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Winter is the time to take stock of all of those pesky interior projects you didn’t have time to get to this fall and were too busy to get to over the holidays. Now, North Atlantic Painting Company is making it easier for you to tackle small residential or commercial painting projects without committing to a huge budget or extended contract.

“This is ideal for homeowners, small businesses, restaurants, retail businesses, and doctor’s offices,” said NAPC owner Peter Berke. “Unlike with an individual house painter who is a one-man operation, with us, you know you’re getting years of professional experience and training. You know we will show up when we say we will. We’re fully insured and lead-certified (check our credentials here) and with that comes our practice of leaving a home or business in meticulous shape after we are through.”

NAPC Painter For A Day

Knock your to-do list down with the help of a NAPC Painter For A Day. Paint a room, a door, touch up worn areas, or just freshen up a couple of spots. We know it’s difficult to get to those small projects that don’t require a full painting crew, but may take more time and experience than you have. That’s why we now offer the NAPC Painter For A Day.

With our NAPC Painter For A Day, you get one (or more) of our professional painters to come to your house or place of business for a day. We’ll bring all the tools and supplies, even the paint if necessary. We’ll stay up to eight hours, working on your priority list of painting-related jobs. We’ll do the prep work, painting and cleanup. You can work along with us or we’ll tackle the job ourselves.

Hire A NAPC Painter For A Day To:

• Paint a room
• Touch up trim
• Paint a door, shutters, almost everything
• Perform minor repairs such as water stains or plaster patches
• Any combination of paint-related jobs for up to eight hours.

For $350 You Can…

Hire A NAPC Painter For A Day

To find out more visit us online and check out our offer.

West Bay Rotary Chili Challenge on February 11, 2017

The event has historically taken place at the Camden Snow Bowl under a tent as this photo depicts from several years shows.

It may be chilly outside, but it’s chili inside…at The Sea Dog, this year for West Bay Rotary’s Annual “Chili Challenge” to be held on Saturday, February 11 after the Toboggan heats are done.

West Bay Rotarian Mark Masterson said, “Rotary is a world-wide organization whose basic tenet is to improve the lives of people both around the world and in local communities. The Chili Challenge is one of our many activities that support Rotary’s goals. This is our way of giving back to our community. All of our net profits that come from this event will go back to support the Camden Snow Bowl and the Midcoast community at large. If it weren’t for them, we wouldn’t have all of these great events going on in town.”

The hungry public gets to sample their gastronomic endeavors for the ‘Best of the Best’ for 2017. Chili samples will be served up from 4 p.m. on until the “pots are empty.” Judging will be by popular secret ballot cast by the tasters. Shameless promotion by the chefs is strongly encouraged! Look forward to the culinary creations from the Sea Dog Brewing Co. and Restaurant, Waterfront Restaurant, Marriner’s Restaurant, Waterworks Restaurant & Pub, Quarry Hill, the student chefs at Midcoast School of Technology, Camden Hills Regional High School’s ‘Wave’ Cafeteria and numerous others!

In the past, the event has taken place at the Camden Snow Bowl, but the organizers wanted it to be inside and downtown where everything else is happening that weekend, so The Sea Dog very graciously offered to host the event in their warm rooms upstairs.

“That way, you can have a beer with your chili, or if you want something else, you can order from the Sea Dog menu,” said Masterson.

There is a donation of $10 (at the door) for adults and $6 for kids 12 and under…… and you will get a lot of food!

All proceeds go to help West Bay Rotary support local civic non-profit and charitable activities.

Every year, interior decorators across the nation discuss what’s on trend for the coming year in home design and year after year, one trend does not fall off the list.

Kerrie Kelly, a Zillow Digs home design expert, said in the latest Home Trends Forecast for 2017, “From hidden appliances to beautifully painted cabinets in complementing colors, homeowners want their kitchen to be stylish enough for entertaining, yet welcoming and functional for everyday use.”

It’s not widely known, but small upgrades in areas such as the kitchen or bathroom can help a home sell faster.

The Average Kitchen Cabinetry Repaint Is Between $2,500-$3,500.

