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Painting

Interior and exterior painting,
by a family you can name.

Dustin walks every paint job with you before quoting it. Same crew from prep to final coat — no sales-rep handoff, no surprises.

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A Greater Austin living room masked off before painting — baseboards taped, floors fully covered, tools laid out
Real prep on a real job — every baseboard taped, every floor covered before a brush is opened.

What we paint.

  • Whole-house interiors

    Every wall, every ceiling, all the trim — one coordinated job.

  • Single rooms

    Refresh, accent walls, kids' rooms. Quick turnarounds.

  • Exteriors

    Siding, trim, fascia, soffits. Coatings built for Texas sun.

  • Trim & doors

    Crown, baseboards, casing, interior and exterior doors.

  • Cabinets

    Kitchen and bath, sprayed for a factory-smooth finish. Typically $3,000-$7,000 — see the full cabinet page.

    See cabinet painting
  • Ceilings

    Smooth, popcorn-scraped, or freshly textured — your call.

What it costs

Real numbers, before you call.

Typical Greater Austin ranges for 2026. Most painters make you book an appointment to hear a number — we'd rather you knew roughly where you stand before you spend an evening on it.

Where you land inside a range comes down to prep: wall condition, patching, how many colors, and how much cutting in the room needs. That's why the quote happens on site.

  • