What We DoOur goal at Magpie Decorative Painting is to make your nest feel warm and personal, a beautiful enclave where your entire family will love spending time. The way we act in your home and as a business – considerate, flexible, friendly, respectful – is as important to us as our final product.
We think that when you walk into your home, it should feel like putting on a cozy sweater that fits you perfectly, and it should express your family’s personality to the world outside. We’re no different. When Anna was about 10, she wanted her room to feel like an island paradise, so she cut huge palm trees out of construction paper, painted a little ocean at the bottom of the wall, put some sand from her old sand box on the floor, and lit up a “sunset” with red light bulbs in her light fixtures. Jennie made her childhood room into a forest by painting tree branches reaching down from the ceiling, and covered her whole house with murals. We thank our parents from the bottom of our goofy-child hearts for allowing us the freedom to play!
And we’ve never stopped dreaming up ways to make rooms expressive. We’re a little more refined in our tastes now – no more red light bulbs! – but still just as creative. Whether making a plaster fireplace look like natural wood, giving tired cabinets a contemporary look, or painting a whimsical nursery mural, we still feel like kids who get to play with paint all day. And we thank you for letting us do it!
Green as can be…
While we work in an industry that uses paint and therefore can’t be totally green, our personal values have always led us to be as environmentally friendly as possible. We use all water-based paints and varnishes that lack toxic fumes, and use low VOC paints whenever possible. We’re as allergic to waste as we are to Vegas-style faux painting, so we also reuse our materials as often as possible to reduce garbage, and we offset our carbon footprint through American Forests.