Power House Condo Painter

It takes a couple super creative minds to transform a power station into fabulous condo living spaces. World-renowned architect Karl Fisher and interior designer Andres Escobar did exactly that in the Hunters Point waterfront neighborhood of Long Island City. The Pennsylvania Railroad Power Station was constructed in 1909 and closed in 1920. It opened as a residential building for luxury lifestyles in the fall of 2007.

We get excited to work inside these historical edifices, like our painting becomes part of history when we freshen the spaces. Here we prepared this lovely unit for new tenants, and we are positive they will love the wood-grain look flooring for its natural vibe, and the smooth, freshly painted walls and white trim. The bedrooms were painted with Benjamin Moore’s First Snowfall, a warm neutral with faint blue-gray undertones. Factor in a white tray ceiling and copious windows for natural daylight, and there’s a unique brand of excitement for living large in a former power station.

Manhattan Co-op Painter

 Pre-war buildings in the Big Apple offer some of the most intriguing living spaces melding contemporary lifestyles with historical architecture. In the most general terms, these are mid-rise structures which created the first skyline for the city, 12-15 stories tall, built prior to World War II, mostly between 1915 and 1930. They have endured well due to their steel frames covered with masonry products, specifically bricks some three layers deep. Combine that with thick floors, and the insulating qualities are wonderful. The attraction to NYC residents never fades, and we get excited about jobs in pre-war co-op buildings.

 Some have stringent rules for contractors – insurance, proper licenses, worker’s comp and an EPA lead safe certificate to name a few. We are experienced and knowledgeable about their requirements, the paperwork and all the steps to ensure safety and conformance. This apartment embodied the old and new seamlessly with glass interior French doors and fine trim and molding everywhere – even crown molding on the fireplace mantle. Like all jobs, we prep to the max, mask up, sand, paint and clean up to the highest quality standards in the business. That’s how we roll – on every job, in every home. And did we mention loving to work, scrape, paint, renovate in pre-war buildings? Well, we do.

Historic Manhattan Building Painter

Among the reasons to love living in New York City, according to cubesmart.com, are Excitement, Energy, Landmarks, Diversity and the Neighborhoods, each with its own distinct personality and flavor. TriBeCa is just one of those famed neighborhoods, known for its cobblestone streets and old industrial buildings renovated into lofts. One family here had not painted their home’s interior for more than a decade.

 Longing for a fresh look which would lift their spirits and property value, they called on us to get the job done. These historic buildings sport gorgeous natural hardwood floors and wood trim, plus the homeowner’s furnishings, all of which we carefully covered and protected.  Most people know that TriBeCa stands for Triangle Below Canal [Street]. The shape of the place is really a quadrilateral, but that’s splitting hairs. It is a happy place to live, work and play, and this family is especially content in its freshly painted space with window trim framing the cityscape where they call home.