California launches $1 Billion LEAD Lawsuit against Sherwin Williams, etc.

California is setting a legal precedent for the rest of the country to follow as they pursue legal action against the Sherwin Williams company, and others, for knowingly distributing and promoting a dangerous product in lead paint across the nation since the 1900's.  This is an issue that will continue to be at the forefront of both painting and construction based projects in the state of Vermont as pre-1978 homes deteriorate and are in need of work.  As a home owner or parent, it is imporant to take the time to familiarize yourself with the issue at hand in order to protect your loved ones and future generations; to read more here is the article from the Huffington Post.

Below the Vermont Pro paint crew is working hard to remediate the lead paint from the Allen/Seguin home in Moretown.

Parker House

Jim, Kristin, and Skylar recently had a newly designed and built home that the VT PRO paint crew proudly capped off with a great paint job!

While building was in process Jim and Kirsten met with us to come up with a color scheme that matched the country/modern look that they wanted to achieve.  For the main body of the house we did the siding in Phelidelphia Cream (a historic color from Ben Moore), trim in Chalk White, and the ceiling of the deck in Natural stain.  The garage and apartment was done in solid-body Barn Red, trim in Chalk White, and the garage doors were hit with Cedar Stain, along with the doors.  The chimney and vertical soffit board siding on the basement level and first floor of the house received Seagull Gray in solid-stain 

Thanks Parkers!  More exciting projects with the Parkers are in the works and will be featured soon.

Allen Home - Underway

The paint crew is underway prepping the Allen's home in Moretown.  Their classic Vermont home is undergoing lead remediation, while the garage and barn are being freshened up with replacement of rotted boards and painting.

Bardes Home: Interior Painting

David recently had the paint crew return to his gorgeous Vermont home (which we had painted the exterior of a few years back) to update several rooms with a new color palette.  The rooms that we worked on were northern and western facing which caused them to see a range in natural lighting through out the day.

Our goal was to update the rooms with a more contemporary and natural feel so one by one David and I went through each room putting up color samples and dialing in our choices while the crew worked hard to prep each room paint.  In the end we toned down the guest bedroom and bathroom to make them more relaxing and accented the hallway walls with a very cool shade of Ben Moore's grey, in Regal Select, that changed in appearance through out the day's lighting; at times it had a brown-ish look to it while early on in the morning there was almost of hint of dark purple/black.

All in all a fun job and great end product that showed off Dave's well designed and built home. Thanks for everything Dave!

On a side note thanks again Dave for cooking the entire crew dinner - quite the gracious host!

The Game Room - Round Barn Farm Inn

The Game Room at the Round Barn Farm is now complete with a bar which can entertain their guests while they play pool, watch movies, and relax.

Bancroft

Gib Geiger of Mountain Valley Farm built his client a great post and beam addition to their home in Waitsfield and he had Vermont Pro Painting come in to finish of the project.

Thanks Gib and Bancrofts!

Bardes Home

The Bardes home in Lincon is gorgeous home with a classic style that lent itself well to a subtle contrast of gray and white.  The subtleness combined with the roof color really added a great deal of dimension to the house showing off the trim work and design well.

The walls were done in "Owl's Gray," the trim in "Chalk White," and the doors were capped off with a high-gloss Evergreen.  Thanks Dave!

The Waitsfield Inn. Davis Room

The Waitsfield Inn's Davis room was in need of some serious work.  The window which had at one point in time existed where Vickey (the Inn owner along with her husband John) is depicted standing had failed due to a multitude of reasons.  The room was incredibly hot during the summer and cold during the winter - efficiency was an issue.  Both windows in the room were replaced with high-efficieny Marvin double pained glass and the framing in the wall, where Vickey is, had to be re-done and re-insulated.  A smaller window had to be installed to prevent moisture damage for back splash of the sloped roof that is right in front of Vickie in the above image; prior lack of proper preparation had lead to sever rotting.

In order to address the issue of over heating it was discovered that the ceiling/attict space above the room had no way of venting, hence we installed a large vent on the exterior of the building, which almost instantly cooled the room down.  After all of this work was done the walls were completely stripped of the old wall paper (every surface skim coated with a fresh coat of mud, primed, and painted) and new carpet was installed.

In the end John and Vickie got a new room for the in that was more efficient, updated, and not busy.

Thanks again John and Vickie.

