Custom Colors Painting

Dave was prompt on providing us an estimate. His crew did an excellent job-showed up on time daily, paid attention to detail and transformed the look of our home. Hire them!

When he came for an estimate, Dave Anders of Custom Colors left us with high expectations; his crew exceeded them at every turn. The Highlights 1. Professionalism: Detail-oriented and professional, but not uptight. 2. Dust control: very good 3. Clean-up: every day 4. Noise level: Quiet. Probably the quietest contractors we’ve ever had in our home. 5. Ease of working with: Easy to work with and have in our home 6. Punctuality: showed up on time, all day, every day until the job was complete. 7. They work until the job is complete NOT to a deadline- meaning, if your job takes longer than estimated, it’s because they are being thorough. But they honor the flat rate quoted up front. They don’t cut corners or rush the job to get to the next one- quality is paramount. 8. Cost: Competitive pricing for a top quality job. 9. Value: excellent The Backstory Walking into our new home after closing, we discovered that the sellers painted AROUND the furniture and artwork… in a mismatched shade of the drabbest tan color to boot. Moments later, when we had yet to recover from seeing the furniture and art outlines on the walls, we saw that the drywall job was apparently done at night with the lights off… We knew we needed expert help, as we found ourselves living in the middle of the worst drywall and paint job one could imagine. We began the search. One highly-rated and recommended painter finished his walk-through and advised us to get a drywall contractor in first to do the extensive repairs and then call him in for an estimate for the paint job. Still others left me unconvinced that they could make our drywall nightmares disappear. Enter Dave Anders of Custom Colors. From the first minutes of Dave’s walk-through, I could tell that he is the real deal: competent and professional. He was unfazed by the shape our drywall was in. He discussed his emphasis on prep work as the foundation for a great paint job. He left us with high expectations- and his crew exceeded them at every turn. We were focused on repairs of the obvious cracks and drywall issues. Dave’s crew spent a full week repairing every flaw on our walls. The big stuff- absolutely. But they also inspected the walls, ceilings, crown molding, and trim carefully for more minor damages, and repaired them all. They checked their own work thoroughly, re-doing any areas which didn’t meet their high standards. The net result is that our house underwent a remarkable transformation, like something out of a magazine. Dave and his crew took our drab, dingy, damaged home and made it beautiful. We are already in the process of scheduling them to paint the exterior of our home, and then our finished lower level. The Details Areas painted: Entire main floor of house, approximately 2200 square feet. * Entry way * Sitting room * Living room * Kitchen * Dining area * Laundry/Mudroom * Hallway * Powder Room * Master Suite * Stairwell to second floor * Open stairwell to lower level * Walls, ceilings, doors, baseboards, door trim, french door, fireplace mantel, and built-in bench with shoe cubbies in mudroom. Prep work: The prep work took a full week. The crew found flaws (cracks, holes, damage) we didn’t even know existed. Their mudding technique is superb, and they take great care with dust control. The paint job Due to chemical sensitivities, we needed to specify a particular low-VOC paint (Sherwin-Williams Emerald). Dave and his crew were exceptionally careful with things I hadn’t even thought of, like primer, ultimately using the flat version of our paint as primer with the exception of two small areas of stain that they could not hide without primer. For that area, they used a no-odor, low VOC stain-killing primer, and only after opening windows, and plastic-ing off the doorways. They then painted over it as soon as it was ready, and I suffered no ill effects from that, or any other part of the paint job, due to their careful efforts. The paint job itself is beautiful, and