East Grand Rapids Painting Company

Overview

Like so many in West Michigan, my family is from the Netherlands. My great-grandparents came to America in the late 1880’s and raised their family on a farm in Jamestown. I was raised on that same farm. My childhood is filled with memories of cutting and baling hay, raising 4-H steers, growing and selling vegetables at the local flea market, building go-carts and furniture with my Cadet leaders, walking my trap lines in the pre-dawn, coon hunting and milking cows.

After studying under the tutelage of a Master Painter in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, I returned to West Michigan and launched VanDerKolk Painting in 1991. My first projects consisted of residential exterior painting and just a few employees. The boom of the 1990’s left no shortage of work; and the business expanded to include new construction, commercial painting, and even more employees. Our projects now range from multi-million dollar homes, vast office complexes, industrial facilities, historic home restoration and residential repaints.