For most, painting a home involves a can of paint, a brush and something to cover up what you don’t want to get covered with errant drips of paint. For me, it involves a whole lot more.
I have painted many four-walled rooms in one color, with clean lines and every drip of paint caught by a drop cloth. But, what I most enjoy about my profession is when I am painting anything other than a four-walled room. Specializing in the luxury market, I have the opportunity to create unique spaces in a variety of settings from interior and exterior, residential to commercial.
Aside from getting dialed in on exactly what the customer wants, the biggest challenge is remodel projects. Working with dissimilar materials or a portion of a whole, merging old with new, is a craft in itself. Painting is easy; it’s the matching and melding that require patience and skill.
The greatest reward is the people I meet. As you can imagine, creating a Tuscan finish, perfecting high gloss panels or applying an epoxy treatment to an outdoor hockey rink introduces me to some of the most interesting people in Colorado.
Many projects today look for painted woodwork versus the past trend of stained wood. Smooth finishes, and clean, light colors are also a common thread in today’s design. What never goes out of fashion? Good breaks and clean tape lines.
Matt Poskochil
Fine Line Painting