Peters Paint & Wallcovering

Peters Wallcovering continued to operate from Peters' house for the next five years. During that time, the company established a niche in the growing resort industry, primarily through wall covering contracts at Kiawah Island and Seabrook Island. With multiply crews working on Kiawah and Seabrook, Peters Wallcovering soon became the largest wall co... vering contractor in the region. In 1979, the company landed its first significant commercial wallcovering contract at Charleston's newest downtown sensation, The Omni Hotel, now Charleston Place. The successful completion of the job officially established the re-named and re-focused Peters Paint & Wallcovering as a commercial wallcovering contractor and secured the company's foothold in the hospitality industry, which remains a vital part of its business today. A growing reputation for high-quality work and customer satisfaction, along with a growing workload, also prompted the partners to purchase a building and move their burgeoning company into a formal business environment at 1727 Ashley River Road in Charleston, where it is still located today. Over the next two decades, Peters Paint & Wallcovering grew to become one the largest commercial painting and wallcovering contractors in the Lowcountry. But in the mid-1980s, the partners began seeing a trend moving away from wall covering back to paint driven, in part, by growing concerns over mold and mildew issues associated with vinyl wall covering applied over sheetrock. Seeing the handwriting on the wall, Peters and O'Neal looked to expand their services to include painting. Today, commercial painting contracts represent nearly 98% of the companies overall resume.Read More