Get to Know Cleveland's Highest Rated Painting Company

Textbook Painting has been Cleveland’s house painters for almost 20 years. Founded in 2006, by Michael Murray to provide local homeowners a necessary service, while at the same time to provide employees with a great place to work where they can have full-benefits and a respectful work environment.

While a student at Miami University in Oxford, OH, Michael ran painting businesses during the summer to help pay for tuition and textbooks. He realized that he was able to offer affordable prices to homeowners while delivering superior quality by only using top quality products and hiring other clean cut, ambitious students who took a lot of pride in their work and aimed to please.

Today, Textbook Painting continues to set the standard for customer service in the painting industry in the Cleveland and Akron market. Don’t take our word for it, please read our Google Reviews and watch our video testimonials to hear from previous clients.

In recent years, we have been named a Top Employer in the state of Ohio by Crain’s Business, an Inc 5000 fastest-growing private company in the USA and a Weatherhead 100 winner for one of the fastest growing companies in Northeast Ohio. We would love to have an opportunity to earn your trust on your next cabinet painting or house painting project!

Meet the Team

Founder & President

Michael Murray

Michael graduated from St. Edward High School in 2002 and then from Miami University in 2006 with a degree in Political Science and Business Management. He lives in the Cleveland suburb of Avon Lake with his wife, Jessica, (Miami Merger), and their two children, Delaney and Cayden. Michael first started painting in high school for a summer job. While at Miami he started his own exterior painting company and even spent a semester working at a Sherwin-Williams store. Michael is an avid Cleveland sports fan, and most enjoys coaching his kids in their youth sports, especially baseball and softball. He and his family are proud to be members of Providence Church in Avon, OH.
Controller

Jessica Murray

Jessica joined Textbook Painting in a formal role in 2023 after a long career in corporate finance and accounting. Jessica grew up in Fremont, OH before attending Miami University where she got her degree in Accounting from the Farmer School of Business. She has many great roles with local companies on her resume such as the Cleveland Indians, Cleveland Botanical Garden and Great Lakes Brewing Company. A devoted mother to Delaney and Cayden, you will often find her teaching Sunday School or working with the kids on their homework when she is not staying active at Black Flag Crossfit in Avon.
Operations Manager

Tyler Frejofsky

Tyler is the Operations Manager at Textbook Painting after studying Construction Management at The Ohio State University. He started with Textbook Painting in 2014 working on a summer crew as a Crew Leader. Tyler is an avid Ohio State and Cleveland sports fan. Tyler grew up in Twinsburg and he currently lives in Bedford with his wife, Kailey and their dog, Finley. When not leading our team and developing the next leaders in the company, you will find Tyler rebuilding a Harley-Davidson motorcycle, fixing up his (or a family member’s) home, or watching a football game (ALL of the football games!).
Field Manager

Sean Hilbish

Sean joined Textbook Painting in July of 2021. Sean started out as a painter’s apprentice and quickly climbed the ladder by becoming a Crew Leader, then a Team Leader and he now is our Field Manager for the Interior and Exterior paint divisions! Sean enjoys working through how to efficiently solve problems with his painters as well as being able to coach them to reach their potential inside and outside of work. In his free time you can find him curled up on the couch with his dog watching his favorite movie Signs or rocking out on his drum set and guitars!
Field Manager

Christian Jones (CJ)

Cj joined the Textbook Painting family in April of 2021 and demonstrated his skills for leadership and customer service very quickly. This has led him to his current job roles of Field Manager for our Cabinet Division as well as a Sales Consultant. CJ takes pride in being able to train a new employee and watch them grow right in front of him. He is proud to work for a company with such a positive company culture and enjoys coming to work everyday! CJ lives in Strongsville where you will find him rewatching Wolf of Wallstreet for the hundredth time or out playing his favorite sports of golf and basketball!
Project Coordinator

Courtney Morrison

Courtney joined Textbook in 2022 as a Project Coordinator. She loves to communicate with our clients about their project to make sure that everything is ready for the crew’s arrival. Homeowners that work with Textbook Painting love knowing that Courtney is working hard to keep them in the loop and make sure that their project goes off as smoothly as possible. Courtney currently lives in Brunswick with her family. She grew up in Medina and went to Buckeye High School. She loves to be outside hiking or swimming and enjoying the Cleveland Metroparks.
Sales Consultant

Jen Wolf

Jen joined our Textbook Painting Family in February of 2024 as a sales consultant. Jen has years of experience in the cabinet painting industry so we are very blessed to have an excellent sales consultant with as much knowledge as she has! Jen loves coming up with solutions to be able to transform kitchens at a very reasonable price as well as accomplish the customers goals without needing to completely replace their cabinets. Jen loves meeting new customers and especially loves it when they have pets! She currently lives in Amherst and in her free time you can find her supporting her children in the theatre or sitting sideline at one of their sporting events!
Sales Consultant

Kevin Cunningham

In January of 2024, Kevin joined our team as a Sales Consultant. Kevin loves going to our customer’s homes because it allows him to meet some awesome people and help them get started on their home transformation! Another aspect of his job that he really appreciates is being able to work with amazing coworkers day in and day out! On the weekends, Kevin is an extraordinary DJ and produces his own music! He also dabbles in photography and snowboarding!
Team Leader

Salvatore Troina

Salvatore joined Textbook Painting in 2021 as a painter’s apprentice. Due to his professional drive, and his commitment towards consistently exceeding our customer’s expectations, he is now proudly a site supervisor. As a site supervisor, Salvatore genuinely enjoys engaging with his crews and helping them to learn and grow in their positions. Salvatore grew up in Parma and now lives in Cleveland where you can find him playing the drums or watching his favorite movie, The Sandlot!
Professional Interior Designer

Liana Dennison

Liana joined Textbook Painting in April of 2024 as our professional Interior Designer. Her favorite part of being our Interior Designer is giving our customers peace of mind that they are selecting the perfect colors for their home, (but a close second is meeting everyone’s pets)! Liana has a nack for being able to help customers pick colors that will transform the look and feeling of their home. Liana lives in Parma where she loves nothing more than finding and promptly finishing a good book!
Office Administrator

Emily Shepherd

Emily joined Textbook Painting in the Fall of 2024. She recently moved to Ohio after graduating from Ohio University and has found a home as our office administrator here at Textbook Painting! Emily enjoys helping people accomplish their tasks at hand and communicating with our painters and customers alike. She grew up in D.C. but is loving living in Lakewood with her 2 cats!
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Good Dog

Oxford

Unfortunately, Oxford is now retired but his “customer-focused” spirit continues to fill the office. He is currently 13 years old and enjoys the occasional walk taking the kids down to the bus stop. He still makes sure to greet everyone that visits the house but most of his time is spent relaxing and dreaming of his next meal.

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