The Round Barn Farm Inn

On the first and second floor of the front hallway, Vermont Pro went through and stripped down the trim and doors, repaired cracks, and addressed imperfections. Once detailed, the trim and doors were painted with a coat of Ben Moore Oil in Linen White.

In April the Round Barn Farm Inn closed their doors for two weeks, which allowed the Vermont Pro paint team to get in and transform one of their guest rooms and freshen up the hallway. The Wait Room (depicted above) was in need of a more modern and calming look. The busy wallpaper was not only outdated, but slightly worn. In the image below, Adam is stripping the bathroom wallpaper.

After addressing all of the cracks and skim coating the entire ceiling, the room was ready for its fresh and updated, new look. The upper walls in the bedroom received two coats of Ben Moore Select Sea Breeze in a matte finish, while the lower hip walls were done in custom green/grey. The ceiling was done in Ben Moore Ceiling White (Muresco) and the trim was a pearl finish Linen.

The bathroom was completely stripped, compounded, primed, and the walls were done in Navaho White.

Anne Marie and Tim's Beautiful Home

Yesterday I received a comment from one of my favorite clients, Anne Marie Defreest, that truly made my day. Anne Marie said, "Francis you are not a painter, you're an artist. You take a room and turn it into a work of art." - Thanks, Anne Marie.

I consider myself very lucky to have an amazing clientele. In addition, I am very fortunate to have found a crew of guys that embrace the mission of providing our clients with the very best in product and service.

These are a few images from Tim and Anne Marie's interior makeover.  In the top image, Chris and Dylan are going through the kitchen cutting every crack out of the ceiling and repairing sheet rock and trim.  This extensive makeover included the foyer, sunroom, kitchen, master bed, bathroom and walk-in closet, as well as both the daughter's and son's bed and bathrooms.

Water damage to the master bedroom required us to cut out a large section of the ceiling and walls, dry everything, install new insulation, along with new sheet-rocking. While we were at it, we changed the room palette from yellow to Paladean Blue.  Once we were done, new carpet capped the room off.

 Thanks Anne Marie and Tim!

The Waitsfield Inn

Vermont Pro Painting is proud to present some images from "Phase I" of the Waitsfield Inn transformation. The Waitsfield Inn is truly one of Waitsfield Village's most historic landmarks.  Inn owners John and Vickie Walluck (some of the nicest people you will ever come across) came to us in need of an exterior overhaul to make their business stand out.  Prior to the Vermont Pro makeover getting underway, the building had been painted stark white, top to bottom.  In doing some research, we found a vintage picture of the Inn from what looked to be the 1930's, which depicted a brilliantly white building contrasted with dark trim (it was a black and white photo, of course).

After getting to know the Walluck family and the great things they are doing with the business, I suggested using California Paint's historic color line.  After showing the Wallucks some color samples and mulling over the choices together, we decided to go with Historic White, Nantucket Blue trim and accents, and Claret Red on the doors. I strongly felt that these colors reflected the Walluck family's warm and inviting nature, while also complimenting the historic beauty of the Inn.

The project from start to finish will include painting the entire Inn, replacing several large and small decks, installing 17 new high efficiency windows, and blowing out a back wall of the Inn to install a larger window and new insulation in one of the rooms.

Below are some of the prep pictures to better illustrate the intensive transformation process.

Thanks John and Vickie!

More Great VT Pro Construction posts coming soon!

VT Pro's New Carpentry Division

For several years Vermont Pro has provided many of our painting clients with a very detailed carpentry service that has ranged in scale from replacing siding and windows, to sheet rock installtion, deck building, and more.  Now that 2012 is upon us, we at Vermont Pro proudly announce the launch of our Carpentry Division, which will work closely with our Painting Division and help to provide our clients with even more exceptional service!

The project below is a prime example of Vermont Pro construction work that we are very proud of:

Barbara and Ralph had a large open space above their garage that was begging for a great studio apartment. Prior to getting underway with layout and framing, Vermont Pro had to replace the barn doors on the front with a nice double pane Marvin window.

