Wall, Ceiling Repair & Painting
100+ Case Studies

At the end of 2023, we began documenting every ceiling, wall, plaster restoration, drywall repair, and painting project with detailed photography and notes. What you’re seeing here is not outsourced, not fabricated, just real homes, real problems, and real results. Each case study was completed and recorded by the owner and founder, providing the most comprehensive visual archive of interior repair and painting projects in the Western New York region.

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  • Painting a Tudor Home in Kenmore – Last Exterior House Painting of 2024!

    Painting a Tudor Home in Kenmore – Last Exterior House Painting of 2024!

    This is our last exterior house painting of the 2024 painting season. Over night temperatures are dropping, meaning paint wont have adequate time to dry and cure before potential moisture condenses on the surfaces. Good painting weather also often becomes a problem. Don’t forget, in 2006, we all had 3 feet of snow on the…

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  • From Old & Worn to New and Fresh – Pole Barn Painter

    From Old & Worn to New and Fresh – Pole Barn Painter

    This pole barn is about 60 years old and has never been painted. An eye sore for the neighborhood, the homeowners hired us to revitalize the barn and make it look better. After thoroughly pressure washing the exterior of the pole barn, we spot primed the rusty areas with Rust Oleum red oxide primer. We…

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  • The Danger of a Plaster Bulge

    The Danger of a Plaster Bulge

    A gentleman called me the other night in a panic about his plaster ceiling collapsing. My first thought was, is anyone injured? A plaster ceiling can weigh thousands of pounds and can cause significant damage and injuries when it falls to the floor! This is why it is important to address plaster bulges that appear…

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  • Small Bathroom Ceiling Repair in Clarence.

    Small Bathroom Ceiling Repair in Clarence.

    The ceiling mounted shower head in the master bathroom of this Clarence NY home sprung a leak and needed to be replaced. As such the drywall around the old showerhead became water damaged. We patched the ceiling with a new piece of moisture resistant drywall and finished it for paint. We also went ahead and…

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  • Small issue with the contact forms – resolved, I think.

    If you have been browsing our website recently and noticed some jotform errors, those are forms I missed – there are 40 pages on the main website.. tracking down all the pages takes time. Next is to go through the 60+ blog posts and change links to the new forms. Any forms that you come…

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  • Transform Your New Home with Stress-Free Painting

    Transform Your New Home with Stress-Free Painting

    This doesn’t always happen, but we were able to get into this home prior to the clients moving in. This saves them money and us time by not having to work around stuff. Painting an empty house is faster, easier and cheaper than painting a home full of stuff. The clients were very flexible in…

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  • Small Plaster Ceiling Repair and Texture Matching

    Small Plaster Ceiling Repair and Texture Matching

    This is what the plumbers left this homeowner to contend with. We do a lot of ceiling repairs, and often follow behind plumbers. This home is wood lath and plaster. As such we couldn’t use blueboard as the gypsum board is too thick and wouldn’t allow for proper finishing. Also installing gypsum board in this…

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  • Rejuvenating this Beautiful Home in East Amherst

    Rejuvenating this Beautiful Home in East Amherst

    The front of this home gets a solid 6+ hours of sun per day. As a result the stain breaks down from the UV. We pressure washed the siding prior to staining the wood siding to remove dirt, dust and bird droppings. We applied one coat of stain to the front of the home. We…

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  • Incredible Blog Update

    Incredible Blog Update

    Update: 11/30/2025 What an adventure this has been! What started out as a way to easily share photos of our work outside of social media, has become a real asset to our company. I never imagined I would have authored and posted over 120 ‘case studies’ (is that what we are calling them now? lol)…

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  • Long-Lasting Exterior House Painting Amherst NY. Quality and Durability.

    Long-Lasting Exterior House Painting Amherst NY. Quality and Durability.

    We are back for round two! Twelve years ago we painted this home. In 2012 we changed the color from stark white, to a bluish grey. We also replaced the shutter with new ones. Its actually cheaper to buy new shutters, than it is to paint the shutters (plastic ones). The UV from the sun,…

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