Nick Slavik is the Proprietor of the Nick Slavik Painting & Restoration Co. and is the Host of Ask a Painter Live. Ask a Painter Live has aired weekly for over 9 years, instructing, answering questions and championing the trades and entrepreneurship as an avenue for freedom. Nick has been a social media influencer and content creator for over a decade. His company will celebrate its 18th anniversary this year, employs +40 people, a leadership team and operates a full scale finishing shop and training facility.
He has been a national and international speaker on topics such as entrepreneurship, craftspersonship, trades reformation, recruiting, harnessing technology for trades business, financial benchmarks, industry standards, marketing and coating science.
After High School, he joined the Army as a mechanic and a paratrooper. Shortly after the events of September 11th, 2001, Nick volunteered for two tours of duty overseas: the first in Afghanistan & the second in Iraq.
After his service he attended college, graduating with a bachelor’s degree in business management and with a double minor of tax accounting and managerial accounting.
Nick and his wife Tootse have four children. They recently sold their fully restored 1917 Craftsman home and built an innovative, energy efficient home on their farm – using the new home as a proving grounds for the simplest, most innovative finishing procedures.
Nick has traveled the US hosting Master Classes for business owners and Craftspeople. He has created one of the most in-depth educational pieces in the areas of estimating, production management, hiring, budgeting, marketing, financial systems, processes, SOP’s and leadership. He has also compiled a wealth of knowledge about coating science – which he uses to create fail-proof, simple finishing systems for his own business as well as others across the country.
My family loves the outdoors – the more wild the better. We find a deep sense of calm and peace exploring our natural world. As far as beauty goes, we can make your home beautiful, but we’ll never do better than nature.