One savvy homeowner asked us to renovate her light-filled living room with wall molding and fresh paint. Wall molding has a storied history beginning with Greek and Roman architecture.
The 17th century French Renaissance spawned many developments in art, culture, architecture, music and literature. People wanted more light and air in their homes, along with the idea of walking outside through very tall windows.
One of the most attractive residential streets, Riverside Drive, runs harmoniously alongside the Hudson River. A 1915 bronze sculpture of Joan of Arc on horseback stands just over 20 feet tall at the intersection with 93rd Street.
There are those who like their dishes on open shelves. Others who do not. And even some who like it for a while, then think: Let’s get the dishes behind nice cabinet doors. Let’s put some of nature’s green in the kitchen and add a classy black marble backsplash. This is the point when the Paintworks team enters.
On the ground level of a 3-story brick building in the Greenpoint neighborhood in Brooklyn, School of Thought offers incredibly thoughtful, handmade, every day clothing items.
The earliest wallpapers in the 16th century were used in small spaces in common homes in Europe, and by the 20th century, wallpaper was popular in all rooms, including palaces, mansions, brownstones and glamorous high-rises.
From ancient Greece, through the centuries in all of Europe to our own New York City, interior wall molding and trim has graced walls in castles and palaces, manor houses, brownstones, condos and humble homes alike.
One of our recent projects involved transforming a FiDi coffee shop’s interior, focusing on tiling and carpentry work to enhance both functionality and aesthetics.
