Pete, you're the best! You have a great eye for color and your work is impeccable. I wish all private contractors had the same high standards. Excellent ratings for first impression, promptness, clean, workmanship and absolutely would use your service again. 1960 or 61, Mrs Hedges, my kindergarten teacher gave us paint brushes and coffee cans (yes coffee came in cans then) filled with water.
We got to "paint" the outside of a wooden storage shed in the play ground. Those were my first memories of painting and what fun it was. Painted a little in middle school (it was called "junior high" in those days), and also some in high school. Attention to detail, not great in those days. Had a summer painting business with 2 friends in Gunnison, CO after my 2nd year at CU Boulder.
Still a lot to learn. Went to work for Sherwin-Williams in 1978 and began a real education in the world of paint. Moved to Madison in 1993 and started Madison Paper Works (all paperhanging), then changed the name to Madison Brush Works, Inc once we started growing.
We got to "paint" the outside of a wooden storage shed in the play ground. Those were my first memories of painting and what fun it was. Painted a little in middle school (it was called "junior high" in those days), and also some in high school. Attention to detail, not great in those days. Had a summer painting business with 2 friends in Gunnison, CO after my 2nd year at CU Boulder.
Still a lot to learn. Went to work for Sherwin-Williams in 1978 and began a real education in the world of paint. Moved to Madison in 1993 and started Madison Paper Works (all paperhanging), then changed the name to Madison Brush Works, Inc once we started growing.
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No, then another no, then at the third house a YES!
He was an older man.
I was 28 at the time.
Everybody seemed old.
We negotiated the job which was to paint the trim on his one story ranch house for $300.
He asked if I'd sand everything first.
When I told him I didn't have a sander, he said I could borrow his.
We agreed on an extra $50.
That was the beginning of "The Roswell Painting Company".
The next summer, I married a Minnesota farm girl, and in time our two blonde haired kids were born.
We enjoyed life in the desert, but also longed to return to our Midwestern roots.
He was an older man.
I was 28 at the time.
Everybody seemed old.
We negotiated the job which was to paint the trim on his one story ranch house for $300.
He asked if I'd sand everything first.
When I told him I didn't have a sander, he said I could borrow his.
We agreed on an extra $50.
That was the beginning of "The Roswell Painting Company".
The next summer, I married a Minnesota farm girl, and in time our two blonde haired kids were born.
We enjoyed life in the desert, but also longed to return to our Midwestern roots.
Madison Brush Works is a full service painting company specializing in occupied residential and commercial repainting.
We know what it takes to be clean, careful and considerate while working in or outside of your busy home or office.
Scope of work: Floors and furnishings will be protected with clean drop cloths or plastic.
We will mask baseboards, remove switch and outlet covers, and move your furniture.
We ask you to please remove personal and delicate items.
For easy reference, we will leave your left-over paint clearly labeled with our contact information (name and phone number), your project date, surface painted (walls, ceiling, trim) and room/ area where it was used.
We know what it takes to be clean, careful and considerate while working in or outside of your busy home or office.
Scope of work: Floors and furnishings will be protected with clean drop cloths or plastic.
We will mask baseboards, remove switch and outlet covers, and move your furniture.
We ask you to please remove personal and delicate items.
For easy reference, we will leave your left-over paint clearly labeled with our contact information (name and phone number), your project date, surface painted (walls, ceiling, trim) and room/ area where it was used.
Wallpaper patterns and themes change in popularity like dress lengths and lapel widths.
But there is a distinctive beauty, clarity, and richness that no other finish can achieve.
For these reasons (and others), wallpaper will always have a place.
In the late 1980's and all of the 1990's, the majority of my work was in wallpaper, and happily so.
In the last decade, there was a noticeable decline in wallpaper popularity.
Perhaps, not coincidentally, during those same years, decorative (faux) painting became popular.
But there is a distinctive beauty, clarity, and richness that no other finish can achieve.
For these reasons (and others), wallpaper will always have a place.
In the late 1980's and all of the 1990's, the majority of my work was in wallpaper, and happily so.
In the last decade, there was a noticeable decline in wallpaper popularity.
Perhaps, not coincidentally, during those same years, decorative (faux) painting became popular.
1. Do nothing and let your deck weather.
It will take on a gray barn wood or driftwood look.
I have a customer who is a world renowned furniture maker and artist who insists this is the best course of action.
His deck is made from an exotic hard wood and doesn't absorb deck stain anyway.
Who am I to argue?
Lots of companies sell deck stain.
They are not all equal.
None last forever.
We like 1. Rymar Extreme Weather and 2. Sikkens SRD.
I was trained years ago by the Sikkens folks in the proper way to do deck refinishing.
It will take on a gray barn wood or driftwood look.
I have a customer who is a world renowned furniture maker and artist who insists this is the best course of action.
His deck is made from an exotic hard wood and doesn't absorb deck stain anyway.
Who am I to argue?
Lots of companies sell deck stain.
They are not all equal.
None last forever.
We like 1. Rymar Extreme Weather and 2. Sikkens SRD.
I was trained years ago by the Sikkens folks in the proper way to do deck refinishing.
When working at my older home, Pete Curtis exhibited the knowledge, skill and care that others might reserve for only new, million dollar properties.
I can't think of anything Pete could improve upon.
His promptness, consideration and thorough excellent job performance were all above our expectations.
We were so pleased that we've already asked him to do another paint job for us.
I can't think of anything Pete could improve upon.
His promptness, consideration and thorough excellent job performance were all above our expectations.
We were so pleased that we've already asked him to do another paint job for us.
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