Rutger's Painting

Rutgers Painting was founded by owner Kevin Sheridan in 1992. Kevin was looking for a way to pay for his college tuition to (where else?) Rutgers University when he started painting houses in his hometown of Maplewood, NJ. Kevin and his painters did a professional job on the houses they painted and word soon spread about those "guys from Rutgers".



Maplewood, NJ was the first municipality in the United States to pass laws regarding the sanding of lead-based paint on homes. When every other painter left town, Rutgers Painting remained and worked with town health officials to develop the lead safe sanding and renovation practices that evolved into the standard used nationwide.



Rutgers Painting grew over the following 20 years by always producing a quality finished product that has consistently "wowed" the homeowners of Essex, Union, Morris and Somerset counties. When Kevin Sheridan was asked in 2009 what he thought was the #1 reason for the success and longevity of his company, he answered, "Our company core values. We measure our success based on how well we adhere to our core values."