Our story begins in 1968 when Giuseppe "Pino" Liberatori arrived in Canada off the coast of Halifax from Italy with just a "broken suitcase" as he likes to say. With nothing to his name, Pino quickly began learning the drywall trade with Campbell Drywall building a reputation for himself. After ten years of working seven days a week to provide for his young family, a newly founded drywall company by the name of Advance Drywall came calling.

The owners of Advance Drywall had heard of a young and ambitious taper making a name for himself with one of their main competitors, and offered Pino a job as head foreman in 1979. It wasn't long after that his knowledge and expertise as a foreman began to be recognized by the owners of the company, when in 1984, he became a co-owner of Advance Drywall. Pino's fight to the top was integral to the explosion of Advance Drywall, breathing new life into a struggling company taking Advance Drywall to new heights it has never seen before, making them the biggest drywall contractor in all of Ottawa.

After running Advance Drywall for 36 years, Pino shut their doors in 2015 to reopen as Antonick Interiors. Named after his two grandsons; Antonio and Nicholas, Antonick was created to carry on his legacy while creating a truly family owned and operated business. Pino's company is now entirely run by his family working with the cities largest general contractors on various commercial projects and track-homes around Ottawa.