This very detailed project entailed planning the layout, framing, reinforcing supports, insulating, and installing a fireplace and chimney. Vermont Pro subcontracted Kevin Collins Electric for the electrical work. Richard Pignatello, a local plumber who we had worked with before, was brought in to handle heating and plumbing. Arron Fournier, of Frosted Fern Mosaics, laid the brickwork around the fireplace.

Once our subs completed their work, Vermont Pro continued with flooring installation, tiling the bathroom floor and shower, building the wet bar, trimming out doors and windows, and fixture installations. The entire project was capped off with a great paint job.

Chris working on building hip walls and boxing out the window seat.

Vermont Pro installed the backerboard for the bathroom flooring.

Custom shower tiling by Vermont Pro: off-white subway tiles with glass accent tiles installed by yours truly.

Carson Gazley and Vermont Pro president, Francis Faillace, partnered on the framing of the bathroom and main wall for the wet bar.

In order to utilize the space above the bathroom, we installed a sleeping loft, equipped with plush carpeting, custom lighting, a reading nook with built-in desk, and space for a king size bed.

Thanks Barbara and Ralph!

Sanctuary Vacation Rentals

Annee, of Sanctuary Vacation Rentals, called Vermont Pro Painting in for a major overhaul of one of her great properties in Vermont. We went right to work clearing out the rooms, covering everything, replacing sheet rock, repairing major cracks, detailing, addressing stains, and ultimately painting a large majority of the interior ceilings and walls to make the property look like new again.

The Vermont Pro painting team worked through the night to give this gem of a property a professional paint job.  When we were done, Annee's Vermont Sanctuary looked great!  Thanks Annee.

You can visit Annee's company and some of her other amazing properties and book your next vacation.

A fun little blur shot taken during the prep process.

Some of the final shots.

Parker Dream House Underway

Vermont Pro employee Trevor Audet seals up the entrance doors to Jim and Kristen Parker's brand new home with four coats of Satin Gloss. The Parker's home is currently under construction. We are looking forward to sharing the end results with you in the Spring/Summer of 2012 as this contemporary design receives a classic "country" inspired color scheme.

Maclay Architects

As the 2011 exterior painting season came to a close, Vermont Pro was able finish this monster of a lead paint remediation project. Maclay Architects, located along Route 100 in Waitsfield, was a two year project that saw an intensive amount of lead removal. The building itself was about 20 years overdue for a paint job and a good amount of siding had to be replaced, as seen in the above image.  But with the great effort and attention to detail put forth by the Vermont Pro paint crew, this historic building once again shines.  Thanks Bill and Alex! 

The siding color is Philadelphia Cream (Ben Moore MoorGlo flat), trim was Chalk White (Ben Moore MoorGlo) and the door is Evergreen (Ben Moore Soft Gloss).  If you want to see more lead prep in action, please refer to last year's posts!

Tufts University - President's House. Part One

Vermont Professional Painting was brought in for our second project with D.H. Bardes, Inc. and the Duffy Design Group to finish and paint a completely renovated apartment for the president of Tufts University. This intensive project had to be completed in one month, which entailed refinishing and painting the eleven room apartment - top to bottom - including extensive sheet rock repair. The clients were thrilled with the dramatic overhaul.

The living room (above) and dinning room walls (below) are painted in a Ben Moore washable flat "Spanish Olive." The ceiling, trim, and bookshelves are painted in Ben Moore "Dove Wing," while the inlay on the bookshelf doors is "White Sand."

The foyer ceiling was skim coated, primed, and coated twice with "White Dove" flat Ben Moore. The trim is painted with "Dove Wing" semi-gloss and the door is Ben Moore "Black," in a high-gloss finish. The walls were prepped with Zinsser Universal wallcovering prior to wallpapering.

The kitchen received a completely new ceiling that was sound-proofed prior to installation. The ceiling is coated in "Cloud Cover" flat, the walls are "Solstice" washable flat, and the trim is "Cloud Cover" semi-gloss.

More images from this project coming soon!