Asking Around: Nancy is still looking for a spray painting service

After sadly telling Nancy that we still have no spray painting recommendations at askaround.ca I said "Would you like to write a quick blog article about this?". So she did. Here it is.

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“Sarah Richardson can come by my house any time and do anything she likes without even asking"

If you are fellow HG decorating show junkie, you know what I am talking about. Sarah Richardson has a soothing, calm decorating modus operandi that suits me fine. I especially love it when, in the course of a job, she will wander into a used furniture shop somewhere in Toronto or cottage country, and find a nondescript piece that she immediately says, “I will spray this white and it will be a perfect (insert object required)!”
 
She even approaches kitchen face-lifts with a similar pronouncement … “We’ll just take off the kitchen cupboard doors and get them sprayed – saves a lot of time and money and no drips and brush lines.”  As a Sarah Richardson wanna-be, I hang on every word. I long to take a $19.99 hunk of junk and turn it into a serviceable one-of-a-kind piece for my home. 
 
So I set out to find a local establishment that would spray whatever it is that I want sprayed. Kitchen cabinet doors, rattan bar stools, an old dresser, a ‘value-village’ TV table …    But I can’t find even one company in Ottawa who will do this work.  I’ve asked around … hardware stores, contractors, professional painters; they look at me like I am suggesting a weird and obscure process – why would I think such a service would exist here?
 
If I were entrepreneurial at all, I would immediately launch a franchise and provide this important decorating service far and wide.
 
Can you imagine the marketing strategy you could launch around the Great Glebe Garage Sale in May? Or the Old Ottawa South Porch Sale? Handing out flyers to all the people lugging furniture around – because you know half of them will want to paint their treasure … and if you can do it faster/better/cheaper, I am guessing you’d do well.
 

But I digress – I am still reluctantly doing my own furniture painting, complete with streaks and drips.  I am now facing the great kitchen painting job that is long overdue because it is daunting. Spray painting my kitchen cupboard doors would jumpstart the whole process.  I just can’t believe there isn’t someone up to Sarah’s standards out there in the spray painting business, hiding in an industrial park somewhere in Ottawa . . .

Nancy

TV decorating connoisseur and long-time Ask Around member

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Short of conjuring a spray painting knight to appear on a (drop sheeted) white charger and ride into Nancy's kitchen there's not much more I can do.  But Ask Around members are a resourceful lot - I'm sure someone has some ideas.  Share yours by posting a comment here or a recommendation at askaround.ca.

Look forward to hearing from you.

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Comments

[Helloanne]

Nancy, did you try R&R Woodworking at 898 Somerset (just off of the bridge)? Their number is (613) 729-1907. I'm pretty sure they offer all sorts of furniture refinishing services.

[Wendy]

. . . and from twitter:

@girlaboutOtown Try www.rldindustries.com, www.paintmagic.ca, or www.ottawacabinetpainting.com. Would love to know how it works out...

[lynn townsend]

Wendy.

I too am a Sarah junkie!!! Now I want to spray paint my coffee table. Did you ever find a place in Ottawa. Please let me know.

Lynn

[Retro Jordans]

Hi...Your article really got me thinking man..... an intelligent piece ,I must say.

[medieval clothing]

oh that's cool! i wish you all the best and good luck

[Diane Henckel]

You can try RLD Industries Ltd.
4210 Albion rd. Ottawa
613 822-4000
They advertise Repaint of Cabinet doors.
I also asked about painting a table and chairs. They are expensive but if you want it done you have to pay big...unfortunately

D

[Johnny]

It's genuinely awing I like it an awful lot. It will truly assists me more. Neat. Fantastic job.

[Hils]

No furniture paint sprayers in Ottawa??!! This is distressing news! I am looking for someone to restore my 6 year old metal patio bar table and stools/chairs, which have rusted and desperately need refurbishing. Other than the rust, they are in good shape. Throwing them out is a terrible waste. I'm in an apartment, so even if I was competent, there's nowhere to do the spraying.
Hils

[johlandy]

anyone looking for painting contractor???
pls e-mail me add:
lnl@hotmail.sg

[utah lodges]

It speaks particularly on the subject. I like it that way.