We realize working in a historic Victorian presents a unique set of conditions and requirements and you continually meet or exceed our expectations.
- Ed Fortino and Dayle Duchossois
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Decorative Painting and Faux Finish


What You Can Expect

  • Expertise with traditional and historical finishes

  • Expertise with modern and cutting-edge finishes

  • Award-winning execution

  • Professional representative samples

  • Work that matches samples

  • To be included in the creative process

For a Touch of Soft Elegance

Solutions For Your Concerns

   Watch this short video to discover a wide range of Decorative Finishing techniques that can help
   you overcome some of your trickiest decorating and design challenges.

Decorative Solutions

  • Accentuating Architectural Features
  • Adding Patina to Metal
  • Adding "Period" Elements to Your Decor
  • Balancing a Space
  • Disguising Unsightly Areas
  • Adding Texture to Surfaces
  • And Much More...

What We Do

Ceilings Should Not Be Overlooked

  • Brick Imitation
  • Geometrics
  • Glazing
  • Graining
  • Leather finish
  • Lime Wash
  • Lime-based finishes
  • Luster Stone
  • Marbleizing
  • Marmorino
  • Pearlescent finishes
  • Sponging
  • Stenciling
  • Stone Imitation
  • Strie
  • Striping
  • Suede finish
  • Trompe L'oeil
  • Textures
  • Venetian Plaster ... etc.


Venetian plaster gives the look of marble, without the seams

Venetian plaster was invented centuries ago in Italy to imitate the look of marble. The original ingredients were slaked lime, lime putty and marble dust. There are many modern versions of these ingredients, including synthetic and acrylic versions. The application process is time consuming and requires a high level of skill. It involves a coat of quartz primer and a minimum of two to four thin coats of venetian plaster, applied with a knife or trowel. The surface is then polished with a similar tool or an ultra fine sand paper. The result is one-of-a-kind, artistic, fireproof and mildew-resistant.

Venetian Plaster

600 Square Foot Ceiling
in an Art Deco Living Room


Award–winning faux painting

Painting in Partnership's decorative finishing and faux painting work has earned us many national awards from PDCA and a TOP JOB Award from American Painting Contractor magazine. These awards are testimony to the highest standards of design and painting craftsmanship that we follow on our house painting projects.


Representative samples that deliver

For every decorative finish or faux painting project we work on, we produce a representative sample for your approval. If alterations need to be made, the changes are made at no additional charge to you. Once you approve the sample, our task becomes about faithfully reproducing the decorative finish depicted on the sample onto your desired surfaces.


Decorative finishes from historical, to traditional, to cutting-edge

The decorative finishes and faux painting work we do span the entire spectrum, from historical paint finishes and more traditional styles, to the more modern and cutting-edge decorative painting techniques. The manufacturers in the faux finishing field constantly innovate by introducing new products and techniques. We make it our business to contribute that new knowledge to you.


You can be an integral part of our creative process

"We Paint in Partnership with YOU!" is our slogan. It means that, when we do a decorative finishing or faux painting project for you, we work with your ideas and vision for the project and combine them with ours to arrive at a result that delights you, every time.


Contact Us

Painting in Partnership, Inc.

518 N. Brockway

Palatine, IL 60067


Tel: 847-934-8885

Fax: 847-934-8157


Email: info@paintpartner.com

Our Service Areas

Painting in Partnership is proud to serve Chicago, the North Shore and
Northwest Suburbs, including these communities:

Arlington Heights Glencoe Lake Barrington Oak Park
Barrington Hills Glenview Lake Bluff Oakbrook
Barrington Shores Hawthorne Woods Lake Forest Palatine
Barrington Highland Park Lake Zurich Park Ridge
Burr Ridge Highwood Lincolnshire Riverwoods
Crystal Lake Hinsdale Lincolnwood South Barrington
Deer Park Inverness Long Grove Tower Lakes
Deerfield Kenilworth North Barrington Wilmette
Evanston Kildeer Northbrook Winnetka
Wheaton Naperville Downers Grove River Forest
Northfield Wayne Elgin Libertyville

Some of Our Affiliations (click on any logo for more information)

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