Astoria Paint Place

Store has Benjamin Moore Paints and a huge selection of supplies. Most knowledgeable staff I have found in the area.

Decided to skip Home Depot & buy supplies here. Paint selection is limited to Benjamin Moore, but we found every color we were looking for. Went up to the counter with samples and the employee was very thorough in asking what kin of sheen we wanted, how big the walls were that we were painting, etc. He gently tried an upsell to a gallon of paint, but was ok when we opted for less. He also helped us pick a rugged primer & explained how to use it. He wanted to make sure we had good ventilation in our apartment.
We nabbed all the supplies we needed, including a few handy tools that we didn’t know existed (combo tape/​drop cloth, paper drop instead of plastic).
We got everything we needed to paint 3 accent walls with heavy-​duty primer, for well under $ 200. I’m satisfied with my experience & stoked to do some painting!

Even though we got everything for painting our apartment from the home depot. We forgot to buy a ladder. I had seen this place around the corner, so I decided to walk over. They had 3 people working there, I walked in and they all looked at me and proceeded to drink their coffee and continue talking. umm ok. strike 1
so I’m looking around for a ladder. find one but there is no price on it, I walk on over asking them for a price, apparently none of them knew how much it cost. proceeded to look through a catalog for 10 minutes. strike 2
found a price of 250 for a ladder. ummm ya. do you have another cheaper. He showed me one, and I said I would take it. so I’m sitting there as he is writing a receipt. then he goes around back and is talking about some bar with one of his boys for another 10 minutes. strike 3
never again
oh ya, extremely over priced