Interior and exterior painting, wallpaper, cabinet refinishing and carpentry from Christian Mera's licensed, EPA lead-safe crew. Estimates are free.
The street walk
Every photo on this walk comes from Mera Painting's own jobs. Follow it the way the crew works: outside in, prep before paint, trim last.
Stop one · Exterior
The outside starts with prep. Loose paint comes off, every window gets masked, and the siding is washed first, because paint never adheres perfectly to a dirty surface. We power wash the house and clean the gutters ourselves so the new coat lasts.
Stop two · Porch & deck
Deck painting and staining is its own trade: boards cleaned and dry, stain worked into the grain, steps and porch floors finished so they read as one surface with the trim around them.
Stop three · Kitchen
Looking to update tired kitchen cabinets with a kick of color? Refinishing gives a dated kitchen a new finish without tearing out the boxes. Doors, frames and the island all get the same colour and the same smooth coat.
Stop four · Dining room
We install and remove wallpaper. Old paper and paste come off, the wall is prepped smooth, and the new pattern is hung so it lines up at every seam between the crown and the chair rail.
Stop five · Study
Crown moulding, coffers, built-ins and trim are where carpentry and painting meet. Lead Carpenter Alex's crew handles the woodwork, and the painters cut the white trim crisp against a deep wall colour.
On the lawn, out front
That is what the red sign in the front yard says while the crew works. Customers put it more plainly.
“He’s the first and last call I always make. He is my ‘Go-to-Guy’ when I need interior or exterior work completed.”
From the job file
The same yellow house plays in the film at the top of this page: body, teal panels and white brackets, three colours cut against each other.
Mera Painting and Home Design is licensed, insured and certified to follow EPA specific lead-safe work practices. That matters most in the older homes this part of New Jersey is full of, where the paint you are covering may be decades old.
Before the first coat
Properly preparing for a renovation, before a brush comes out.
Furniture covered, floors protected and the work area closed off, so dust from old paint stays where the crew is working.
We use HEPA vacuums to clean up dust and debris on all surfaces.
A HEPA filter holds the fine dust that a shop vacuum blows back into the room. Every surface, not only the floor.
Followed by wet wiping and wet mopping with plenty of rinse water.
Dry sweeping spreads paint dust. Wiping and mopping wet, then rinsing, lifts it off for good before the room is handed back.
From careful preparation to high-quality paint and wallpaper, the aim is a first-class finish and a clean house. How an interior or exterior job runs.
What the crew does
Mera started as a painter and still specializes in painting. Twenty years of jobs added the wallpaper, the cabinets, the decks and the carpentry that a paint job keeps running into.
Painting & More
Residential and commercial painting throughout NJ and the tri-state area. Prep first, lead-safe on older homes, and a warranty with every job.
Painting
Wallpaper
Wallpaper installation and removal, plus custom walls and decals, done with the same prep as a paint job.
Wallpaper
Refinishing
Tired kitchen cabinets and built-ins refinished in a new colour, and reglazing for surfaces that need a new face.
Cabinets
Outdoors
Decks, porch floors and steps painted or stained, with the trim and railings around them.
Decks
Home Improvement
Kitchens, bathrooms, basements, porticos, siding, trim and molding, tile work and additions. We specialize in painting, but we do home improvements too.
Improvements
Commercial
Offices, schools and retail, warehouses with epoxy paint systems, parking garages, venues, religious buildings and apartment buildings.
CommercialCarpentry, from RB., Chatham, NJ
Other carpenters measured, quoted high and walked off the job. Crown moulding in every bedroom and a curved wall later, this is how it ended. Carpentry and home improvements
“Mr. Mera found it in just a few days and completed the job so efficiently I couldn’t be happier.”The matching moulding for the curved wall was material other carpenters said would take weeks to find.
Christian walks the job, looks at the surfaces and the prep it needs, and gives you a free estimate. From the first visit to the final walk through, the process is meant to stay simple.
Working across
Springfield, Westfield, Summit, Millburn, Short Hills, Chatham, New Vernon, Cranford and the rest of NJ and the tri-state area.
Free estimate
Call the owner’s line, or the office for commercial work.
Cash, checks, money orders and all major credit cards. 123 N Union Ave, Suite 107, Cranford, NJ 07016.