flawless. We have some areas that are a more difficult to paint: they handled them with ease. Their woodwork painting is exceptional: our mantel and french door are beautiful. Our other doors were so ugly we had originally said no to painting them as we thought they were hopeless, and planned to replace them. When we saw how beautifully they painted our walls, we asked Dave about the doors. He assured us they could paint them- so we had them paint the doors as well. The paint job is beautiful- the doors look brand new, and so much nicer than before, with none of the sagging or running of paint we have seen on painted doors before. They are very careful with examining their own work to find the touch-up areas. We have found nothing needing touch-up or re-do since they left- a first for us. We are not easy to impress with paint jobs: we have had painters over the years who have ranged from ok to reasonably good, but non who were impressive. My husband had worked his way through college painting, so he has skills, and knows the difference between a good paint job and an excellent one. We’d all but given up on ever finding truly excellent painters- until Dave and his crew at Custom Colors transformed our home. We cannot praise them highly enough, and we are looking forward to our exterior paint job with them. A note on color selection: Previously, I have not been good at picking interior colors that complement the fixed elements in the rooms, and that flow together from room to room. It wasn’t until we sold our last house, that I began to understand this concept, when realtors told me that our bedroom colors clashed from the viewpoint of the hallway, and we’d need to repaint all the bedrooms before we could list our house. For this paint job, I took some time to read some blogs as well as interior design magazines. I looked at hundreds of paint sample chips. I learned that to have a truly beautiful home, one that looks like it stepped out of the pages of House Beautiful, the wall colors must complement the fixed elements in the rooms (floors, cabinets, etc) as well as the furnishings. Choose the colors that complement those elements, and the rooms will look beautiful. Another crucial element is ceilings, doors, and trim. The stark white ceilings in so many homes do not complement wall colors well. While often overlooked by the average homeowner, one look at real estate listings online will demonstrate how prominent ceilings appear in room photos. Ceilings with stark white “ceiling white” paint stick out like a sore thumb. Comparing these photos to ones in interior design magazines, you’ll see that many designers love and frequently use a white by Benjamin Moore called White Dove (Decor White). A similar, slightly warmer white by Sherwin Williams is Alabaster. We chose SW Alabaster for our ceilings, trimwork, built-ins, and doors. This white complemented both warm and cool tone colors and looks more elegant and refined. The stark “ceiling white” that had been on our ceilings, trim, and doors clashed with our warm-toned floors and also clashed with the warmer-toned colors we chose. While not clashing with the cooler toned colors, the stark white did not complement or enhance those colors in any fashion. The ceilings and trim made all the difference. The colors we chose (all Farrow-Ball colors color matched by Sherwin-Williams) all looked beautiful - but looked even better when the ceilings and trim were painted. This was the element that truly makes our rooms look like something out of an interior design magazine. For our walls, all of the colors we chose were Farrow-Ball colors, color-matched by Sherwin-Williams. All but one color (Sudbury Gold) were spot on, but we liked Sherwin-Williams version of the color, and decided to move forward with it. I had quart samples from Sherwin Williams for the color matches and painted poster boards (2x4) to use as swatches to compare with furniture, floors, cabinets, in different lights throughout the day and on sunny versus cloudy days. This is an important step in choosing color. We did not choose our white from Farrow-Ball as whites are the hardest to color match exactly

