Before & after

A home’s next chapter.

Real exterior painting, a full kitchen renovation, a kitchen taken from black cabinets to gray, a front entry door replacement, a ceiling brought back with new sheetrock and a wall closed up and painted — all real jobs.

Recent work

Work we’re proud of.

Exterior painting, a full kitchen renovation, a kitchen taken from black cabinets to gray, a front entry door replacement, a ceiling brought back with new sheetrock, and a wall closed up and painted after work at the electrical panel.

Completed exterior house painting in soft red siding with white trim — Exterior repaint · Siding & trim

Rear view of a freshly painted two-story home with painted chimney — Exterior repaint · Chimney & deck side

Exterior painting detail of red siding, stucco accent wall and fresh window trim — Exterior painting · Trim & accents

Kitchen renovation

One Atlanta kitchen taken from a rotted floor to a finished room — damaged subfloor out, new subfloor and cabinet boxes in, then painted with new counters and flooring.

Before, during and after

Kitchen mid-demolition with the floor torn out to exposed wood joists and an open hole to the crawl space, wall framing and rough plumbing exposed — Before · Rotted subfloor torn out

The same kitchen with new plywood subfloor laid and raw unfinished base cabinet boxes installed beneath the existing upper cabinets, wall open for plumbing and electrical — During · New subfloor & cabinet boxes

Finished kitchen with white painted cabinets, light laminate countertops, black refrigerator, cooktop under a white range hood and a stainless built-in wall oven — After · Painted, new counters & flooring

Cabinet refinishing · black to gray

The same Atlanta kitchen, photographed before and after the color change. Doors, drawers, frames and base cabinets were prepped and finished in place.

Same island, before and after

Kitchen island with black shaker cabinets, silver bar handles and veined granite countertop before being painted gray — Before · Island & drawers

The same kitchen island painted gray, with the same veined granite countertop, after refinishing — After · Island & drawers

Before · black cabinets

Black painted upper cabinets beside a stainless refrigerator before being refinished gray — Before · Uppers & fridge wall

Bank of black upper cabinets with black subway tile and granite counters before being refinished gray — Before · Counter wall

Black shaker base cabinet with speckled granite waterfall countertop before being refinished gray — Before · Base cabinet & granite

After · refinished gray

Gray painted upper cabinets above black subway tile with a stainless refrigerator after refinishing — After · Uppers over black tile

Gray painted sink base cabinet with granite countertop and built-in stainless dishwasher after refinishing — After · Sink base & dishwasher

Door replacement

A front entry that was a single door with narrow side panels, now a pair of doors with glass.

Front entry, before and after

Front entry with a forest green door with an oval glass insert and two white multi-pane sidelights set in a red brick facade, before replacement — Before · Single door & sidelights

The same front entry fitted with dark bronze double French doors with divided glass panels and a black keypad deadbolt — After · Double French doors

Ceiling sheetrock install

A room taken from open roof trusses to new sheetrock — hung, taped and mudded, ready for texture and paint.

Ceiling, before and after

Room with yellow walls and the ceiling open to exposed wood roof trusses, ductwork and wiring before new sheetrock was installed — Before · Open to roof trusses

The same room with new sheetrock installed on the ceiling, taped seams and joint compound patches, and a ceiling air register, before texture and paint — After · New sheetrock, taped & mudded

Wall repair

A wall that had been opened up at the electrical panel, closed with new drywall, taped and mudded, then textured and painted so the repair disappears into the wall.

Before, during and after

Interior gray wall with the drywall cut away below an electrical breaker panel, exposing wood studs, wiring and conduit, before the repair — Before · Wall opened at the panel

The same wall with new drywall fitted below and around the breaker panel and coated with joint compound, before paint — During · New drywall, taped & mudded

The same wall patched, textured and painted to match the surrounding gray paint, with the breaker panel refitted — After · Painted to match

Real photos from John Total Home Services work — the rotted floor, black cabinets, green entry door, open truss ceiling and the wall opened at the panel are the before, the finished kitchen, gray cabinets, double doors, mudded sheetrock and the painted wall are the after.

A fresh perspective

Same home.
Whole new feeling.

Sometimes the difference is in the details. Sometimes it’s a complete transformation. Either way, your home’s next chapter starts with a little care.

John’s recent work

Painting · Kitchens · Doors · Sheetrock

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