Vinny Ciambriello has been an Apartment Therapy go-to painter on small jobs for a number of years. A musician by night, he paints by day and does a great job with clean walls. Exacting about the finish, Vinnie works alone, so he is a good choice for painting one to three rooms of a smaller apartment. This is how he puts it:
I'm a demon for precise completion. Details become ingrained in my head so that by the time I leave, not one of them has been overlooked.
Problems? If your walls need a lot of repair work with plaster, Vinny is not your man, he does do some, but a straight ahead paint job is right up his alley. Available for estimates, Vinny can often give you a price over the phone.
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Comments (7)
Vinnie just finished painting our very challenging and furniture filled 1 bedroom apartment last week. He did an AMAZING job with the apartment - way beyond what we would have had with our original painters. Excellent work and dedication. Would absolutely hire him again, and highly recommend. Thanks again Vinnie!
It's so much better when you have one or two people do a remodeling or paint job vs. a team of different people. I don't live in NYC, but I just had a similar wonderful experience of remodeling my bedroom by one person who took days to carefully prepare the walls by carefully patching any imperfections and smoothing the surfaces before painting. I wanted mold trim added, so he had a partner help him and that was it. They were both perfectionists and did an outstanding job. It was a little more expensive, but in the long run, you get what you pay for. When I first moved into my home, I wanted my downstairs area painted and trimmed. I went with the least expensive remodelers and different people did certain jobs under one contractor. The job was done fast (they had another job pending and fit me in at the last minute) and it shows. After the recent remodel of my bedroom, I now see the difference of quality and shoddy work. One person has full control and pride of their work and usually does the job correctly.
I'd like to call this guy for a rate quote, but don't see any contact information. Anyone have it?
Susan, Vinny's number is: 718-638-1083
Vinny just painted my new apartment in Cobble Hill and did a magnificent job. Not only is he very skilled but has great feedback on color choices. I would use him again in a heartbeat.
Vinny did a terrific job painting my Manhattan apartment this spring (2010). His fee was reasonable, he went out of his way to work within my tight timeframe, worked around all my belongings--and me!--in a small space ad the apartment looks great.
Vinny did an excellent job painting 2 apartments for me last month. Based on the feedback on this site, I hired him to paint the walls (light green/blue) on my large 1 bedroom apartment with 10 foot ceilings. He gave me a very reasonable estimate over e-mail, and then offered to visit the apt to firm up the number. The estimate did not change at all from the initial price, and he did an excellent job in about a day and a half, working by himself. Based on this superb work we asked him to paint the walls back to white on our previous apartment, which he also did quickly and immaculately and at a reasonable price.
Vinny was extremely professional - the three times that we arranged to meet, he showed up exactly on time and ready to go (very important when you are taking time off work in the middle of the day!). I wholeheartedly recommend him.