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| Business cards throughout the first few years of the business. |
With humble beginnings, it all
started in 1991. While a student at Illinois State University, David Juarez
founded D.J.’s Painting & Remodeling. For the first two years of the
business, David worked solo with a focus on student apartment painting. After
adding two other painters to his solo team, David’s work expanded to
residential homes. In 1995, David found himself involved in minor repair work
and small odds and ends for customers. Needless to say, the business quickly
expanded to meet the needs of our growing customer base.
At our 10-year milestone, D.J.’s
Painting & Remodeling started to undertake home additions and large remodel
work as well as project management opportunities. 26 years later, it is over
50% of our business.
Our full-service design and
remodeling team now has access to highly qualified carpenters, electricians,
plumbers, audio-visual specialists and decorators. With 10 to 14 field
employees and 4 to 5 office staff, we have intentionally limited the number of team
members to ensure consistent, top-notch quality for our customers – which has
always been our #1 priority.
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| D.J.'s Painting & Remodeling office located at 1502 E. Jackson St. Bloomington, IL 61701 |
For the last three years we’ve
had the honor of being named #1
Best Contractors/Remodelers in the Pantagraph’s Readers’
Choice Awards. We have also placed #1
Best Home Painter and #1
Best Painting Company since the categories were introduced
and tweaked over the last two years. We know we could not have accomplished
these #1 spots consistently without our loyal and supportive community of
customers in the Bloomington/Normal area.
This year, we also had the honor
of securing the #1 spot for Best
Interior Design. We chose to add an interior
designer to the staff two years ago to offer a truly full
service experience for our customers.
The most recent area of growth
for D.J.’s Painting & Remodeling, that we thoroughly enjoy, is the
remodeling and design of basements, outdoor
spaces and sunrooms. We’ve had the pleasure of completing a variety of projects
including patios, outdoor grills and pergolas to name a few.
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| Exterior remodeling (Before) |
When asked what his favorite part
of owning his own business has been over the last 26 years, David Juarez quickly
explained: “The customers by far. I enjoy meeting new people and figuring
out solutions to their needs. I really like my job … it doesn’t seem like work.” A close second for him has been
the personal growth in improving his business. “The last couple of years I have
been able to expand and improve the business because of what I have been
learning,” he shared.
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| Exterior remodeling (After) |
With D.J.’s Painting & Remodeling experiencing a steady 18% growth in the Bloomington/Normal area over
the last two years, we look forward to offering dedicated service and attention
to detail to customers throughout the Central Illinois region including
Champaign and Peoria in the future. For now, we share a genuine and heartfelt
thank you for partnering with our locally owned, family business over the last
26 years. Some may overuse this phrase – but we truly mean it when we say—we
would not be here without you. Thank you!
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| D.J.'s Painting & Remodeling, Inc. team, Summer 2017 |
