House painting in the summer is thirsty work, but at least there's an opportunity to work on a tan.CalRob Venture Group intern and Lakewood High School graduate Brianne Mundt and her friends (who also happen to be her painters) are learning this lesson as she gets her business off the ground.Mundt's schedule is a full one -- on any given day she could be out at a job site, providing estimates to potential customers, or out marketing in the community. On particularly hot days, she even brings employees lunch."Working with friends takes some of the stress off," she said.On June 15, Mundt and painters Chase Smith, Liam Ireland and Matt Lein were working on a home in southwest Lakewood, happy to be out of the sun and painting in the shade. Smith, Ireland and Lein are all friends of Mundt's from the University of Colorado Boulder, and were looking for a way to make some money this summer.Over the music of Neil Young, Mundt directed the painters, answered a few questions from the home owners before they left, and set up some future estimate appointments."It's a lot of work transitioning from doing the marketing to finally starting painting houses," Mundt said. "It's been good though, and the customers have been happy at the end of the job."As they paint, Smith, Ireland and Lein laugh over inside jokes and talk about jobs they've finished since starting in May, as well as upcoming assignments. One of the main topics is the schizophrenic nature of Colorado weather."It's either really hot or it's raining," Ireland said as he worked. " But this has been a good job so far, and I need to make some money to pay for school."Lein, who is also the production manager on the site, agreed."There are certainly much worse jobs you could have," he said. "Getting to work alongside my friends really helps."For more information on Mundt's house painting business, contact her at 303-406-1358 or brimundt9@gmail.com.
from Lakewood Sentinel - Latest Stories http://lakewoodsentinel.com/stories/Painting-the-day-away,221014
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