What's included
- Walls and ceilings, two coats, rolled and cut by hand
- Trim, doors, baseboards and casings in a hard enamel
- Drywall patching with texture matched to the wall
- Popcorn ceiling removal and retexture
- Wallpaper removal and skim coat
- Accent walls and two-tone rooms
- Closets, built-ins, stair rails and banisters
- Finished basements and bonus rooms
- Caulking, nail hole fill and sanding before any paint
- Color help, with samples on your wall before you commit
How we do it
We look at the job and write it up
Joe comes out, looks at every room, and gives you a written estimate with the scope spelled out. No surprises on the invoice.
You pick colors, with help if you want it
We can put real samples on the wall so you see the color in your light, not on a chip at the store.
We protect everything
Furniture moved to the middle and covered, floors papered or dropped, hardware and plates removed, edges taped where it matters.
We fix the walls first
Holes and cracks patched, texture matched, caulk renewed, stains and patches spot primed. This is the part that separates a paint job that looks good on day one from one that still looks good in year five.
Two coats, cut by hand
Walls rolled in two full coats. Lines at the ceiling and trim cut by brush, not tape and hope.
Walkthrough and touch-ups
You walk it with Joe. Anything you see gets handled before we pack up. Then hardware goes back on and the room is cleaned.
What affects the price
We price on wall and ceiling area, not floor area. Vaulted ceilings and stairwells take more time and more ladder.
A house with clean walls and minor nail holes is a different job from one with water stains, failing texture or wallpaper to remove.
Trim and doors are the slow part of interior work. A room with crown, chair rail, wainscot and six-panel doors costs more than the same room with flat walls.
Going from a deep color to a light one, or the reverse, can mean a primer coat or a third coat.
Empty rooms go faster. We move and cover furniture as part of the job, but a packed room adds time.
Every estimate is written and itemized so you can see where the money goes. Pricing is done in person because photos hide the prep.
Good to know
Utah air dries paint fast
Our humidity is low and the paint flashes quickly, which is how lap marks and roller texture happen. We work in sections, keep a wet edge, and choose products that give us enough open time to do it right.
Texture matters here
Most Wasatch Front homes have orange peel or knockdown texture. A patch that is not retextured shows through every coat of paint. We match it before we paint it.
Sheen, in one line each
Flat on ceilings hides everything. Eggshell or satin on walls wipes clean. Semi-gloss on trim and doors takes a beating. We will tell you what we would use in each room and why.
Low odor, low VOC
We use low-VOC paint as standard inside. Most people stay in the house during the job with no issue.
Interior Painting questions
How long does interior painting take?
Most single rooms are done in a day. A full interior usually runs several days depending on the trim, the ceilings and how much prep the walls need. Your estimate will have a day count on it.
Do I need to move my furniture?
No. We move it to the center of the room and cover it. If you can clear small items, pictures and anything breakable before we arrive, that helps.
Can we stay in the house while you paint?
Yes. We use low-VOC paint, we work room by room, and we clean up every night. Most families stay put.
How many coats do you use?
Two full coats on walls and ceilings. Spot primer on patches and stains, and a full primer coat if the color change calls for it.
Do you paint ceilings and trim, or just walls?
All of it. Ceilings, walls, trim, doors, baseboards, closets, built-ins. You decide the scope and we price exactly that.
Do you remove popcorn ceilings?
Yes. We scrape, skim where needed, retexture and paint. It is one of the most common requests we get in homes built before the mid 1980s.