Project Gallery

Real SMT projects from homes across Connecticut. Tap any photo to see the work full size.

Before & after

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After: the same front in green with white trim and a white front door Before: ranch house front with faded, worn beige siding and a dark red door
Exterior repaint, MeridenFaded, peeling beige to Benjamin Moore Aura in Luck of the Irish, with Super White trim.
After: the same side in green with white trim and gable Before: side of a ranch house with weathered, patchy beige siding
Exterior repaint, MeridenSide and gable of the same house.
After: smooth green shingles with white window trim Before: rear shingle siding peeling down to bare wood
Shingle siding, MeridenPeeling down to bare wood before. Scraped, primed and repainted after.
After: rebuilt porch with new pressure-treated decking, stairs, railings and lattice under white posts Before: covered porch with rotted posts, broken lattice and worn stairs
Porch rebuild, MeridenRotted decking, stairs and railings rebuilt in pressure-treated lumber, with new lattice.
After: the same cottage side in dark green solid-stained shingles Before: cottage with weathered natural cedar shingles behind a new deck
Cedar shingle stain, PlymouthWeathered natural cedar to a deep green solid stain.

Exterior painting

Siding, trim, doors, porches and decks.

Side of a ranch house with green siding, white trim and a white gable end
Meriden ranch repaint, side view
Shed before painting: bare plywood siding and trim, double doors with black hinges
Shed painting, before
Shed after painting: gray vertical siding, white trim and doors, and black hardware
Shed painting, after
Shed in Sherman with sage green walls and siding, white trim, and dark green double doors with white X bracing
Sherman shed exterior
White farmhouse with a long wraparound porch, turned balusters, lattice panels and dormers
Farmhouse with wraparound porch
Long covered porch with a white paneled ceiling, white posts and turned balusters, and a tan painted floor
Porch ceiling, railings and floor
Covered porch with white lattice panels, paneled ceiling, white siding and a tan painted floor
Porch with lattice panels
Green front door with a decorative glass insert, flanked by large windows with matching green trim
Green front door and trim
Light gray vertical siding on a gable end above a white-railed second-story deck and staircase
Gable siding and deck stairs
Victorian house with pale yellow and sage shingles, white trim, blue shutters and blue gable trim
Victorian with painted shingles and shutters
House with navy upper shingles, light blue lower siding and white window and door trim
Two-tone blue siding and trim
Split-level house with white shingle siding, white trim and black shutters
White siding and black shutters
Rear of a house with navy siding, blue-gray trim and a painted deck and staircase
Navy siding, deck and stairs
Raised ranch with dark gray shingle siding, white window trim and black shutters
Raised ranch exterior
Black front entry door and sidelights with decorative glass, set in gray shingle siding
Front entry door
Long wall of brown vertical wood siding and trim running along a composite deck
Vertical siding and trim
Covered porch with a gray painted floor, white turned posts and white balusters
Porch floor and railings
Deck painted barn red beside light blue siding and a sliding glass door
Deck and siding

Carpentry & home improvement

Finish carpentry, basement remodels, built-ins, mudrooms, accent walls, decks and custom builds.

Remodeled basement with white walls and ceiling, two white boxed columns, white baseboards and light wood-look plank flooring
Newtown basement remodel
Long view of a remodeled basement with white walls, boxed columns, a cased opening to the utility room and light wood-look plank flooring
Newtown basement remodel, long view
Covered porch with a new pressure-treated deck, railings, stairs and lattice skirt, white posts and ceiling, against green shingle siding
Meriden porch deck rebuild, finished
Two-level tree house built between pine trunks, with a staircase up to a railed platform and a railed upper deck, new pressure-treated boards set among the weathered framing
Ridgefield tree house repair
Tree house with new pressure-treated vertical board walls, an open window, new railings and a new ladder up to the platform
Ridgefield tree house repair, ladder side
White sliding barn doors and a shiplap wall on black track hardware
Barn doors and shiplap wall
Deep green board and batten accent wall behind a bed
Board and batten accent wall
New pressure-treated deck with railings built onto a cedar-shingled home
New deck build
Arched built-in bookcases with fluted pilasters and rosettes flanking a fireplace, shown in bare wood before paint
Fireplace built-ins before paint
Painted white arched built-in bookcases filled with books on both sides of a marble fireplace
Fireplace built-ins, finished
Wall of floor-to-ceiling built-in bookcases over shaker-style cabinets, painted blue in a dark-walled room
Built-in bookcases and cabinets
White beadboard walls with a row of black coat hooks above a built-in bench with three cubbies
Beadboard mudroom bench
Mudroom lined in gray-green shiplap with a deep window ledge and a cushioned bench under the far window
Shiplap mudroom with window bench
Three white wall shelves on bracket supports beside a six-panel door
Open shelves with bracket supports
Living room with hand-hewn ceiling beams, white window casings with corner rosettes and wide plank floors
Living room with exposed beams
Kitchen with white cabinets, subway tile and a dark island under hand-hewn ceiling beams
Kitchen with exposed beams
Stained wood deck with black cable railing and a wide wraparound staircase stepping down to the lawn
Deck with wraparound stairs
Side view of stained wood stairs wrapping around the corner of a deck with cable railing
Wraparound deck stairs
Finished basement with white shiplap walls, a recessed TV wall and a pine-wrapped beam overhead
Basement with shiplap and wrapped beam
Laundry room with white shaker cabinets built around a stacked washer and dryer beside a double-hung window
Laundry room
New pressure-treated railing section built onto an existing painted deck, ready for finish
New deck railing section

Interior painting

Walls, ceilings, trim and doors, prepped and finished clean.

Bathroom painted blue with matching door, trim and mirror frame
Bathroom repaint
Room painted warm coral with a white fireplace mantel, trim and window seat
Walls, trim and mantel
Basement with open joists painted black and bright white walls and trim
Basement with open ceiling
Room painted pale green with white stair trim, balusters and baseboards
Walls, trim and stairs
Dining area with teal walls under a pine cathedral ceiling
Dining area
Basement with black-painted open joists and ductwork above white walls, a boxed column and white baseboards
Basement walls, trim and open ceiling
Bedroom with white walls and vaulted ceiling between dark exposed beams, and a papered accent wall
Bedroom with vaulted ceiling
Room painted soft lavender with white window trim and baseboards under a vaulted ceiling with a skylight
Vaulted room with skylight
Bathroom with light gray walls, white trim, a blue vanity and white subway tile at the tub
Bathroom walls and trim
Before and after of an office wall: dark brown lower wall repainted light gray under a white chair rail
Office chair rail repaint, before and after
Medical exam room with light gray walls, white chair rail and baseboard
Exam room walls and chair rail
Room with cream walls, white chair rail, door casing and baseboard heater cover
Walls, chair rail and trim
Wood floor hand-painted in a large black and white checkerboard pattern
Hand-painted checkerboard floor

Drywall & prep

The work behind a flat, clean wall: hanging, taping, skim coating and repair.

Drywall seams and patches mudded and skim coated before painting
Skim coat and seam work
New drywall soffit and walls with taped seams and screw heads mudded around a half-glass door
Soffit and wall seam work
Drywall ceiling and upper walls with seams, butt joints and a ceiling box mudded
Ceiling and wall mud work

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