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Ancient Modern Finishes

The PeopleBehind the Paint

A painting and decorative finishes company out of Bonita Springs, working Southwest Florida for 30+ years, run by the person who still walks every job.

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Mediterranean villa with painted stucco, stone columns and a tile roof
Staircase hall painted in soft teal with white balustrade

5.0

from 45+ Google reviews

30+
Years working in Southwest Florida
Out of Bonita Springs.
5.0
Average across 45+ Google reviews
Every one of them public.
80+
Projects pinned on the map
Filterable by service, further down this page.
3 yr
Workmanship warranty
Cracking, peeling, or chipping from defective work, repaired at no cost.

The training behind the finish

Ancient Modern Finishes has worked in Florida for 30+ years, out of Bonita Springs. Behind it is a trade in decorative and faux finishing learned in three countries rather than picked up on the job.

The work started with restoration in Europe, then years at the School of Art in Athens under an Italian master and private study in Italy. The move to Florida added certifications in faux effects, European marbling, and wood graining through master courses in the United States. That is the background applied to plaster, cabinetry, and paint on every job here.

Materials are sourced for how they hold up in Florida heat and light, not for what is cheapest on the shelf. Every project gets the same standard, a single powder room or a whole house, and the schedule is planned so you keep using the rooms while the work is going on.

  • Faux effects
  • European marbling
  • Wood graining
  • Venetian plaster
  • Restoration
Rotunda with plaster columns part way through finishing
A rotunda part way through finishing. The plaster and the columns are the trade this page is about.
Crew member cutting in the edge of a garage door by handCrew finishing a garage door under full maskingCrew member spraying the underside of the eavesRoom fully masked and sheeted before spraying starts

A small company, on purpose

The owner walks the job. Not a project manager, not a call centre, not a different face every week. When something needs deciding on site, the person deciding is the person whose name is on the company.

That is the whole structure, and it is why the reviews on this site repeat the same three things: the crew turned up when it said it would, the house was protected, and the finish held up.

Who walks your job
The owner, on site, from the estimate through to the last coat.
Where we work from
Bonita Springs, FL, across Naples, Bonita Springs, and Estero.

Thirty years, in rooms

A pass through work finished across Naples, Bonita Springs, and Estero. Some of these houses we have now painted three times.

Library with painted shelving either side of a fireplace
01 / 08Library, shelving and fireplace wall

Slide 1 of 8: Library, shelving and fireplace wall

What you can hold us to

Each of these is checkable on your own job, which is the only reason to put them in writing.

  • Crew set up under shade canopies on a driveway at the start of a job

    The crew arrives when we said

    If a start time moves, you hear it from us before the morning it was supposed to happen, not after.

  • Mahogany entry doors masked off part way through refinishing

    Your house gets covered before work starts

    Furniture, floors, fixtures, and landscaping. Prep is not the part we shorten when a schedule tightens.

  • Living room with a painted fireplace wall and tall windows

    The site is clean at the end of every day

    You live in the house while we are in it. It has to be livable at six o'clock.

  • Crew member in a branded work shirt cutting in a door panel by hand

    One number, one person

    You call the owner. Not a dispatcher who takes a message.

  • Honey-toned oak kitchen before refinishing

    The estimate is written before we start

    Itemised, with a realistic day count. Work is booked on a 50% deposit and nothing is added later without you approving it.

  • Entry door with a faded, weathered finish before restoration

    We say no when it is the right answer

    If refinishing will not fix what you have, or the wall needs something other than paint, you get told that instead of sold something.

Crew member on a ladder working the eaves of a stucco home

5.0 across 45+ verified reviews, going back seven years.

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Thirty years, mapped

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About the company

The questions that come up before someone books a first visit.

Something not covered here? Ask on the phone and get an answer in a minute rather than a form reply tomorrow.

(239) 494-8888Or send it in writing

Side elevation in stone and painted stucco

Meet us at your house.

A free on-site visit, an hour of your time, and a written estimate afterwards. No obligation to book anything, and no folder left behind for you to read.

  1. You get the owner, not a repThe person who walks the house is the person who runs the crew that does it.
  2. An hour, at your convenienceIncluding evenings. Most of it is us listening and measuring.
  3. The estimate follows in writingUsually within one business day, itemised so you can stage the work if you want to.
Book a walkthrough(239) 494-8888

Tell us which rooms or elevations to look at and we will come prepared.