Customers colors did an amazing job, brought my vinyl siding back to life! It was unreal the difference it made!

Fantastic work. Great painting crew; worked solid every day for two weeks; spent all but two days of that time prepping the stucco and wood; always took care of our property and cleaned up well. You will get a quote from Dave that seems high. Say ok anyway. These guys are the absolute best. Completely worth the money.

Fabulous! We first hired Custom Colors Painting 10 years ago to paint our house exterior. They also painted a couple of our white kitchen cabinets when we were getting ready to put our house on the market and did a fabulous job. Just had them paint our new Hardie board exterior and they did not disappoint. The crew was wonderful to work with and we love the end result. Thank you, Dave!

Dave and his team did a great job. I appreciate a contractor who communicates with me and does what he says he is going to do. His team arrived on time and finished in a timely fashion. I plan to call Custom Colors for my next painting project.

We had used Custom Colors Painting 7 years ago and were happy with them. Dave Anders, the owner, responds quickly when called - both during the bid process and during the job. The 3-man team that worked on our home was considerate and paid great attention to detail. There was a high level of focus on prepping the surfaces prior to painting & staining - and the areas around the house were cleaned up thoroughly at the end of each of the 8 days they were here. Two of the workers had worked on our home in 2012 and the third was also a long-time employee. In an industry with high turnover, their longevity speaks volumes about the relationship between workers & owner - and also about the level of quality that they know is expected of them. We will not hesitate to call Dave when we need to revisit this project.

This project was an excellent experience. Dave was very easy to work with. His crew did an amazing job and several neighbors stopped by to tell us how great our house looks and how impressed they are with the work. The crew was friendly, polite, arrived promptly each day and were very quiet while working. At the end of the day all equipment was packed up and our property was left very clean. I highly recommend this company and we will use them again should we have a need for any painting.

In fall 2017, Dave Anders did a site visit, provided a proposal, and put us on his list for 2018. Dave and his team started work in July 2018. Despite more prep work being required than they anticipated, they took pride in doing everything right, communicating with us throughout the project, and addressing any small overlooked items to ensure we were happy. They did a great job and we would hire them again.

Dave and his crew were excellent! They arrived on time and worked the entire day for three days. We even added some trim work and they still managed to get finished on schedule. The work was top notch, very professional, they did wonderful cleanup as they worked, and the finished product looks great! We would highly recommend Dave and would certainly use his company again.

Excellent service. Dave's team was very responsive and neat. Repaired several small cracks in ceiling. One full day of painting for two rooms and 3 painters! Very happy with the results!

GREAT! They did an awesome job for a reasonable amount of money. They were courteous, clean, quiet (no radios). The house looks beautiful again!

First class, professional service, very punctual, friendly and considerate crew, no subs, attention to detail, spotless clean up and extensive knowledge needed to address one side of the house.

The crew was always on time and cleaned up before leaving each day. They took pride in doing thier job.

Very pleased with the work done by Custom Colors Painting. The crew did an excellent job - my house trim looks great! The crew arrived on time each day; cleaned up the yard, etc., each night before leaving; worked continuously throughout the day; prepped the house before painting and used good quality paint. I would highly recommend Custom Colors and plan to use this company again for possible interior painting.

Dave Anders and his crew are very competent. They do excellent work and are polite, considerate, punctual and very professional in their manner. They work quietly and neatly, cleaning up after their work and quick to help. They did 2 jobs: Exterior painting, October 2016 $1470 Interior painting, two rooms, May 2017 $1900

They did a fabulous job!

Job completion within one week with a followup to repaint the outside door and archway due to cold weather.

Dave's group did a great job. They were friendly, efficient, and cleaned up every day before they left. Our house looks great.

This company was the best I have experienced. Price good, communication very good, workers were very professional, outcome was a beautiful job. They were right on time.

The guys showed up right on time and did all the work needed. Everything was explained to me and they took great care to protect my home while here (drop cloths over everything). Vacuumed the room before they left. Told me if anything wasn't to my satisfaction to just give them a call and they would work to make it right.

Excellent.

After we worked out the details of the final estimate, he was able to schedule the job sooner than expected due to one of his other jobs finishing up early. His crew showed up on time and did an excellent job. Crew answered any questions we had and were helpful and courteous. Would definitely use Custom Color again!

He was very cost cautious for us. He found multiple ways to save us money! He was really flexible and able to accommodate our schedule.

The entire crew from Custom Colors Painting was outstanding. Polite, focused on their work, excellent attention to detail. They started the job exactly when they said they would and spent a lot of time prepping the surfaces, which is critical to the success of a long-lasting paint job. They showed up on time each day, caulked all the windows (all 34 of them!) and always asked questions if they weren't sure of exactly what we wanted to have done (we used 3 paint colors, so it was a bit tricky to get right). They were careful about the plants next to the house and cleaned up after themselves every day. Communication was easy and excellent. The resulting paint job is fantastic, as the entire crew clearly takes pride in a job well done. I would not hesitate to hire Custom Colors again, and give them my highest recommendation.