Oak Park · River Forest · Chicago's near-west side
Your walls, in Marion Green
Fine interior and exterior painting for older homes. Careful prep, honest color, and a crew that treats your 1920s bungalow like a landmark — because it is one.
A fan of paint chips: Wren Navy, Late October, and Marion Green No. 214.
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years painting older homes
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homes around Oak Park & Chicago
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cabinet doors sprayed & hung
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interior warranty, in writing
What we paint
Five trades under one invoice, done in the right order.
Before & after
Thirty-four oak doors, five days, zero brush marks.
Thirty-four oak doors and drawers, sprayed off-site over five working days — uppers in First Coat White No. 1, lowers in Iron Spot No. 22. The homeowners cooked dinner every night of the job.
Drag the handle — it works.
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BeforeAfter
How a job runs
Ninety percent of the work happens before the paint does.
Consult & color
We walk the home, listen to what you want it to feel like, and leave the palette with you — names, codes, sheens, signed off before anything is opened.
Protect
Floors get canvas, not plastic. Furniture is shifted and draped; hardware is labeled and bagged; a HEPA vacuum rides on every cart.
Prep
Ninety percent of a beautiful paint job happens before paint. Scraping, sanding, filling, plaster repair, dust containment — the unglamorous part we're fussy about.
Paint
Two coats, always two. Cut lines by hand where it shows, rolled in orderly grids where it counts, back-brushed on clapboard so the weather can't find an edge.
Walk & warranty
The punch walk happens with you, not without you — daylight, side by side. What you point at gets fixed before we load out. Then the warranty is in writing.
Word of mouth
“They painted our kitchen cabinets while we lived in the house and I still don't know how. Five days, no brush marks, no smell by dinner. The neighbors have started asking who did it.”
“The color consult alone was worth it. Zofia walked in, looked at our north light, and quietly crossed off half the colors we'd picked. She was right about all of it.”
Two coats, always.
Free estimates in person or over a quick call. Exteriors quoted after a walkthrough — older houses have earned the honesty.