Sophisticated entryway with wainscoting and new paint

NYC Wall Paneling and Molding Contractor 

When you’re hungry, you get something to eat. If you acquire a bunny, you buy a rabbit hutch. And once you have lived in a place for a whole year and discover how much wear and tear the entry gets, plus how boring it really is, well, you call us at Paintworks. From there, you choose new colors, and we make the entry - or exit - depending which way you are going - a more pleasant place to drop off or pick up your shoes, keys, jacket, umbrella, day pack and such.

For this family in the Prospect Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, we custom cut and installed classy new wall paneling on one side. That was painted with Benjamin Moore’s Silent Night, a medium gray with a touch of dignity. The doors, frames and walls were then covered with Benjamin Moore’s Pelican Gray, the next shade lighter. We used eggshell and satin finish paints for easy cleaning, and the whole family finds going out and coming home much more attractive and enjoyable.

Boring entryway before molding and paint

Cut, installed, primed, painted low box molding, chair rail, high picture molding for sensational, classy living room.

Beautiful box molding adds dimension and style.

Custom Manhattan Decorative Moldings  

Central Park West borders the entire, 2 ½-mile western edge of Central Park, and people live here in large part because of this 843-acre park. From streams and woods to open green spaces and myriad paths, the park beckons urban dwellers who crave a major slice of nature in the neighborhood. The architecture is stunning as well, and this client wanted some 1920-30’s flair in the apartment.

Adding box molding, a chair rail and picture molding on an otherwise blank, boring vertical wall transforms it into an exceptionally attractive visual component to the overall decor. All the molding came from Dyke’s Lumber Company, founded in 1909 and continuing its tradition of quality and integrity to this day. We measure twice and cut once to get each piece accurate for installation. There is not only a retro feel, but also an elegant charm with texture and final coats of Linen White, a creamy off-white star of Benjamin Moore’s neutral shades. The project successfully radiates the grace and grandeur found in glorious rooms a century ago.  

In process. Unfinished molding cut, leveled and installed.

In the beginning. One of the dull, flat, boring, non-sensational walls.