Zelenske Painting

03/09/2026

03/06/2026

Custom made door and window casing produced to match existing profiles. Custom door thresholds were made in quarter sawn oak. All painting was performed by Zelenske Painting. The floors were not refinished by me. This project is a work in progress.

02/28/2026

Interior repaint: walls, ceilings, woodwork and doors.

02/28/2026

12/01/2025

10/21/2025

Take a delicate approach to color with the Benjamin Moore Color of the Year 2026, Silhouette AF-655, an elegant hue that lends sophistication and grace to any space. Shop color samples now at benjaminmoore.com or your locally owned store.

09/05/2025

08/21/2025

New ledges and casings were constructed. Old attic windows were removed and shop built louvered vents with detachable screens were installed. The entire structure was scraped and sanded. All fasteners were countersunk and the heads were puttied and sanded. Alkyd primer was applied, followed by two topcoats of Benjamin Moore Regal Select and Moorglo.
Colors: Body: Alabaster
Secondary: Iron Ore
Door: Foxhall Green

07/22/2025

Embrace the shades of summer with coastal blue colors will make a paintbrush feel like a passport. Take an instant vacation now when you buy a color sample online or at your locally owned store.

07/11/2025

Benjamin Moore's Woodluxe was applied.

05/24/2025

From Providence Blue 1636 to Louisburg Green HC-133, our Craftsman exterior paint color palette will have you thinking about woodsy vibes and evenings on the porch. Shop color samples now at benjaminmoore.com or visit your locally owned paint store.

05/24/2025

Hard times=sloppy work

While living in an economic recession, it's important for consumers to remember that the standards of prep and business ethics shouldn't change.
Everyone wants to get a great product at a "great price" (great for their pocketbook), but oftentimes that cheaper finished product leads to a premature failure and more hard earned money spent down the road. Most reputable economists will tell you that the only way to protect your wealth and hedge against economic uncertainty is to simply buy new things which (hypothetically) you won't have to replace for many years; there is literally nothing else you can do or invest in nominally to "get ahead" financially. Why should the preventative maintenance of your home be any different?
Beware of professional contractors who sell you on a patently false concept because they're struggling to pay their mortgage or keep their men employed. The standards of prep in the exterior painting field don't diminish just because the average consumer can't afford quality services. If your painter isn't sanding where applicable and is simply power washing and doing a light scrape because "this product (insert manufacturer name here) will bond to ANY surface even if it's not properly prepared," you're getting cheated in the long run.
20 or 25 year Manufacturer warranties on architectural coatings are (in truth) overrated and quite frankly misleading, but there's quite a margin of difference between a premium topcoat weathering properly for 10 years versus only 4.
No matter what you do, make sure that your house painter is washing at the appropriate pressure level, utilizing chlorine or other chemical agents where necessary, allowing the surface(s) to re-acclimate properly, and then spends the majority of the rest of the project doing meticulous and beyond adequate prep work (sanding, scraping at the proper time, utilizing putty when the job calls for it instead of simply squirting some cheap caulk in a hole, etc.) The actual time portion of applying paint (on most restoration jobs or any job wherein old wooden components are being preserved) should represent about 25% of the time expended. Utilizing the amazing technological advancements of modern day coatings is no excuse to cut corners on prep work; if that "great price" sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

Every good house painter carries a sharp scraper in one hand and a well used sander in the other...

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