Thrifty Gypsy Co. LLC was hired roughly three years ago to install a bar area and a stone and barn beam mantle around/above our fireplace. For $13,000, we have watched one of the hanging bar cabinets come off the wall unexpectedly and crash to the ground... in pieces. Now, we have our 8.5 foot barn beam mantle detaching from the wall. As we have taken the mantle down due to safety, we found this heavy, 8.5 foot barn beam was pushed into the wall with only three, half-inch, lag bolts and no epoxy used. Please be sure to do your research carefully before even thinking of hiring this company. We have never received an apology, but we're told when the bar cabinet came crashing down, " These types of accidents happen in this line of work." No, no they don't! Especially not twice! read more

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Below are pictures of the bar that was made and installed by this company. The pictures tell exactly how the experience was working with this company... a mess. The work literally fell apart... and off the wall not even 6 months after being installed. read more

We hired ThrifyGypsy to update our kitchen in July knowing our work would not be done until October, which Whitney communicated up front. In October received an email that they were catching up and needed to push our work back to December. (pretty normal for most contractors, I have ever worked with). When we met with Whitney and Josh before the start of our project (which ended up being November) they couldn't have been more honest with what had been going on with their company and how they were doing all they could to fix things. They were completely understanding of our concerns and listened to our thoughts and ideas to move our project forward. Once we figured out the scope of work, they showed up every single day they said they would and also sent us texts so we would know when they were on their way. Our new appliances were delivered after they were mostly finished and they still came out the day after the delivery to touch things up and to make sure everything looked okay. Both Whitney and Josh worked extremely hard to get our kitchen done before the holidays! They did an awesome job on our cabinet refinishing, wainscoting addition, vent hood installation and subway tile installation! Thank you both for our beautiful kitchen update! read more

Thrifty Gypsy - Painters Near Me - Birdsboro, Pennsylvania

We strongly recommend you DO NOT use this company. We used them in June 2017 and are still dealing with major issues regarding a poorly grouted backsplash and granite countertops that have grout sealed in them. Whitney has given us multiple excuses that she can't come out and she still hasn't seen the "finished" product. We really wanted this to work out as we want to support local and small businesses, but Whitney has made this miserable. We posted a similar review on Facebook, but after Whitney asked us to take it down (and we did), she blocked us as well. So disappointing. read more

I could not be more disappointed in this company. The person who grouted our backsplash admitted it was his 1st time doing it and it shows. Also, the backsplash was grouted too soon after granite countertops were installed and there is grout now in the granite that is not able to come out. Our wood floors were also damaged as they made no effort to protect them while doing the work. Whitney still hasn't come out to see the "finished" product since June 2017 after numerous requests. She always has an excuse. This company has been a nightmare to deal with and we are left with a kitchen that needs major repairs. The company blocked my husband and I on Facebook so we could not leave a review. Per google reviews, it appears they've done it to others as well. Do NOT use this company. read more

Do not use this company. Whitney has asked me to take my review on Yelp down if she rectified issues . They came out and we now have chipped cabinets only a year after them being painted for the second time. She will make any excuse as to why the paint is chipping. We had to hire another painter to put a finish on the cabinets because she insisted painted kitchen cabinets don't need a top protective coat. She had absolutely no knowledge of home improvement and is extremely rude to deal with. She blocked me and my husband from posting reviews on Facebook. We've spent more money having their mess corrected. read more

DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY! We hired Thrifty Gypsy LLC, Whitney Raifsnider in August 2021 to re-do our kitchen at the end of January 2022. We paid a nice size deposit via check in August 2021, that was promptly cashed. We bought all new appliances, a sink, vent hood to prepare for January 2022, which is now taking up room in our garage. At the end of Dec, she informed me that I'd need to find someone to do our flooring, because after our reno, she "was changing directions with her business". So I had to rush around to try to find a flooring person asap. Then about a week into January 2022, I received a text from Whitney saying in a nutshell she "has no money, her business is upside down and she had to leave the state and doesn't know when she can return and that she wants to make payments to us." I told her we're not accepting payments that our deposit would need to be repaid to us in full via certified check before 2/2/2022 or else I'd be filing a police report. I kindly gave her a month to repay us back and instead I got 2 excuses for not being able to repay our deposit. It's now 2/3/2022 and I don't have re-payment. I have everything saved and thankfully we communicated only via text messages. read more

DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY! They were hired back in may 2019 to redo our kitchen and it has been an absolute nightmare working with them. They never showed up on time, nor is our kitchen even finished. Sometimes she didn't even show up when she said she was going too. Whitney's company is very unprofessional and takes advantage of people. When hired she said she had a small crew, well they don't exist. It is literally her and her boyfriend. Whitney lied to me on multiple occasions and can not be trusted. We had new cabinets added to expand our kitchen, and Whitney lied to us multiple times when are doors were suppose to arrive. She took our money but has not completed the job. We have multiple screws that are missing out of the hardware of our hinges for our doors, screws are falling out because she cracked the wood on our cabinet doors as well. Painting is unfinished, the toe kick under our cabinets does not extend to where it should, the paint on our cabinet doors is chipping because there is no protective coating, we have a door that is hanging on by one hinge, we had a draw that COLLASPED on my 3 year old's hand while she was trying to get a spoon out. We have backsplash that was left unfinished, a random screw that put in next to one of our draws, nails sticking out of our cabinets in the inside, we had our soffit extended and we were left with an unsmooth surface. She has her boyfriend working with her, and to my knowledge i am not aware that he is even licensed to be doing so. our kitchen sink is not sealed properly as well. Whitney has not been back to my house since June 8, 2019. While also at our house she STOLE one of my husbands power tool batteries and still has it in her possessions. my husband had his items in a separate pile on our table so not sure how you "accidently" take it. Whitney was made aware when the draw collapsed on my daughters hand and when the door broke and had said she would be back asap to fix them well that was 9 weeks ago. Do not use them for any type of work in your house. The work is poor quality and they will steal your money and not complete the job. She admitted she lied to me about ordering my custom cabinet doors, i was told they would be in may 30, they were supposedly only ordered on June 7. Well obviously they were never ordered because i still do not have cabinet doors on them. Whitney said via text message and i quote " i just ordered, them the money has been coming in and going back out just as quickly. That's why we had to start other jobs. " me " i thought they were suppose to come in this past Thursday" ( meaning may 30th, 2019) Whitney " i dropped the ball. i apologize" me " i don't understand why you lied to me though. i have been waiting to move back in once those doors were in that's what i have been waiting for. i sent you almost 8,400 (should have said 7,934) so far i don't understand why they weren't purchased with that Whitney " i truly understand. I'm in debt out of my ears and although its no reason to lie, its shameful. i should have been honest with you from the start and I'm sorry. " This conversation was held via text message and i still have the whole conversation as well. my money that was paid to her was obviously not used for my kitchen she took my money and used it elsewhere. Do not trust this business. This was suppose to be a 2 week job, and here we are the end of august and i still have an uncompleted kitchen. Their reviews are poor for a reason, trust the reviews and run away from using this company. read more

Thrifty Gypsy transformed our kitchen! We were very pleased with the kind staff, and attention to detail! Great service and Great ideas of ways to not only make our kitchen more functional but beautiful as well!!! read more

I'm updating my review to say that I did finally receive my deposit refund last Thursday. Good to know that they did the right thing!