City Paint Home Design Centers

If you’re an amateur/​DIY painter, this store has everything you might need for a project (and even somethings you won’t, like a paint tray liner for easy cleanup). And it’s super organized, too! The salesperson in the paint chip area struck the perfect balance of being helpful/​making suggestions and letting us do our own thing. The super friendly staff, convenient hours, and comprehensive stock make this hardware store a winner!

Right around the corner from our apartment for a few things we’ve needed. Salt in the winter, shovels, sandpaper and a replacement plunger. It’s nice to know we have the option of a small paint store too.

As a first time painter this store was extremely helpful. Their color consultant verified what I had already picked out online. I already knew I wanted the Benjamin Moore Aura, which is supposedly the top of the line in paint. The clerk offered me all the extra stuff I needed without letting me buy things I didn’t need… What can I say I started to go overboard. I used Revere Pewter as the primary house color, loved how it came out.

I bought some Behr paint from Home Depot which made my room a glowing bright yellow. I wanted some advice on how to tone down the color. I had done some internet research but I figured I would ask the experts at Benjamin Moore. I knew I needed a glaze or a tint of some sort. When I walked into City Paint, I started to explain my problem. I couldn’t get a full sentence out without being interrupted with a condescending comment.
Example:
me: I painted my room this color with Home Depot paint.
employee: Well we don’t have Home Depot paint. We have different colors.
me: I know. That is why I’m here. Is there anything I can do to tone down the color?
employee: no
me: but
employee: no. You should never buy Home Depot paint.
Honestly, the people at Home Depot were much nicer and more helpful. They offered me suggestions and various options about what I could do with the yellow. I was so surprised because I had expected better service at Benjamin Moore, but instead I left upset and frustrated.

As a first time painter (who is also a female from foreign land), I am very sensitive and scared of hardware stores. To be more precise, of hardware store employees. The stores look manly, and employees of those types of stores usually give you a certain look if you are a young female. Like, «Don’t come in the store and ask questions if you don’t know what you are doing, we don’t have time for your types.»
Not this store.
All the staff there are friendly and helpful. They don’t treat you badly because you are an amateur. More over, there are sometimes female employees there! The color specialist (who is not always there, she is there on Saturdays, and 2 other ways which I forget) is sooooo helpful and nice. And she knows what she is talking about, it’s like you have your own HGTV’s color specialist helping you. She is excited about colors and if you describe to her what you are going for, she imagines it with you and tells you, «oh then you’d love this white, it’s warm but not yellowish!»
Ladies, fear no more.

These guys were extremely helpful. They asked about my project and made some great (& cheaper than my original plan) suggestions.
Also, they have a color consultant on-​site on Saturday. Her name is Meg and she blew my mind! The color she recommended came out awesome. She baby stepped me through my fear of choosing a color.
Her advice on technique & the tools I would need were spot on. This is great service.