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HAGERLING PAPERHANGING

…”he’s a wallpaper whisperer”… 

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Look further down on this page to learn more about this beautiful Morris&Co. wallpaper installation pictured above.

Hagerling Paperhanging & Painting

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Formerly known as: National Guild of Professional Paperhangers (NGPP)

I live and work in beautiful Asheville, North Carolina, nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains serving customers and clients in the general western North Carolina area and sometimes venturing further when requested.

Below you will find an interesting look at some of the work I’ve done and some video too.   I call it From Roll to Real. 

(JUST A QUICK NOTE HERE: If you have just a small project you want installed, like a powder room or a single accent wall,  you need not be intimidated by the larger projects on display here.  I do the little ones all the time as well 🙂 .)

THE LARGEST HOUSE I’VE WORKED IN

Yes, the Biltmore Estate  America’s largest home, right here in Asheville where I installed wallpaper in  some rooms. Of course they had it custom printed to be historically accurate.  They were very pleased with my work. 

CUSTOMER COMMENTS

These are all verified Angieslist customer reviews. 
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EXQUISITE! Mark Hagerling is the finest craftsman you’re going to find. He’s a “wallpaper whisperer.” What a joy it was to watch him at work putting up a William Morris reproduction wallpaper in our dining room. No easy task due to the wonderfully dense pattern and interruption of windows and bookcases. The end result is breathtaking. The thought, the care, the perfect measurements that Mark brings to his work are obvious when viewing the finished product. There aren’t words enough to say how much I recommend him. He’s a delight. Hire him. You won’t regret it.
Janet Z.
Mark has wallpapered quite a few rooms for us. He does excellent work. He is very careful and does a great deal of measuring and planning. He even takes care to center the pattern vertically and horizontally in the room (like over a window or fireplace, for example). The end-result is flawless: the surfaces are smooth, the patterns are straight and level, the seams are perfectly matched. On top of it all, he is quiet, efficient, dependable and reasonable.
Jennifer B.
Mark does exceptional work. A very focused professional who does what he says when he says he’ll do it. He papered two small bathrooms (lots of tight corners and crowded spaces), and he did an outstanding job. He even removed the light fixtures and reinstalled them after hanging the paper. I would very highly recommend him. He has also done some beautiful, very upscale installations in the Weaverville area. You can’t go wrong here!
Sheila E.
"This man is amazing! His work is superb. He is a very kind soft spoken gentleman that is professional and very neat with his work. You will not be disappointed I plan to use his services again."
"Mark’s quality, openness and honesty won us over and we plan to hire again."
"Mark is very professional and somewhat "stealth." The work looks fabulous. He never leaves a mess, is always punctual, and is very flexible. He works very quickly. We hired hm a few years ago and were so satisfied that we brought him back for these two projects."
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PAPERHANGING PROJECTS

FROM ROLL TO REAL

Let's look at a roll sitting on my work table. Then let's see the real thing on some walls.

A Really Cool paperhanging project

This was a two-story spiral staircase. There were all sorts of special considerations that had to be taken into account. Above is the wallpaper sitting on my table. Check out the finished work below.

Grasscloth project

Love the grasscloth. It just has that organic look and feel. Check it out sitting on my table above. See the finished room below.

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super shiny paper, high ceilings project. hard work...whew!

This was a rather large room with about 25 foot ceilings. Hanging wallcovering that was so shiny a large grain of sand behind the wallcovering would show in the wrong light. See the wallcovering above on my table. See interesting pics and curious video below.

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PROJECT:

MORRIS & CO.

Exquisite designer wallpaper by famed designer William Morris  1800s.

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PROJECT:

Bradbury&Bradbury

…fine handprinted art wallpaper…

This was a fun project to transform the weathered and textured walls to smooth walls ready for this fine handprinted Bradbury & Bradbury. Take a look at this paper on my table and then watch the process in the pictures that follow.

