Preserving a Historical Framingham Home

Our client, Mike, is the proud owner of a historical home in Framingham. His house was once owned by one of Framingham’s most prominent citizens, Jonathan Maynard. Born in 1752, Maynard graduated from Harvard and in 1775 immediately joined the fight for America’s independence from Britain. Maynard fought at Bunker Hill, Cambridge, Saratoga, and Stillwater.…

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Clean and Safe Painting Procedures: COVID Update

Flowers are blooming and the weather has finally started to warm up. It is beautiful outside. As the state reopens, we continue to work cautiously and carefully as we help our clients improve their lives, homes, and the spaces that are important to them. Our painters continue to wear masks and utilizing frequent hand washing…

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Painting a Victorian Exterior

Victorian exterior repaint by Larkin Painting Company

Our long-time customer owns a stunning Victorian home that recently required expert paint mixtures and paint application. Years ago, early in our relationship, he was concerned with finding the right company for his painting work. Our client is very well-versed in the trade and has a basis of knowledge sometimes made it harder for him…

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First Light (Benjamin Moore Color of the Year)

First Light is Benjamin Moore’s 2020 Color of the Year. Pink in interior design is popular once again. The color can be said to have begun its current resurgence in 2011. Our culture’s attitude towards pink has varied over the years. Over time pink has been perceived as feminine, kitschy, frothy and frivolous, punk and…

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Johnson Paint-Expert Paint Supplier

Johnson Paint Company is a family-owned paint supply business that has served our painting company for many years. Established in 1939, they are a fixture in downtown Boston and a vibrant member of the community. In 1995, French painter Andre Renoux, even painted a ‘portrait’ of their store. Johnson Paint is “New England’s most complete…

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Wellesley Repaint Project for a Long-time Customer

painting by Larkin Painting Company

At Larkin Painting, it is a part of our mission to create a community. One of our long-time community members is selling her Wellesley house that was her home for many years. She needed to make a few changes to prepare her home for the market; namely she needed us to repaint her living room.…

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Subtle Waterfront Style

We recently worked on a beautiful home in Harbor Towers on the Boston waterfront. Our clients wanted to update their home’s palette. The previous color was a toasty kind of beige. The new color is more of a taupe hue, Thunder from Benjamin Moore. Even though there were thousands of colors available, the subtle color…

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Cabinet Delivery by Air

Sometimes the only way to deliver a cabinet is through a window. Dave Kenyon Woodworking crafted this beautiful cabinet. For this particular project, Emerson sprayed the cabinets at the woodworking shop. It can be helpful to painters to spray new cabinetry offsite and then deliver the completely finished product to the client. However, for this…

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