From: Wendy 
Subject: RE: [workmom] Interior painters
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 10:52:05 -0400

Here is a previously compiled list of painters:

Here are the responses to my request for info on painters:

We used Ed's Painting & Power Washing for most of the inside of our
house.  Ed & Craig did a wonderful job. They paint inside and outside,
very professional, reasonable, and very neat. His phone number is
973-770-1212.  Cell: 201-230-4895 I highly recommend them. 

I just used Paul Pinto. I think he is relatively new but very good, fair
and CLEAN. His cell phone is 201-679-2507. He also did some faux
painting on one wall in my bedroom that looks amazing. It is called
venetian plaster. 

We used Ted Kelf who works on his own, is very reliable and very
reasonably priced. He did a great job and was great to work with. His #
is 908 918-1471.

Classic Construction in Maplewood. They are neat, fast and prompt.
973-762-5604. 

Faux Painting
Jodi Topitz in Millburn. She was great. Not only does she faux paint, she
can paint murals. She faux painted 2 bathrooms for me and she  faux
painted my dining room....looks great. She also painted murals in my
basement. It is very cool. She is also very reasonable.
973-762-0273.

Outdoor -- We also used Rutgers painting, and they did a terrific job.

9 Women recommend Rutgers.

1 for Jerzy Painting in Short Hills. Phone is 973-379-5366.
One thing to add about Jerzy Painting. We decided not to use them after
they came to give us an estimate. Their rep wasn't very friendly, but
he floored us when we took him into our new kitchen, complete with
beautiful natural wood shaker maple cabinets. He looked at them and
asked what color we wanted them painted!

Note: the painter we ended up using (King Painting in Pompton Plains) I
wouldn't recommend because the young guys who worked for him were slobs
and weren't very thorough. I caught them washing off their paint brushes
in my new bathroom sink, scraping the blobs of dried paint off the
brushes by rubbing them under the drain stopper and walking across my
expensive oriental rug with paint on their shoes.  However, the boss was
the only painter who had a clue how to reproduce the unusual stucco in
our first floor rooms (basically you put plastery stuff on the walls in
blobs, then sand it down to almost flat to create texture), and he was
very good at matching colors so we could get away with painting only the
specific walls that were changed during our renovations. So the boss was
good, but his crew was lousy. If you have special stucco needs like
that, maybe they would be still be useful if you keep a close eye on
them.

We found Rutgers Painting to be absolutely wonderful.  Their number is
973/763-1670.

Mike Mastrolcasa (908)277-2113

Paul Pinto.  very good, fair and CLEAN.  cell 201-679-2507.  He also did
some faux painting.

Ted Kelf reliable and very reasonably priced.   908 918-1471.

Ed's painting, neat, clean, honest and reliable.  Work: 973-770-1212
Cell: 201-230-4895

I recommend Carlos Valverde painters.  He painted the outside of my
house last summer, and several rooms in the inside this month.  His
workers are professional, courteous, and skilled.  And he is pleasant to
work with and reachable.  973-669-8123

Interior painter:  Brussian Strokes (David) 973-515-5151.   Great
service, very professional.

I have used 'Rutgers'  763-1670 for exterior who were excellent and
'world of colors'  (973) 313 2338 for interior who were very good and
very reasonable , they only use benjamin moore paint too.

Try Classic Construction in Maplewood. I can't find the phone #, but we
have always been pleased with them.