OUR STORY

Quality, teamwork, integrity, innovation and professionalism are all core values that Paul McLaughlin strived to achieve when he founded McLaughlin Painting in 1974. With only himself and a handful of other painters to begin with, he was able to develop systems and processes for training other painters.

For 32 years Paul grew McLaughlin Painting primarily staying within Monterey County market. During this time, McLaughlin was consistently voted Best Painter in Monterey County annually. His small team of painters morphed into 28 painters and three estimators specializing in Residential, Commercial and HOA Painting. 

In 2006, Paul's daughter, Shawnie McLaughlin joined the team and became the commercial estimator for the company. When the economic crash of 2008 hit, Paul & Shawnie realized that they needed to expand out of Monterey County to keep the company healthy. Through her aspiration and innovation, Shawnie introduced McLaughlin’s systems for quality, integrity and professionalism to the Bay Area.  

We shortened our name from McLaughlin Painting to McLaughlin. This was done to better align with our expanded services thanks to both our roofing, carpentry and construction divisions. We are pleased to offer services to the entire Bay Area and have multiple offices to provide timely response to our customers.

In the year 2023, McLaughlin went through an ownership change, and even though McLaughlin went through this change, McLaughlin’s values stayed the same and is still a family owned and operated company. The quality, teamwork, integrity, innovation and professionalism that Paul and Shawnie had achieved with their time here is still being achieved through McLaughlin’s new owner Cesar Trujilo. 

Cesar has been in the construction industry many years. He specializes in light gauge metal framing, drywall installation and painting. Cesar has well established himself in the Bay Area with projects ranging from basic remodels to complete ground up work. With his expanse knowledge and expertise he has been able to seamlessly transition within McLaughlin with maintaining core values and expanding our services. 

To this day at McLaughlin, we are constantly looking at ways to continue the company’s growth while keeping a family business culture. Our focus is to develop and promote from within and to provide growth opportunities for our employees. At McLaughlin, we believe our employees are our greatest assets. We contribute our success to the amazing leadership our employees exhibit both in and out of the field.