forum is a vehicle for encouragement and progress to connect these two sides of the same coin.

Though the emphasis is on women, we love to hear the male perspective as well. We believe this forum could also act as a place to share information for better understanding and working in construction environments.

Our president Elida Huignard and I look forward to a great dialogue with you.

Martina Ernst
CEO

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