Category Archives: WHAT I’VE LEARNED

WHAT I'VE LEARNED

Contractor Q&A: Tim Conley on Property Maintenance, High-End Residential and the Challenges and Opportunities of Each

5 min read

For more than 30 years, PPC magazine has been on job sites throughout the U.S. and Canada asking residential and commercial paint pros to share their stories. This issue we talk with Tim Conley of Conley Brothers Painting, Mishawaka, Indiana (pictured above right with Sherwin-Williams Property Maintenance Sales Rep Kevin Bell). Continue reading Contractor Q&A: Tim Conley on Property Maintenance, High-End Residential and the Challenges and Opportunities of Each →

WHAT I'VE LEARNED

Contractor Q&A: Corissa Cook Takes a Very Personal Path to Painting Success

4 min read

For more than 30 years, PPC magazine has been on job sites throughout the U.S. and Canada asking residential and commercial paint pros to share their stories. This issue: Corissa Cook, who markets herself as The Painting Chick and specializes in interior painting in the Pittsburgh area.
Continue reading Contractor Q&A: Corissa Cook Takes a Very Personal Path to Painting Success →

WHAT I'VE LEARNED

Failing, Learning and Sharing: The Idaho Painter’s Tips for Succeeding in the Industry

5 min read

For more than 30 years, PPC magazine has been on job sites throughout the U.S. and Canada asking residential and commercial paint pros to share their stories. This issue: Chris Berry, owner of B&K Painting, Boise, Idaho.
Continue reading Failing, Learning and Sharing: The Idaho Painter’s Tips for Succeeding in the Industry →

WHAT I'VE LEARNED

Contractor Q&A: Wilber Vargas on Building a Large Residential Painting Firm and the Value of Using Quality Products

3 min read

For more than 30 years, PPC magazine has been on job sites throughout the U.S. and Canada asking residential and commercial paint pros to share their stories. This issue: Wilber Vargas, owner of Wilber’s Painting in Maplewood, New Jersey.
Continue reading Contractor Q&A: Wilber Vargas on Building a Large Residential Painting Firm and the Value of Using Quality Products →

WHAT I'VE LEARNED

Roll with the Changes: Historic Homes to Commercial Work, Canadian Painter Thrives on the Details that Bring it All to Life

3 min read

Pro Experts Painting was first profiled in the Fall 2007 issue of PPC magazine. PPC editor Mike Starling caught up with Scott Martell, owner of the Halifax, Nova Scotia-based painting company, for the fourth installment of our Where Are They Now? series.

Continue reading Roll with the Changes: Historic Homes to Commercial Work, Canadian Painter Thrives on the Details that Bring it All to Life →