From our company page (emphasis mine): "Your home is your greatest investment, a pride and a joy, the realization of dreams and hard work: at Catchlight, Inc., its beautification and restoration is, quite simply, our craft--the fine art of house painting."

I don't think it's too much of a stretch to guess that most of our customers see the duality of a house painting project in a similar light: beautification and restoration; art and practicality.

Today, I'd like to suggest a third function: the painting project as a diagnostic.  And sue me for excessive kitsch if you like, but I'll cop to it--I got the idea from an old episode of The Brady Bunch the other day.  You see, Mike and Carol were painting the bedroom, the hallway, some such, and at episode's end (before Mike went in for the kiss), Carol said "well now that we've painted the bedroom, we're going to have to do (this, that, or the other thing)."  I suppose that's less a diagnostic than a terrifically resilient stereotype at work, but my larger point stands; as often as not, the painting project doesn't so much pull a room together as it indicates just how much pulling together may be in the offing.

It's a good first step sometimes, this wall painting business.  And we're happy to lead your home improvement charge by sending out a crew of Boston's best painters to get your work done.