Painting an Antique Home

Our clients needed to have their antique home painted; their home is an important piece of Massachusetts history and dates back to 1669. We treat all of our projects with care, but antique homes require special consideration. Towns usually have preservation rules that apply to historical homes. A home, like this one, that is listed on…

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Working Safely for Our Community

2020 has been a year, to say the least! The craftspeople at Larkin Painting Company have always taken pride in working safely. COVID-19 has tested our state and the world in a manner we haven’t seen for decades. The virus has substantially changed the landscape of our everyday lives. The well-being and safety of our…

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Larkin Painting Creates Work From Home Spaces!

It’s time to create or refresh your work from home space. We can create the space you need, and we are here to help you negotiate these difficult and uncertain times. Many of us are working from home (WFH) for the foreseeable future and some of us may be working from home permanently. You may…

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Wallcoverings for Bookshelves

The design firm, MAK & CO., hired us to work on a project that featured wallcoverings. From time to time we need additional craftspeople to help with projects. We hire only expert subcontractors that have the same values, commitment to our clients, and quality work history that we do. Indeed, these subcontractors are an extension…

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Going High for Our Client: Serving Where Others Can’t

Before Laurel became our client, she could not get her church painted. Laurel is the on the Operations Council for the First Unitarian Universalist Society in Newton (FUUSN). It is her responsibility to provide for the maintenance of the church buildings that feature much historic woodwork. We have been serving her and the FUUSN for…

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The Jonathan Maynard House Restoration Project-Video

Our client needed to refurbish his historical home, the Jonathan Maynard House. He trusted us with this challenging task. We had to ensure that the refurbishment adhered to strict historical preservation rules. We got started and the results are stunning.

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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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We Rescued Our Clients’ Ceilings!

Our clients recently hired an electrician to install new light fixtures. Unfortunately, the end result was less than stellar and not at all what they wanted. The lights hung at an odd angle and were not flush with the ceilings. Our clients had chosen that particular style of light fixture for its sophisticated, recessed design.…

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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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