What areas do you service on the Sunshine Coast?

Crafted Finishes provides premium painting and design services throughout the Sunshine Coast region, including Noosa, Maroochydore, Caloundra, Mooloolaba, and surrounding areas. We service both residential and commercial properties within a 50km radius of the Sunshine Coast.

What types of finishes do you specialise in?

We specialise in Venetian plaster, heritage restoration, decorative finishes, and luxury residential painting. Our team has extensive experience working with heritage-listed properties, high-end homes, and commercial spaces requiring premium finishes. We also offer colour consulting and design advice.

How long does a typical painting project take?

Project timelines vary based on scope and complexity. A standard room typically takes 2-3 days, while a full heritage restoration may take 2-4 weeks. We provide detailed timelines during our consultation process and keep you informed throughout the project.

Espresso Martini House Boat

Residential

Espresso Martini House Boat

Client

Luxury Boat Builder

Year

2025

Location

Noosa Heads

Duration

6–12 months

The Project

The Espresso Martini began with a last-minute callout on Facebook. A luxury boat builder found himself without a painter just before a major boat show — his scheduled painter had cancelled. That first urgent project, the French Martini, led to a lasting partnership and, not long after, the Espresso Martini.

Kev on the left and Phil Builder/Designer on the right.

The scope of finishes on this boat was extraordinary. Nothing was done in ordinary house paint. The challenges were left-field — and relentless.

We started with the MDF eaves, which needed serious protection in a marine environment. We sourced Resene X200 as a protective membrane coating and applied it before spraying the panels in our workshop. The number of coats — and the hours of sanding between them — was incredible. Once perfected, the panels were delivered back to the boat for installation.

Onboard, we masked the entire vessel before spraying feature panelling, trims and architraves. Other surfaces were finished in Sayerlack, an Italian coating system more commonly used for high-end cabinetry, chosen for its durability and refined finish rather than relying on conventional architectural paint.

Because this was a boat, ordinary gap filler was never going to be suitable. Every joint was sealed with Sikaflex and finished with painstaking precision. The doors were then brought back to our workshop spray booths, coated in metallic automotive-grade finishes, and returned for installation.

Phil also wanted certain areas of the boat to have more movement and texture. Rather than specifying exactly what he wanted, he simply pointed to the sections and said, “Work your magic.”

We chose a hand-applied textured Marmorino finish, creating depth, movement and contrast against the highly refined sprayed finishes throughout the vessel. It became one of the defining finishes of the project.

The result made such an impression that one of Phil’s clients later asked us to recreate the same look across multiple walls in his penthouse. That project went on to become Serenity, another project featured in our portfolio.

Another challenge came underfoot. The French parquetry timber floor had sustained water damage during construction, but a full re-sand wasn’t an option. The natural texture and character of the timber needed to remain intact.

Fortunately, the floor had been finished with a repairable hardwax coating — a system we knew well. That allowed us to carefully repair the damaged areas before recoating the entire floor, restoring it to as-new condition without losing the texture that made it special.

The final touches included Sikkens Marine clear coatings to the handrails and stair treads — protective, refined and designed to withstand life on the water.

What made Espresso Martini memorable wasn’t just the number of finishes involved. It was the constant need to think differently, adapt systems to a marine environment and find solutions when conventional painting methods simply weren’t enough.

Our Approach

Every phase was planned around the demands of a marine environment.

Workshop Phase: MDF panels were treated with Resene X200 watertight membrane, then sprayed with multiple coats in our workshop. Each panel was sanded to perfection before delivery to the boat.

Onboard Phase: Once delivered, we masked the entire vessel and sprayed feature panellings, trims, and architraves. The remaining interior surfaces received Italian-imported Sayerlack kitchen-grade paint — chosen for its chemical resistance, hardness, and silky satin finish. Sikaflex marine sealant replaced ordinary gap filler throughout, ensuring watertight precision.

Door Refinishing: Doors were removed and refinished in our spray booths with metallic bronze 2k paint to match the kitchen, then reinstalled on the boat.

Woodwork & Clear Coats: Handrails and stair treads were finished with Sikkens Marine clear coating for durability and depth.

Wallpaper: The bespoke black wallpaper couldn’t simply be applied straight onto the substrate. The PVC panels first had to be set, primed and meticulously prepared before a single length could be hung. Even the paper itself required extra attention: we chalked the edges with black crayon to minimise any visible seams and keep the finish as seamless as possible.

Before & After

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Finishes Used

—Spray Finishing
—Marine Sealants
—Membrane Protection
—Sayerlack
—Award-Standard Execution
—Marmorino
—Venetian Plaster

Challenges Solved

—Marine Environment
—Last-Minute Timeline
—Specialist Materials

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Espresso Martini House Boat

Residential

Espresso Martini House Boat

Client

Luxury Boat Builder

Year

2025

Location

Noosa Heads

Duration

6–12 months

The Project

Kev on the left and Phil Builder/Designer on the right.

The scope of finishes on this boat was extraordinary. Nothing was done in ordinary house paint. The challenges were left-field — and relentless.

Phil also wanted certain areas of the boat to have more movement and texture. Rather than specifying exactly what he wanted, he simply pointed to the sections and said, “Work your magic.”

The final touches included Sikkens Marine clear coatings to the handrails and stair treads — protective, refined and designed to withstand life on the water.

Our Approach

Every phase was planned around the demands of a marine environment.

Workshop Phase: MDF panels were treated with Resene X200 watertight membrane, then sprayed with multiple coats in our workshop. Each panel was sanded to perfection before delivery to the boat.

Door Refinishing: Doors were removed and refinished in our spray booths with metallic bronze 2k paint to match the kitchen, then reinstalled on the boat.

Woodwork & Clear Coats: Handrails and stair treads were finished with Sikkens Marine clear coating for durability and depth.

Before & After

1 / 7

2 / 7

3 / 7

4 / 7

5 / 7

6 / 7

7 / 7

Finishes Used

—Spray Finishing
—Marine Sealants
—Membrane Protection
—Sayerlack
—Award-Standard Execution
—Marmorino
—Venetian Plaster

Challenges Solved

—Marine Environment
—Last-Minute Timeline
—Specialist Materials

Interested in the finishes used in this project? Explore our signature designer finishes.

Previous Project

Cordia Project

All Projects

Next Project

Flaxton Restoration

Ready to discuss your project?

We're happy to talk through what you need
— no pressure, no obligation.