Harvey House

Earlier this spring the Vermont Pro team was glad to help out Lisa and John Harvey with their home.

Many years ago, during my elementary school days, Lisa was my art teacher and I can proudly say that she had a huge impact on my life and helping me to discover my love for art.

The Harvey was done in Ozark Shadow siding, Chalk White trim, and get black shutters and roof.  Prior to his selective replacement of siding and trim was needed to address rot.

With my free time I enjoy creating smaller scale art and have attached a work that I made the other night, Thanks for everything Lisa!

Fall Foliage at the Parker House

Earlier this summer, Jim and Kristen Parker celebrated the birth of their son, Sky.  In order to accommodate the new family we shifted the Parkers from our June to October schedule to give Kristen and Sky a quiet home to rest in.

Their brand new home was recently completed this past winter by Huntington Homes, and while the home might be new Kristen and Jim really wanted to give it a classic Vermont farm house look;  in order to do this the house is being painted with Ben Moore "Philadelphia Cream" and the garage with "Barn Red."  The Garage doors were done in Cedar tinted stain and the trim will be done in Chaulk White.  In the above image Greg is staining the deck ceiling with Natural stain and Ian is prepping the columns with bond-o to cover nail heads and make the beams look flawless.

With temps dropping the fall colors are starting to come into full swing and the views are great.

Don't Underestimate Barn Red!

The O'Halloran family have a great get away home here in the valley that needed a little sprucing up.  After meeting with Tim and his wife it was clear that the previous grey was drab, to say the least, and something new was desired.

Red is great color that is full of life, but do not let it deceive you.  From a painting aspect picking the right shade of red is not easy as there are many factors that influence the pigment such as lighting (comparing evening light to morning light), colors of the surrounding environment, the client, and the architecture of the home.

Barn Red for the O'Halloran was fitting in so many ways.  It helped transform the house and give it a classic look, warm feel, compliment it's architecture well, and made it an homage to the Swiss ski chalet.

Note:  The decks are not done yet, a few sections had to be replaced in order to make the project complete, images coming soon.

Thanks O'Hallorans!

Time to book your interior makeover!

August in Vermont has been an ideal month for exterior painting, but with fall and winter on the horizon it's time to start planning your interior makeover with Vermont Pro construction and painting.

We currently have a few openings left in February and March and would love to help you transform your living space.

The simple addition of decorative trim work, a little wall paper, a fresh color pallet, and the attentive craftsmanship of Vermont Pro can change the feel of any room.

Dick and Laura Kingsbury

Dick and Laura Kingsbury have a great home in Fayston that they wanted to freshen up for their daughter's wedding.  The guys worked around the clock on a weekend to sand prime and paint the entrance of their house.

The siding was done in Beaker Beige Ben Moore Select, Lafayette Green Ben Moore Soft-gloss, and Burgundy inlay.

Thanks Dick and Laura!

Bobrow Home

Jill has an amazing home that sits on the river in Warren.  When she contacted Vermont Pro her home was a stale grey that did not blend well with the surroundings and badly need a new paint job; she wanted something that was a little more sophisticated that blended in with the surroundings.  From here I was able to fine tune a color palette of samples and with an evening to sit on the back deck, drink a beer, and look at the colors on the building we were able to come up with the perfect solution.  The siding was done in "Dusty Dream" and the trim in "Enchanted Eve" all under California paints historic line of colors!

One of my favorite parts of this project is the custom blue color that I came up with for the door, it really ads a touch of class to the house.

Thanks Jill!

Congratulations to Dr. Lehner!

Andreas Lehner (aka Dr. L) recently retired as the principle of Warren Elementary after 30 years.  As a former student of his, many years ago, I can say that he had a great influence on all of us that went through the Warren Elementary school system.  It's only fitting that as he and his wife Mary are traveling abroad in celebration we are under way staining his home.

Thanks again Adreas!

Harwood Union High School

Here a few shots of the newly revamped entrances at Harwood Union High School and Middle School.  The curved entrance required an extensive amount of work as all of the cracked sheet rock was fixed, cinder blocks and metal frame work were heavily scraped and sanded to leave the entrances looking like new.  Once all of the prep was completed the entire place was primed and coated twice with Ben Moore Regal Select exterior paint.  All of the metal was painted with Ben Moore Iron Clad.

 Thanks Ray!