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PROJECT:

LINCRUSTA

A deeply embossed wallcovering manufactured in Britain since 1877

Another fun project. This dado panel design was actually designed to go under a shorter chair rail than what we had here. So we cut out the original secondary pattern and used another design that was able to fill the space needed for a higher chair rail.  Once it was all installed we had faux painter extraordinaire, Anna Krauss, come in to give it some rich color and effect.

Check out the raw materiel on my work table and then check out the pictures of making the whole thing real.

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54" Commercial Vinyl Projects

Planet fitness

I hung all the wallcovering for this new huge Planet Fitness facility.

The inn on biltmore estate

I repapered all the meeting rooms.

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MURAL PROJECTS

Murals are becoming much more the thing lately.  And with more and more wallcovering being digitally printed a number of new possibilities have opened up.  Check out some of my mural installations.

PHILLIP JEFFRIES

PHILLIP JEFFRIES is famous for their many innovations in  design and construction.  Here’s an exquisite gold leaf style mural.  Have a look on my table.  And then let’s see the finished mural on the wall.

By the way, you can see books and samples of Phillip Jeffries wallcovering at Yesterday’s Tree in Asheville.

Masterworks to Mural

Here’s an example of a great masterpiece painting scanned digitally and turned into a massive wall mural.

Bedroom Masterworks Mural

Looking for a new way to spice things up in the bedroom? Hmmm?

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Formerly known as: National Guild of Professional Paperhangers (NGPP)

PAINTING PROJECTS

I haven’t tried to photo my everyday painting projects too much. And frankly, I’m not doing much painting these days since wallpaper has come back into popularity.  However, I have included some comments below from customers on Angieslist for your perusal if you wish which may arouse some images in your mind. (You can go on Angieslist and verify these reviews if you want.)

Below that I am including some photos of kitchen cabinet painting I have done. This had become a sub-specialty for me that I’m particularly proud of and it’s interesting to see the before and after pictures. It’s a great way for people to turn those dingy, dark, old cabinets into something light and new looking for much less than the cost of replacing them.

CUSTOMER COMMENTS

These are all verified Angieslist customer reviews. 
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"From start to finish, Mark was very easy to plan and work with. His expertise was evident, and his advice about a color for the bathroom when we were stumped proved to be excellent. All in all, I don't think you could do better than Mark for any painting job."
"Mark is very professional and somewhat "stealth." The work looks fabulous. He never leaves a mess, is always punctual, and is very flexible. He works very quickly. We hired hm a few years ago and were so satisfied that we brought him back for these two projects."
"He did an excellent job. He is a careful painter and takes time to be neat. I will hire again in the future!"
"Extremely well done. Very professional, amazingly clean. Mark works alone, and though the job might have taken longer as a result, it was done to perfection. We would absolutely use him again."
"Mark’s quality, openness and honesty won us over and we plan to hire again."
"Fantastic. Timely, Well done. Efficient." Description of work: "He painted our home office, living room and three bedrooms. He was highly professional, respectful of our home, and left he rooms tidy at the end of each day. He had the tools and know how to paint the very high walls of our two-story high living room as well as some very narrow places that were tricky."
"This man is amazing! His work is superb. He is a very kind soft spoken gentleman that is professional and very neat with his work. You will not be disappointed I plan to use his services again."
"He arrived at appointed times for estimate and work. Very neat. very efficient in getting his work done. easy to have in the house. a very neat painting job."
"Mark painted the inside of our large home. He was meticulous in his work, patient with our multiple animals and accommodating to our schedule needs."
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KITCHEN CABINET PAINTING PROJECTS

I have painted many, many sets of kitchen cabinets and have made it a sort of sub-specialty of mine. All the doors and hinges are removed.  All the cabinets and doors are painted by hand with meticulous prep, a special primer for exceptional adhesion and 2 coats of oil-base top-coat.  The result is a very hard, durable almost sprayed appearance.  Take a look at these pictures.

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Before painting
After painting
Before painting
After painting
These oak wood cabinets...
...will still show some grain after they are painted...
...but they look great when they are done, very smooth but with the grain.
Here's a photo of some cabinets I painted about 10 years previously. They still look great!