01 / Drywall installation
Drywall installation
Drywall for residential renovations and unfinished rooms in Iowa City, Coralville, North Liberty and Cedar Rapids. Plan the walls, ceilings and finish as one scope.
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Petra Drywall & Finishing
Drywall, finishing
& interior painting.
A room ready for drywall. A wall that needs repair. A fresh coat of paint. We help homeowners in Iowa City and the surrounding Corridor plan the work from the surface to the finish—with custom ceilings and architectural lighting for those extra details.
Iowa City · Coralville · North Liberty · Cedar Rapids. Check your project location.
Explore our services ↗︎Room image is a design concept. Scope and feasibility are assessed for your home.
Walls, ceilings and the finish between
What does your room need?
Choose one service or tell us about the whole project. Installation, repairs, finishing and painting can be scoped together.
02 / Drywall repair
Drywall repair
Repair damaged drywall on interior walls and ceilings. Discuss the patch, surrounding finish and repainting together so the scope covers more than the hole.
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03 / Drywall finishing
Drywall finishing
Joint treatment and surface preparation for residential drywall. Plan a finish that suits the room, the lighting and the paint you want to see every day.
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04 / Interior painting
Interior painting
Interior wall and ceiling painting, from a room refresh to painting after drywall work. Discuss preparation, surfaces, color and sheen before the project begins.
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A little more character.
A softer kind of light.
Tray ceilings, concealed lighting and TV feature walls remain part of Petra. Explore a detail that suits your room.
01 / Tray ceilings
A little architectural depth.
Give a flat ceiling definition with a simple drywall border, balanced proportions and optional concealed lighting.
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02 / Cove lighting
A softer kind of evening.
A quiet wash of light around the ceiling. Concealed lighting for evenings, conversation and winding down.
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03 / Linear LED lighting
Light, drawn into the ceiling.
Crisp lines of light integrated into drywall. A restrained, contemporary option for a simple ceiling.
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04 / TV accent walls
A wall that works for you.
A built-in TV wall, also called a media wall: television, storage and accent lighting brought into one considered surface, with room for the equipment you actually use.
Explore tv accent wallsA clearer scope starts here.
Our ceiling and lighting guides explain surface finishes, room constraints and what to settle before work begins.
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Budget & planning
What actually changes the cost of a custom ceiling?
Understand the scope behind a tray ceiling or LED lighting estimate, and compare proposals without relying on a misleading price per square foot.
02Budget & planning
What a ceiling design drawing should show before you sign.
The plan, finished heights, lighting positions and finish notes a ceiling drawing needs, so that every bidder prices the same tray, cove or linear design.
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Ceiling finishes: smooth, textured, and matching what you already have.
Smooth versus textured drywall ceiling finishes, why cove and linear lighting expose every ridge, how a new tray blends into an old knockdown ceiling, and who should own the finish in the scope.
Your room is the starting point