Project Details
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Status: Completed
Project Type: Multi-level interior and millwork
Detail Scope: Built-ins, wainscoting, vanities, stair trim, windows and doors
Documented Painting Project
Minneapolis Whole-Home Interior & Millwork
A completed multi-level Minneapolis interior project spanning walls, ceilings, stair trim, built-ins, wainscoting, vanities, window and door details, and wallpaper removal.
Project scope is documented from the completed job record. The featured image is representative portfolio imagery and is not presented as the exact before/after for this address.
Overview
Minneapolis Whole-Home Interior & Millwork
This completed Minneapolis project combined broad interior repainting with detailed millwork and built-in work. The scope moved from foyer and stair finishes through kitchen, dining, bedrooms, baths, lower-level spaces, and multiple built-ins while keeping wall, ceiling, and enamel preparation separate and controlled.
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- Defined prep protocols
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Documented Painting Scope
- Foyer and stairwell walls, skirt boards, enameled trim, and 17 risers
- Kitchen/dining/desk nook walls and ceilings plus two built-ins and fireplace trim
- Primary bedroom and primary bath/tub/toilet-room walls and ceilings
- Upper guest bathroom walls, vanity, and wainscoting
- Lower stairwell walls, ceiling, skirt boards, enameled trim, and partial risers
- Lower living room walls plus two built-ins
- Bedroom wallpaper/glue removal, patching, window/frame, baseboard, door-frame, vanity, mirror-frame, and cubby work
Project Conditions
- Multiple levels required sequencing across walls, ceilings, trim, built-ins, and touch-point surfaces
- Wallpaper and adhesive removal required repair before finish coats
- Millwork, vanities, built-ins, doors, and drawers required close-range enamel preparation
Finish Approach
- Masked windows, doors, fixtures, and non-painted surfaces before production
- Repaired wall and ceiling defects, sanded, and spot primed as needed
- Hand-sanded millwork, caulked trim/wall intersections, filled defects in two passes, and primed required areas
- Removed and labeled hardware, doors, and drawers and masked cabinet interiors where needed
Finish Challenge
The painting issue we solved.
Unified a large multi-level interior where standard wall painting, wallpaper repair, and close-range millwork finishing all required different preparation methods.
Products and preparation recorded in the painting scope.
- Wood filler/Bondo for millwork and enamel-surface repairs
- Caulk for continuous trim/wall intersections
- Primer for repaired and prepared areas
- Masking systems for fixtures, openings, and cabinet interiors
- Wallpaper-removal and wall-repair materials
Whole-home wall and ceiling finish with detailed enamel and millwork work
The published case study focuses on painting, coating, and finish-preparation details supported by the completed job documentation.
Documented Highlights
Two built-ins in the kitchen/dining scope and two more in the lower living room
Detailed stair and riser enamel work on multiple levels
Wallpaper removal and repair integrated into the finish sequence
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