We are going to introduce a new category to our blog called “Projects At a Glance”. We will post tidbits about current and sometimes past projects that may be of interest. So, here we introduce to you our first “Projects At a Glance” post.

This project took place at the Capital City Airport several months ago. The project involved basically taking the old gift shop area, which is right in the center of the airport, and revamping it into a room that would be shared by the welcome center and a travel agency.

Travel Agency side before

The first step was to remove the majority of the slat walls, rehang and finish some new drywall.

Travel Agency side during

The drywall was severely damaged upon the tear down of the slat walls, so repair was not the best option. Installing new drywall took about the same amount of effort and in the end gave us a fresh “canvas” to paint.

Not all the walls received new drywall. Two slat walls remained intact for the welcome center side. The headers and casings around the glass doors and a few of the columns had old, painted wallpaper that was removed, the walls were cleaned, and surfaces patched in preparation for painting. Just as stated in another blog post found here, preparation is key to making any project look beautiful. We definitely had no shortage of patching on this project.

The next step involved priming the walls with a latex primer. Two coats of a Sherwin Williams Pre-Catalyzed epoxy were applied to the walls for the finish coat. This product was chosen to give the wall surface a tough commercial grade finish that would hold up to the traffic that a heavily used facility like the airport would receive.

Slat walls - after

The slat walls that were to remain were primed with an extremely tough bonding primer and received the same finish coat product as the drywall. The mauve colored door was updated to a satin black finish. Last, but not least, black vinyl base was installed to match the black door.

Travel Agency side - after

As you can tell from the pictures, the newly renovated Welcome Center/Travel Agency project looks distinctively more updated. The new colors, the removal of the wallpaper, the new ceiling, and especially the black on the door and base, portray the area as a more modern looking room.

Alt. View - after

So, next time you are traveling through the Capital City Airport, take a peek into the new Welcome Center Area.

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