Skim Coating and Wallpaper Removal in Park Slope Brooklyn

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Here is a job where we had to remove wallpaper and skim coat the plaster walls. Usually when we see wallpaper, it means there was plaster damage that a previous owner did not want to fix, so they wallpaper the wall instead.
Wallpaper removal reveals the plaster damage, then we repair the plaster cracks and skim [...]

 

Park Slope & Prospect Heights Realtor Recommendations

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2 friends of mine are realtors who work in Park Slope and Prospect Heights and the surrounding areas. Finding a good realtor is hard, so if you are looking for a reliable real estate agent, please consider calling David and Andrea.
David Cobell, Brown Harris Stevens, 718-399-4139  dcobell@bhsusa.com
Andrea Yarrington  Corcoran  718.832.4192  AYARRINGTON@Corcoran.com

 

Dining Room on Prospect Park West

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We were  hired to paint the dining room of this Limestone in Park Slope. Here is a series of photos that show how we paint.
Attention to detail is a big reason why people hire us. And we take great care when working in people’s homes. We cover everything with canvas or plastic tarps. It takes [...]

 

Paint this Park Slope apartment, put up lights, install HDTV above a Fireplace, hidden wires

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Most of our jobs are like this one.
We paint an apartment, but we also do a lot of other work that other painters don’t. We install light fixtures, install dishwashers, vanities, sinks, repair walls, caulk tubs.
Here is a 9th Street 2 bedroom apartment we painted. The couple had just bought the coop and we painted [...]

 

Kitchen Cabinets Falling Off The Wall?

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I get this call a lot.
Here’s a kitchen cabinet repair we did in Cobble Hill. You can see here in the close up, that the side of this cabinet is torn off from the back wall of the kitchen cabinet.
This cabinet was leaning out about an inch, and making the homeowners nervous. Not an unusual [...]

 

Ikea Shelving assembly and install in Art Studio Park Slope

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A found objects artist moved into a new studio and we were hired to install new Ikea shelving, the omnipresent Expedit bookcase and a few Billy bookcases.
I like the shelving we installed, its practical and works well. It is similar to Elfa shelving, just as strong, but not as elegant, but then, you don’t need [...]

Green Painters in Park Slope Brooklyn

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We just finished green painting a 3 BR duplex for a very pregnant Park Slope family, and we used Benjamin Moore’s Natura line of latex paints.

The Natura line is a no VOC latex paint that has very good coverage for a green paint. Two of the colors we used were one coat colors. We usually [...]

 

Bathroom sink install in Prospect Heights

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We do a lot of Handyman and painting in Prospect Heights. Here I installed a new sink

 

HD TV wall installation in Park Slope Brooklyn

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HandymanEric installs a lot of HDTV s. Many times we will cut into the wall to hide all the wires, like this one below. Be sure to buy extra long cables if you want this done, snaking the wires thru the wall takes up a lot of wire.

 

Ceiling Fan installation in Prospect Heights

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With summer approaching I install many ceiling fans. One of the things we do run into in old building are gas lines that are still active in the electrical outlet. this must be capped before puttin up a ceiling fan.