The Average Cost To Change Out The Cabinetry Altogether Is $20,000+

“Painting kitchen cabinetry or bookshelves is the quickest, most inexpensive way of upgrading your home,” said NAP owner, Peter Berke. “There’s no construction, no demolition. Not even a mess in your kitchen. The way we do it, we remove the cabinetry and shelves and bring it to our shop. With the superior products we use, there is no need for stripping either.”

Our crew is experienced. We have one crew member in our shop dedicated to the project, lightly sanding the cabinet, applying two coats of bonding primer and two finish coats. Then we’ll have one or two other crew members at your home painting the built-in part of the cabinetry that can’t be removed. That is the least amount of investment and the biggest bang for your buck.”

For a typical house, NAP can usually turn them around in one week. All you have to do is update with a new color and new hardware. Hinges and knobs are easy to replace and you can always change the location of the knobs. If you do buy new hardware (depending on whether it is going in the exact same spot as the old hardware) we can do that for you—for no additional cost.

Check out our Project Gallery on Cabinets and let us know what we can do for you.

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“Be A Gift To The World”

That’s what we believe in and that’s what we strive to do. This past year, 2016 was a strong year for giving back.

“I’m half way into my presidency at West Bay Rotary and really enjoying it,” said North Atlantic Painting founder Peter Berke. “We’re ending the season of giving and reflecting and what better way to do that than to participate with an organization that’s known globally and locally for being generous and giving back?”

This past year, West Bay Rotary made physical and financial contributions to worthy projects and organizations giving out nearly $30,000.

These funds were entirely from net proceeds from our various fundraisers through the year, like the Duck Derby and Christmas tree sales, our two biggest events. We also park cars for the Toboggan Championships, do admission for the Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors Festival, ran a beer tent for the Maine Lobster Ride, host a chili challenge during Winterfest and a chowder challenge during Windjammer Weekend, and run an eWaste program.

Of that $30,000, most of it was direct giving, but $7,500 of it was to our West Bay Charitable Foundation, a separate but associated organization.

The rest of the funds we gave went to college scholarships to five or six local students, Rotary International’s Polio Plus program, our Rotary district’s Governor’s project, scholarships to support five students to attend the Camden Conference, various international projects in Lesotho, Guatemala, and Peru (designated by our International Committee), and various local projects. In addition, we supported an exchange student from Iceland, Berglind Sigurbjornsdottir. (This year we’re supporting a young man from Thailand, Jay Klaipong.)

In addition to this, we also collect pocket change from members every week. It usually totals between $50-$100/week, which we donate to various organizations and causes. About 90% of our members also individually give $100 or more a year to Rotary International’s Every Rotarian Every Year program, which supports grant programs in our local district and around the world.

Click to see a list of community organizations Rotary has donated to.

Thank you for working with us this year, giving your contributions and time. Happy Holidays from all of us to all of you!

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Every ornament was unique and sold for $15 each or two for $20. The tree sales supported local charities. The ornament sales benefited the families at Hospitality House….so it was a win-win for everyone!

Dawna Hilton, assistant to the Executive Director of Holiday House told us: “I was there this past weekend and they are getting close to selling completely out of ornaments. When they sell out of trees, we’ll be done selling ornaments, but so far, we’ve sold more than 80 ornaments with more than $500 in sales and counting. And all of that directly benefits our clients at Hospitality House.”

Every single weekday from noon to 6 p.m. and on the weekend from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. until Christmas, the Rotarians are going to be out there at Maine Sport’s parking lot giving it all they’ve got.

West Bay Rotary President Peter Berke said: “This time of the year and being involved with Rotary, it kind of brings it all home for us here, with the proceeds from tree, wreath and holiday card sales all go back to the nonprofits our community.”

To see the final count (when all is said and done) stay tuned the West Bay Rotary Facebook page as well as the Hospitality House Facebook page.

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Every year, we support the West Bay Rotary Club in their annual Duck Derby fundraiser and this year we broke the record!

On May 28, 3,500 plastic ducks (each paid for by a ticket holder) were released at the Camden Maine footbridge and traveled over the falls into the harbor where the lucky winners of big prizes happened to be the first ducks who crossed the finish line.

