About Us
How We Came to Be...
The business was started by our father, Nick, in the early 1960's ... then brothers Patrick and Scott joined the company as teenagers.
In the early years of Lauterio's painting and paper hanging, the primary work was commercial painting that had us traveling from Massachusetts to Virginia. The main contracts were home centers, pharmacies, warehouses and fast food restaurants.
After years of travel our mother, Helen, convinced our father to stay closer to home more often and to start adding residential paint and paper to our scope of work. H & N Lauterio decor is a decorating company owed by our mother that was quickly growing and referring a lot of painting and papering to local companies. Growing tired of all the travel, we began doing some of the residential work recommended to us by our mother's company.
Customers of the decorating company would share their complaints about contractors with our mother and her staff (i.e. loud music, vulgar language, leaving a mess and not showing up on time). Following the advice of Helen, our father insisted that all employees be punctual, speak quietly, be respectful and leave the job organized and clean. This approach, added to our already high standards of workmanship, professionalism and quality products, proved to be a very successful formula for high end residential work. Word of mouth spread from customer to customer and in no time we were a company that customers would wait months for if necessary.
Lauterio's was passed to Nick's sons Patrick and Scott about 20 years ago. Under the ownership of Patrick and Scott the company has grown and expanded. Through word of mouth advertising, our scope of work includes painting of starter homes, main line mansions, investment properties, luxury apartment buildings, "over 55" communities, hotels, warehouses, fitness centers and office buildings.