Portfolio

IMG_1053.jpg

Fenton – February 2021

Fenton, MO – Took wood to a painted surface on this two story atrium. Windows and frames were primed then three coats of paint supplied.
The walls were *not* painted. The final picture is what the original woodwork looked in another room which may be painted later.

   

Following a slow but proven process will give your cabinets a new look and life and the finish will last for years to come and when combined with upgraded hardware you can enjoy the look of new cabinets for a fraction of the cost you would spend replacing them.

Unfortunately for homeowners, the cost of cabinet painting is not as straightforward as one might expect. Popular websites that quote the cost of cabinet painting tend to be all over the map at best, and inaccurate at worst. For example, Thumbtack quotes a price range of $1,200 to $7,000. Similarly, Angie’s List provides a range of $1,200 to $6,000. However, for many cabinet painting jobs, the lower end of this range would barely cover the cost of a quality paint, primer, and necessary sundries. HomeAdvisor presents a much narrower price range, $1,662 to $3,780. With all of the different information available, it’s easy to see how consumers may become confused.

For most cabinet repaints there is a base price of $900 which is an absolute minimum cost. This is due to the length of time required for our cabinet painting process and even doing a very small set requires the same time span as an average size set. For cabinets we typically start pricing at $75 a door and $25 a drawer  which includes a degloss, light sand, bond primer application and up to three coats of enamel urethane paint and is generally a seven to nine day process when done properly.

The price includes what would be considered standard – removing the doors and hardware, one coat of primer on entire door surface, facing, sides and any exposed backs of cabinet boxes and the front plate of drawers and under sink plates then applying up to three coats of top coat, remounting the hardware and rehanging the doors then checking for any needed touchups. It does NOT include the cost of paint or primer however material costs on most cabinet repaint jobs will usually end up in the $100 range.

For more information on cabinet painting: https://paintsaintlouis.com/cabinet-painting-stained-woodwork/

IMG_0860.jpg

OFallon (MO) – January 2021

And we start the year in Ofallon, MO to repaint the walls preparing for the new homeowners preparing to move in. B003 720C-3 WHEAT BREAD is the color used and Promar 200 Low Sheen EgShel is the paint line from Sherwin.

The job consisted of a front bedroom, master bedroom and basement, two bathrooms, bonus basement room, living room, kitchen and entry along with the master bedroom walk in and smaller secondary closet and only the walls.

    F

IMG_0700.jpg

High Ridge – December 2020

It’s been a long year and while I had taken off most of December for a long needed rest I did get bored about mid way through so I squeezed in this quick two room job for a homeowner in High Ridge, MO. This job consisted of finishing a caulking and putty job mostly finished by another company. We then added two fresh coats of paint on the crown in the living, dining and hallway areas then repainted the living room ceiling due to a small hole and finished it off with two coats of fresh paint all around. We did NOT do the doors (we did ask of course) but in case they changed their mind we did do a coat on all the door trim so if they changed their mind it would not mess with the existing wall paint. Baseboards were also done.

IMG_0571-1200x900.jpg

Creve Coeur – November 2020

Before able to rent this condo owner needed some substantial wall repairs caused by plumbers cutting holes through walls to repair and run new pipes. We closed up all the holes, added orange peel back to those areas to hide the repairs then repainted the walls of the entire unit. Color is Sherwin’s Accessible Beige. We also removed wallpaper borders in two rooms and painted over wallpaper in one bathroom.

|

IMG_0467-1200x900.jpg

Sunset Hills – November 2020

Repainted the entry, hall, living and dining rooms in this Sunset Hills area home. Ceilings, walls and trim were done. Please note hallway was still drying when photos were taken and these are older plaster walls which is the texture you see.

IMG_0439-1200x900.jpg

Sunset Hills – October 2020

A typical basement ‘rafter blackout’ using dryfall. Did two coats to get a real good fill as the basement will be very brightly lit.

Please note a few spots still drying in the pictures. The builders are coming in after to paint out the walls.

IMG_0378-1200x900.jpg

South County – October 2020

Another stained wood to paint conversion for this set of cabinets. The original color was a blonded light wood color (you can see it in the hinge hole). We did our usual magic, primed the surfaces then applied three coats of paint on fronts and boxes and two on the backs. Another beauty finish!

The color is Grizzle Grey SW7068 from Sherwin using top of the line Emerald in a satin finish.

IMG_0186-1200x900.jpg

High Ridge – September 2020

A main level repaint of this Fenton area home. Included a 23′ atrium/staircase, 16′ vaults across the main area consisting of the kitchen, dining and living room area along with the front entry and a small hallway. There were a few areas of drywall damage including a uneven section of wall going into the kitchen. a busted corner bead in the kitchen and a shifted piece of drywall just going down the stairs. We then painted two coats of Emerald on all the main walls and a rich red accent on several of the vaulted sections.The color used for the walls was only a shade darker than the original but switched from a flat to a low sheen eggshell.

Wall color (main) SW6150 UNIVERSAL KHAKI

Wall color (accent) SW7585 SUN DRIED TOMATO

Paint used: Emerald Flat

IMG_0138-1200x900.jpg

DeSoto – September 2020

Owner had taken down a few pieces here and there and like many decided that was enough. We came in and pulled all the paper except one room which was pretty much glued right into drywall so we skimmed back out the test area, sanded down the seams and skimmed those, sealed the paper and repainted. All the rest of the rooms came down (some very stubborn), did some patching, sanded down all the walls, sealed and repainted.

This home is a good example of the challenges of all wallpaper jobs – even within the same home paper removal can go drastically different from one room to the next. On this property we ran into normal two piece brown backed paper which came down pretty normal, two rooms where it was a little difficult and two rooms where we basically had to power sand through the top layer to get a clean release – and that final room that was right onto drywall with no chance of removal without significant damage. And even after the paper is down you may find unexpected things – in the upper hallway wallpaper was run directly over an open air return, two small holes in the wall in the bedrooms and even old anchor holes all of which have to be repaired.

Before:

After:

Verified by MonsterInsights