Tom Hester founded Hester Painting & Decorating in 1968 with the objective of being known as the “best painting contractor around.” With four decades and three generations aboard, Hester has not only been recognized as Make It Better “Best Of” winner in the home and design for the past six years, but also continues to […]
Art heals. Its potent magical powers can lift the darkest of clouds, stimulate a world of memories, and bring levity to those who need it most. “Color provokes a psychic vibration. Color hides a power still unknown but real, which acts on every part of the human body,” Wassily Kandinsky once said. Decades of research prove […]
Sherwin-Williams and Hester Painting & Decorating invite you to an exclusive unveiling at the Merchandise Mart on Friday, Nov. 6. Passionate Pursuit is the theme for 2016. Fresh mindfulness. Vintage workmanship. Social engagement. And technology and materials that seem to come from out of this world. We’re taking the best of everything life has to […]
Anyone can paint, right? Not so fast.
“I am here to stop your heart, do you understand?!” Mark Rothko thunders. “To make you think. I am not here to paint pretty pictures.” Goodman Theatre’s season opener, “Red,” a Tony Award winner by playwright John Logan, is full of these great, dramatic lines that cut to the heart of why an artist creates. […]
Homeowners have come to accept the fact that hiring a painting contractor often brings surprises—and sometimes not the good kind. “The timeline can last weeks longer than originally agreed upon; the price can escalate faster than the blink of an eye; and the finished quality can leave much to be desired. But this isn’t how […]
