Wallpaper Removal and Lime Wash Finishes in Manhattan 10003

Outdated or damaged wallpaper can detract from the beauty of your home and may not align with your current style preferences. After we removed the wallpaper, we plastered the walls and applied a primer to prepare for the lime wash.

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before

Applying the lime wash

finishing touches on the lime wash.

When applying lime wash, the first step is to prepare the surface you'll be working on. Primer, base coats and multiple finish coats. After the finish coats are dry, we apply a sealer to protect it.

Patching and Plastering Electrical Work

 There are a lot of electrician jokes circulating and a couple of them involve a carpenter, like what do you call an electrician who tries to work as a carpenter? A bad electrician. In reverse, what do you call a carpenter who tries to work as an electrician? A shocked carpenter. We at Paintworks are fond of the one that goes: Why did the electrician wear two jackets when painting a room in his house? Because the instructions said “for best results, put on two coats.”

Mind you, we maintain a very healthy respect for electricians. We don’t want to mess around with wiring and electrical currents. Our carpenters and painters love building, renovating and painting, restoring walls and ceilings and, yes, tidying up after electricians have neatly rewired something. In this home, we were charged (ha!) with patching and repairing holes after electrical outlets were moved.

The end game in a small project like this one is to make the wall look like it had never been disturbed. With little pieces of drywall, some tape, plaster and paint, plus expert workmanship and experience, the task was accomplished. Not only does the wall look great, but also we mounted the TV set, so these folks don’t need an extra piece of furniture to hold it.   

After painting walls

All freshly painted with accent wall

After Hours NYC Commercial Painters

Studies reporting the high productivity of employees who work in a clean, well-organized space are seriously embraced by this company, a repeat commercial office client in the Big Apple. For more than five years, Paintworks has provided professional services to keep their office spaces clean and bright. Most of the walls are white, which reflects maximum natural light and offers a comfortable work environment. Accent walls then provide style and variety.

Weekend and night work is part of our operating approach so businesses and offices need not close unnecessarily for our expert painting crews. Here, we may have surprised a few employees with newly painted offices for an extra happy Monday! The firm had ordered new furniture, and you know anything new makes other things look old. Not so, these folks! New furniture, newly painted walls, like-new digs providing a refreshed spirit and revitalized energy among the staff.

Weekend paint project in process

Before painting the scuffed and dingy walls

West Village Commercial Retail Store Painting 

Indoor plants can improve creativity, relieve stress and enhance productivity. They also serve as an integral part of the overall interior decorative theme, adding nature and greenery, as well as filling blank spaces and providing purpose. The Old Yew in Manhattan offers an abundance of fresh plants, plus plant styling and landscape design.

We were thrilled to paint this shop in West Village for its opening. Beginning with removing old shelves and prepping walls, we then patched whatever needed attention. Chantilly Lace paint color exudes an elegance against which to showcase the plants, and Windsor Green is the ideal shade for the bathroom and entrance door. You may not notice our fine painting for being totally distracted with all the plants and accessories, which is part of the plan here. The Old Yew is an outstanding one-stop shop for all your house plants and landscaping.

Shake Shack Exterior Metal Painter

From one hot dog cart in Madison Square Park to more than 350 fast casual restaurants in the world, Shake Shack still shakes things up with burgers, fries, floats and shakes. The park opened to the public in 1847, and Shake Shack did the same in 2001 with a mission to raise money for a public art project. Recently, the Shake Shack powers-that-be went out in search of quotes to replace its galvanized metal exterior. Sticker Shock! Enter Paintworks!

We cleaned, restored, primed and painted the distinguished metal surround with part of the menu on it –BURGERS FROZEN CUSTARD FRIES SHAKES and so on. The folks at Shake Shack are as cool on their lemonade and floats, fun to work for, and Madison Square Park’s challenges were met by our experienced paint crew with grace and determination. It is essential to use the right products for bonding to metal while being resistant to the elements. Not only did we finish the job for about one-tenth of the replacement quotes, we worked between 8 p.m. and 8 a.m. so the business never had to turn away one shake order. And just so you know, the obstacles of working in a park and overnight and with metal don’t shake us up one bit. 

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Finished product