Brooklyn Stair Trim Painting 

A staircase as beautiful as this one has gone from bland and boring to dramatic and stunning with something as simple as paint - expertly applied, we might add. Our client has lived in this amazing Clinton Hill home for a long time. The neighborhood is known for its architecture, tree-lined streets and comfortable, friendly vibes. It is chic and modern, while embracing its history and small town atmosphere.

Our color coordinator, Debbie, met with the client to explore options and colors to give this staircase the style and sophistication it deserves. While the function of a staircase is to bridge the vertical space between floors, a grand one like this emits a timeless design and architectural elegance. We corrected water damage and prepped everything before painting the risers and spindles. Surely, Scarlett O’Hara would have been just as lovely gracing this staircase in “Gone with the Wind”.

Before

Finished photos^

Manhattan Property Management Full Building Painter

Everyone likes to be in a space with nicely painted walls, even if its main purpose is being a service stairwell – or two of them for this job -- in a 16-story building. This structure dates back 100 years, and while it probably has not been a century since it was painted, it certainly had been decades. Paint and plaster were chipping and required lots of brushing and scraping even before applying heavy coats of plaster.

A specialty bonding primer is called for to assure that the primer and paint adhere successfully – for more decades – to the newly smoothed plaster. Our team painted the full stairs, along with trim, spindles, handrails, steps and some of the floors between staircases. The black railings against eggshell neutral walls and cool gray floors adds an elegance not often found in stairwells. In fact, there are not many readers who would even think there’s an “elegant service stairwell” anywhere in Midtown, but we all now know of two.  

Before and progress pics:

Prospect Heights Interior Painting

 New homeowners in Prospect Heights wanted to spruce up their living room and this charming, contemporary staircase. Things were kind of gray, and for them, kind of drab. So we happily converted the living room walls from dreary to dreamy with Benjamin Moore’s Chantilly Lace paint. “As delicate and refined as the lace it was named after, this crisp, clean white evokes images of pure silk, soft linen and simpler times.” [Benjaminmoore.com]

Then we turned to this beautiful staircase. Floating staircases like this one maximize open space and offer the illusion of floating steps. It’s a stunning piece coming down to this high quality, hardwood floor. We painted the structural support, hand rail and railing parts, contrasting that with black stair steps on the open risers. We set up scaffolding and ladders often, and we belly crawl like alligators when necessary to make certain every square inch of wall, staircase and trim is painted perfectly. Our paint teams go to all heights and depths to cover all bases, as they say, on every project.

Beautiful Staircase, job well done

Custom NYC Carpentry

 An elegant staircase creates an emotional vibe of sheer grace and grandeur. Wainscoting projects its own version of classic luxury. Renovating one very fine stairway with exceptionally handsome wainscoting results in an interior staircase which becomes enchanting simply to walk up or down. Here, we custom detailed 3-D paneling on the wall adjacent to this stairway.

 We added the wood handrail for the safety of those heading down. Then we painted everything else before removing tape, paper, plastic and picking up paint cans, tools and equipment. The rewarding part of leaving one of our job sites is knowing we’ve vastly improved upon what we started with, and the sense of satisfaction in any professional job well-done feels pretty good. Our bonus is when the client feels pretty good about our work, too. That’s a win-win all around.

Soon-to-be Beautiful Staircase, work in progress

AFTER painting

Stairwell Painter Westchester

Painting natural wood stairs is a transformative process. Our client was looking to brighten up the trim in this White Plains home, and we were happy to be chosen for the project.

White Plains Interior Painter

Before painting the stair risers, we covered and protected every natural wood step. We cleaned, sanded, primed, sanded and primed again before applying 2 finish coats of Benjamin Moore’s Aura interior paint on the stair risers. The new white paint creates a stunning contrast.

Painting over woodwork

While the coats of primer were drying on the stair risers, we turned our attention to the stair trim - priming and sanding the stair spindles and the stringers (the baseboard looking piece running alongside the stairs). After two coats of primer, another two coats of Benjamin Moore Aura interior paint were added.

Why two coats of primer?

We like to use two coats of primer on natural wood to help cover the wood grain. Multiple primer coats enhance the finish paint bond so it properly adheres to a surface that was previously unpainted.

BEFORE painting