This year, my husband and I decided we would take our kids on a very special vacation.......London and Paris!We left on Saturday, February 18, their very first day of winter break and spent the entire week traveling back and forth between London and Paris.Being the owner of a dessert business, I felt it was my obligation to take some s... Read More

Tonight the Nassau/Suffolk chapter of the Painting and Decorating Contractors of America is having a business meeting at Mim's of Roslyn.7 p.m. All members are invited as we finalize out plans for our June Golf outing. Read More

January 11th, the Nassau/Suffolk chapter of the P.D.C.A. (Painting&Decorating Contractors of America) held our monthly meeting at a new location, Mim’s of Roslyn. To make this move special after so many years at the Jericho location, we brought in painting business expert David Chism to make a presentation on marketing. David was h... Read More

January 11th, the Nassau/Suffolk chapter of the P.D.C.A. (Painting&Decorating Contractors of America) held our monthly meeting at a new location, Mim’s of Roslyn. To make this move special after so many years at the Jericho location, we brought in painting business expert David Chism to make a presentation on marketing. David was h... Read More

Waiting You made an appointment with a local painter to have an estimate for a few rooms you would like to freshen. When you called the business, they picked up the phone, took all your information including phone number and gave you a mutually accepted time. Now, it is Thirty minutes past that time and the painted has not showed or ev... Read More

No business is perfect. Complaints with service occur with every business no matter how hard they try. Recently, I heard a radio ad by a large seller on Long Island. This seller admits he does 600,000 deliveries a year and almost all go perfect, but he’s not 100%. But, he is proud of his record and how hard he tries. There are two impo... Read More

It is Christmas Eve morning and all through the house, not a creature is stirring, not even Boo, my pet mouse. O.K. I am off by a day and Clement Clarke Moore I am not. But, also I am not lazy. Obsessed, perhaps. I am obsessed with my business. I am obsessed with learning, improving, educating and exposing fakes, phonies and ... Read More

I believe in trust. I always judge a man by what he does when nobody is looking.  As a painter, I am bound by my word. I have to look in the mirror and like who I see. If I promise a painting job of 2 coats, that is what I give. If it covers and looks great with 1 coat of paint, I will tell the customer and give the choice to... Read More

Last night was the annual PDCA -Painting and Decorating Contractors of America Christmas Dinner at Koenigs of Floral park. About 30 individuals attended a nice night with no talk of painting. Next month our monthly meeting of the Nassau/Suffolk chapter shall take place @ Mims, Roslyn Hieghts, N.Y. just north of the Long Island Expressw... Read More

Wallpaper- Do not try this at home[Show as slideshow]Today I went on an interesting wallpapering estimate. It was an eight roll job. The customer had attempted to hang the paper and quite after 2 sheets. This is not uncommon and he had the good sense to know not to continue. It was a rather simple paper with a 20″ drop match on an 8′ w... Read More

Running a legitimate house painting business on Long Island is not easy. As I have blogged about numerous times, we are plagued with numerous unlicensed and uninsured "Fly By Night" companies that undercut our prices since they cannot match our service, quality or reliability. The Nassau County Department of Consumer Affairs seems to d... Read More

This is to my fellow contractors. News alert:Most consumers have little respect for you. Today, I visited a job site. It is a 20,000 square foot warehouse. We are spraying the ceiling which is a mixture of Iron, tin, pipes, pressed wood and about everything you can imagine. We have every surface covered. All wires are taped off with bl... Read More

3000 sq feet fron and center with electric cooking only, seller only wants what he put into it it, great for a big box retailer who has commissary such as Preta Manger, Pax , Cafe Metro etc Read More

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I subscribe to a very good blog by Seth Godin. Today's subject was "No" No, we don't take clients like that. No, that's not part of what we offer. No, that market is too hard for us to service properly. No, I won't bend on this principle. No, I'm sorry, I won't be able to have lunch with you. No, that's not good enough. Will you please... Read More