As president elect of the West Bay Rotary Club and owner of North Atlantic Painting, I can tell you this year, we netted over $11,000 in ticket sales. The numbers have steadily grown year after year. We had a good turnout with the public, good turnout with everybody who volunteered–it was really good.

The money is going to The Hospitality House, Meals on Wheels, the food pantries, and scholarships at the Camden Hills Regional High School. North Atlantic Painting is serious about helping our communities.

Here at North Atlantic Painting, we’ve seen enough “common” mistakes when taking on a painting project that we’d like to share our expert insights with you. Here are the three biggest mistakes you want to take care to avoid:

1. Prepping: The biggest problem we’ve seen are when homeowners underestimate the amount of time and prep it takes to paint a room. Cleaning the the dirt, grease and grime from walls, trim and ceilings, sanding the room, patching holes and cracks, caulking open seams and priming the walls are all necessary steps in prepping a room properly. Homeowners don’t usually realize how much time all of these little steps take until they start painting and begin to encounter the issues along the way.It takes a steady hand to caulk seams correctly. (Photo courtesy Wikihow)
2. Taping: Taping off walls, ceilings and trim to make straight lines seems like a great idea–but in reality, always backfires. It never comes out right for the homeowner. This is just one of the things that it takes experienced painters years to know how to do right–and our crew is so experienced that we don’t even tape at all. We have painters who cut in ceilings and walls freehand without a mistake. The only time we ever tape is to avoid splatter marks when we’re rolling.
3. Using low quality paint: Recent radio commercials in the Midcoast area have been advertising an all-in-one primer/paint product because of course, everyone wants to save money and time when doing a home painting job. But, for a house to look great, it takes multiple coats of the right product. Using an all-in-one primer/paint product as a shortcut doesn’t save you any extra time or money because it’s more expensive than primer. So, what you’re doing is paying for two finish coats (without ever prepping it with primer which is a mistake!) We always use Benjamin Moore and Sherwin Williams products on our high-end houses and commercial buildings.A popular all-in-one primer and paint

The less time the NAP crew has to prep the site, the more ends up back in your wallet. However, if you don’t want to do the prep work yourself, we are a full service company who can do all of this for you.

We are currently booking interior work into the winter and exterior work for the 2016 season. Give us a call at 207-236-0703 for a free estimate.

With only a limited time in summer to enjoy the days, it’s a good idea to defer your house painting project to the cooler days of fall or winter (especially when crews aren’t so busy.)

A little prep work goes a long way.

There are a few steps homeowners who wish to save some money can take. North Atlantic Painting has a few pro tips for the homeowner on a limited budget:

1. Cut away any landscaping (bushes, trees, branches) that’s growing up against the side of the house. Make sure all foliage is cut back 2 1/2 feet from house. It keeps rodents and bugs from getting too close (and in the way).Photo courtesy prettyhandygirl.com
2. Remove the patio furniture and grills away from the house.
3. Make sure when painters arrive, there is access to water and power.
4. Call the power company and have the wires wrapped ahead of time. This refers to the wire that extends from the power pole to the house. It needs to be wrapped with rubber, so there’s no chance of an accidental electrocution.
5. Remove the shutters. (This takes elbow grease but saves a lot of time if the homeowner wants to save money!)
6. Take a hose and wash down all of the siding and trim, to get all of the dirt off.Photo courtesy diynetwork.com
7. Inspect the eaves and rafters for any yellow jacket or paper wasp nests (like the one pictured) and get rid of them before the crew starts work on the job site. (If they turn out to be honeybees, there are some beekeepers in the area who’d probably do that for you in order to keep the colony of bees alive – so check that out first.)Photo courtesy Wikihow.com

The less time the NAP crew has to prep the site, the more ends up back in your wallet. However, if you don’t want the hassle of doing it yourself, we are a full service company who can do all of this for you.

We are currently booking interior work into the winter and exterior work for the 2016 season. Give us a call at 207-236-0703 for a free estimate or visit us at www.mainecoatings.com