AllStar Renovations, Inc.

Dale began his wallcovering career in 1971, in Illinois, as an assistant to an established wallcoverings contractor. In 1981, Dale moved to southern California and worked for several large commercial wallcovering contractors. He opened his own wallcoverings company in 1984.
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

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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

AllStar Renovations' owner, co-founder and president, Gina Gillette, joined our team in 2004 as director of business development and real estate investments.

Gina is an experienced multi-family property manager,  real estate investment consultant and held a  State of Illinois real estate appraisal license in good standing for six years while possessing a State of Illinois real estate broker's license since 2004.  Ms. Gillette's current Illinois Managing Broker's license expires in April 2021.

Gina has managed millions of dollars in single family to multi-unit residential real estate investment property transactions. 

Ms. Gillette has also served as a director of project funding for a Chicago-based private equity organization, specializing in funding real estate investment and construction projects ranging from $500K to $500 million. Gina has conducted well over 4,500 property inspections, 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.

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 Graphic

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

• Commercial Installations
• Metallic Installations
• Handmade Boutique Product Installations

Gina holds the City of Chicago ( permit-required) Supported and Suspended Scaffold User & Erector Hazards and Fall Protection Training Card ( OSHA 1926 Subpart "L"), expiring in 2021,  and is a EPA Lead Safety-Certified Renovator.

AllStar Renovations is a Lead-Safe certified renovations firm.