On any given day, Granite State Painters in Greenland is filled with action.The painting company started small when it was founded in 2012 by Matt Johnson.”And so, I decided to start a painting company with my friend thinking we’d paint one house. That turned into us being booked up all summer long,” Johnson said.The bookings never stopped. The company has grown to a year-round operation with up to a half-dozen crews working in the Seacoast every day. They paint inside and outside. For Johnson, high quality is an obsession.”Even when I walk into a restaurant feeling the wall, rubbing the trim, my wife is like, ‘What are you doing?'” Johnson said.Downstairs, field crew manager Cole Martin is often found hard at work. There’s a good chance you’ve probably seen his work.”I drive around with my parents, my girlfriend, my friends and say, ‘I painted that house,’ ‘We painted that house,’ ‘We painted that kitchen,’ ‘We painted that fence,'” Martin said. “Probably my favorite part of the job is doing cabinet repainting. That’s my personal passion project.”Martin said painting cabinets and kitchens can be a money saver, and it’s a big part of Granite State Painters’ business. At a job in Stratham, painters Maddie Clark and Julia Dyke were hard at work.”So, we are refinishing this entire kitchen,” Clark said.Since they spray a lot of the paint on, it requires hours of covering up with plastic.”Anything we’re not spraying, anything not getting paint on it, we cover,” Dyke said.They said two coats of paint will make a huge difference. “I mean, you know what you do is important. You don’t realize just how much just a little change like that can affect somebody’s everyday life,” Clark said.Any cabinet faces or doors they can remove are taken back to headquarters to be prepped and painted. They let me jump in to try to do their job.”We have a great training process. We like to hire people with no experience. I’d say you fit right in,” Martin said.First, we check for imperfections and sand down the surface. After not sanding enough and then sanding too much, I soon got the knack of sanding just right.Cabinet paint requires a special mixture of ingredients, blended at just the right amounts. But before we went any further, I had to get suited up to prepare for the spray-painting.”The smaller the paint particles on the substrate, the better they lay out,” Martin said.We did one and then tried a second one. They then had me join Clark and Dyke back at the job site for more surface prep.After hours of sanding, taping and checking for imperfections, it was clear the hard work was worth it. It was another successful transformation for the team at Granite State Painters, who hope both the customer and the crew walk away with a smile.”We want to be the friendliest painters you’ve ever met. We walk in the door and show up with a smile,” Johnson said.”To see the final product is very satisfying. A lot went into the process, from the estimate to the scheduling of the job itself,” Martin said.”It’s really cool to see the client’s reaction. A lot are moved to tears to see how much you’ve changed their space,” Clark said.
On any given day, Granite State Painters in Greenland is filled with action.
The painting company started small when it was founded in 2012 by Matt Johnson.
“And so, I decided to start a painting company with my friend thinking we’d paint one house. That turned into us being booked up all summer long,” Johnson said.
The bookings never stopped. The company has grown to a year-round operation with up to a half-dozen crews working in the Seacoast every day. They paint inside and outside. For Johnson, high quality is an obsession.
“Even when I walk into a restaurant feeling the wall, rubbing the trim, my wife is like, ‘What are you doing?'” Johnson said.
Downstairs, field crew manager Cole Martin is often found hard at work. There’s a good chance you’ve probably seen his work.
“I drive around with my parents, my girlfriend, my friends and say, ‘I painted that house,’ ‘We painted that house,’ ‘We painted that kitchen,’ ‘We painted that fence,'” Martin said. “Probably my favorite part of the job is doing cabinet repainting. That’s my personal passion project.”
Martin said painting cabinets and kitchens can be a money saver, and it’s a big part of Granite State Painters’ business. At a job in Stratham, painters Maddie Clark and Julia Dyke were hard at work.
“So, we are refinishing this entire kitchen,” Clark said.
Since they spray a lot of the paint on, it requires hours of covering up with plastic.
“Anything we’re not spraying, anything not getting paint on it, we cover,” Dyke said.
They said two coats of paint will make a huge difference.
“I mean, you know what you do is important. You don’t realize just how much just a little change like that can affect somebody’s everyday life,” Clark said.
Any cabinet faces or doors they can remove are taken back to headquarters to be prepped and painted. They let me jump in to try to do their job.
“We have a great training process. We like to hire people with no experience. I’d say you fit right in,” Martin said.
First, we check for imperfections and sand down the surface. After not sanding enough and then sanding too much, I soon got the knack of sanding just right.
Cabinet paint requires a special mixture of ingredients, blended at just the right amounts. But before we went any further, I had to get suited up to prepare for the spray-painting.
“The smaller the paint particles on the substrate, the better they lay out,” Martin said.
We did one and then tried a second one. They then had me join Clark and Dyke back at the job site for more surface prep.
After hours of sanding, taping and checking for imperfections, it was clear the hard work was worth it. It was another successful transformation for the team at Granite State Painters, who hope both the customer and the crew walk away with a smile.
“We want to be the friendliest painters you’ve ever met. We walk in the door and show up with a smile,” Johnson said.
“To see the final product is very satisfying. A lot went into the process, from the estimate to the scheduling of the job itself,” Martin said.
“It’s really cool to see the client’s reaction. A lot are moved to tears to see how much you’ve changed their space,” Clark said.
