John Cox

Walter Green

Dick Hostetler

Bob Kelly

Jim Parodi

James Turner

Mike Zekich 

Welcome!

This free Ebook is packed with information that will improve your life.  Here you will discover professional quality tips from masters of the paperhanging arts.  These experts are here to share their knowledge and expertise to help you become a better paperhanger, whether it is your first job or you have been installing for years.  You are never too old to discover something new in the wallcovering installation business!

The Authors

johnc.jpg (4171 bytes) John Cox, Founder, The American School of Paperhanging Arts

   John Cox is the Headmaster of The American School of Paperhanging Arts and a frequent contributor to national magazines.  An educator wrote this about John in a national trade magazine:
"John Cox is one of the gifted few who have a natural born talent for teaching. When you combine his talent for teaching with his talent for wallcovering installations you have a once in a lifetime combination."

Walter Green, President, Atlanta Chapter NGPP  

   Walter Green is the author of The Joy of Paperhanging, The Pro View and the inventor of The Wallcovering Calculator.  He also produced the video program Secrets of Small Claims Court for Contractors.  He is an active paperhanger in Atlanta and member of The National Guild of Professional Paperhangers


bobk.jpg (6654 bytes) Robert M. Kelly, C.P. (Certified Paperhanger)

   Bob is the author of The Showroom Handbook for Wallpaper Installations, Editor of Master Paperhanger Magazine, and a frequent contributor to national trade magazines. A professional paperhanger since 1977, you can see his work in The White House and many museums and historical sites. 

 James Parodi, NGPP, Bergen County Master Craftsman Paint and Paper Association

   Jim Parodi was taught by his father Harry Parodi who started the family business in 1936.  He is a frequent contributor to the American Paperhanger's Network and a columnist, "Parodi on Paperhanging", for Painting and Wallcovering Contractor magazine. 

 

 James Turner, NGPP, NARI

  Jim Turner, with 27 years of commercial and residential experience, is owner of Regency Wallcraft in Columbus, Ohio. He is an IBPAT-certified paperhanger, an NGPP member, and has served as president of the Northwest Chapter and as NGPP General Director.  He is a frequent contributor to Painting and Wallcovering Contractor magazine and also writes for Master Paperhanger Magazine.


   Mike Zekich, NGPP,

   Mike Zekich is owner of Safe & Simple Wallpaper Removal in Pasadena, CA, which in addition to removing wallcoverings, markets its own Safe & Simple Removal Solution to painting and wallcovering contractors. Mike is ready and willing to field questions about removal from his fellow contractors.

 

   Richard Hostetler, NGPP,

    Richard Hostetler is the inventor of the Double Roller, the Water Tray Frame, and the Double Dispenser.  He also produced a video program on using these tools for efficient paperhanging.  The video has many valuable tips for installing wallcoverings.  Dick is a 30 year veteran of the paperhanging trade and works in Goshen, Indiana.