What we paint
Old wallpaper stripped, the glue washed off, and the wall repaired and primed underneath — so paint goes on a clean surface, not over a problem.
There are two ways to deal with old wallpaper: do it right, or paint over it and hope. We do it right. We score and strip the paper, then dissolve and wash off every trace of the adhesive — the step that gets skipped, and the reason painted-over walls bubble and crack a year later. Most walls need some patching and skim-coating once the paper is off; we price that honestly in the written estimate after we’ve seen what’s under there, not as a surprise on the final bill. Then a proper primer seals the surface, so your new paint bonds to the wall — not to forty-year-old glue.
Work like this
Brookside · Kansas City, MO
A dated, builder-beige 1940s home taken to a warm, modern palette — walls, ceilings, trim, and doors, with cracked plaster repaired and blended first.
See the transformation →Waldo · Kansas City, MO
A craftsman bungalow’s original woodwork carefully cut around, with walls freshened and damaged plaster repaired to keep the home’s character intact.
See the transformation →