Commercial/ Environmental Graphics Installers | Commercial Wallcovering Installers | Architectural Film Installers | Luxury Residential Wallcovering Installers

Commercial/ Environmental Graphics Installers | Commercial Wallcovering Installers | Architectural Film Installers | Luxury Residential Wallcovering Installers

About AllStar Renovations

Who We Are


AllStar Renovations is a customer-centric, premier boutique, B-2-B vendor for installation of fine papers, exotic fabrics, large-format graphics, murals, architectural films, and paint within upscale casinos, hotels, retail stores, commercial facilities and high-end residences throughout the United States.

In September 2013, AllStar Renovations relocated its decade-long base of operations to the Chicagoland western suburb of Plainfield, Illinois.

From our Plainfield headquarters, AllStar has expanded its service area to better serve their quests for our specialties in the Chicagoland area.

We participate in the value chains of discerning clients who require integrity, elevated standards and finished products delivered in the most effective and resource-efficient manner possible.

AllStar Renovations delivers impeccable performance through strategic relationships. If your renovation is hospitality, commercial, retail, large-format graphics for high-rises, banks, schools, nursing care or demands the unique talent and experience required for luxury residential projects, we invite you to make AllStar Renovations part of your winning team.

The principles of AllStar Renovations have joined their experience to form an organization singularly qualified to provide the matchless project management, renovation and restoration services required by hospitality management firms, design trade members, general contractors, painting contractors, multi-unit and high-rise residential properties, senior communities, real estate developers, small-to-midsized businesses, and franchise owners.

Gina Gillette

Owner, Co-founder and President

Gina has conducted well over 5,000 property inspections, walkthroughs, site-surveys, and has received several O.S.H.A certifications. Consequently, Gina understands the inherent requirements that investment and development projects call for.

Gina earned her MBA at the University of Maryland and is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Springfield, Cum Laude.

Gina holds the City of Chicago (permit-required) Supported and Suspended Scaffold User & Erector Hazards and Fall Protection Training Card ( OSHA 1926 Subpart “L”), and is a EPA Lead Safety-Certified Renovator.

AllStar Renovations, Inc. is an EPA Lead-Safe certified renovation firm.

In September 2014 Gina Gillette received the following accreditations from the Wallcovering Installers Association ( Formerly, the National Guild of Professional Paperhangers), at their annual conference:

  • Residential Wallcovering Installations
  • Self-Stick Digital Graphics

In September 2015 Gina Gillette received the following accreditations from the Wallcovering Installers Association, at their annual conference:

  • Commercial Installations
  • Handmade Boutique Product Installations

In 2017 Gina received 3M graphics training at Lowen Certified, in Hutchinson, Kansas.

for:

  • Walls
  • Floors
  • Fleets

In 2022, Gina became certified in Belbien architectural film installations, at Architectural Film Academy, In Garner, NC.

Public Presentations
  • MBE/WBE Owner’s Perspective – Turner School of Construction Management, Roosevelt University, Chicago, July 21, 2015
    • This year, Gina’s two-hour class covered the changing marketplace of the Chicagoland construction industry from the standpoint of the small woman and minority-owned firm.
    • Gina also stressed the importance of pre-planning an owner’s business response to family-oriented major life events and the potential impacts on the small firm’s sustainability.
  • MBE/WBE Owner’s Perspective-Turner School of Construction Management, Roosevelt University, Chicago, June 26, 2014.
    • Gina’s two-hour class featured an emphasis on early exit-strategy planning and the related effects on long-term business strategies, “Identifying Your Niche,” with it’s unique brand-building/customer relationship management, project management and her take on current hot-topics for small construction firms
  • Graduation Speaker – Turner School of Construction Management;Graduation Ceremony at the Federal Reserve, Chicago, August 1, 2013

Dale Tammen

Over the last thirty + years, Dale Tammen has earned a national reputation as a master wallcoverings craftsman for hotels and casinos, commercial and luxury residential projects. As a result, Allstar Renovations is able to bring beauty, lasting quality and innovative solutions to the most challenging projects.

Dale is a member of the Wallcovering Installers Association (WIA), the Painting and Decorating Contractors of America (PDCA) is a an EPA Lead Safety-Certified Renovator.

In September 2014 Dale Tammen received the following accreditations from the Wallcovering Installers Association (formerly, the National Guild of Professional Paperhangers), at their annual conference:

  • Residential Wallcovering Installations
  • Self-Stick Digital Graphics
  • Unpasted Digital Graphics

In September 2015 Dale Tammen received the following accreditations from the Wallcovering Installers Association, at their annual conference:

  • Commercial Installations
  • Metallic Installations
  • Handmade Boutique Product Installations 

In 2017 Dale received 3M graphics training at Lowen Certified, in Hutchinson, Kansas.

In 2022, Mr. Tammen became certified in 3M graphics installations at the 3M headquarters in Minneapolis, MN for:

  • Walls
  • Floors
  • Windows

In 2022, Dale became certified by 3M for Din-Noc architectural film installations at the 3M headquarters in Minneapolis, MN.

In 2022,  Dale became certified by Belbien for architectural film installations, at Architectural Film Academy, In Garner, NC.

In 2023, Dale received accreditation as a Certified Installer by the PDAA in the following materials at Silver Spring, MD:

  • Windows
  • Walls
  • Floors
  • Rigid Signage

 

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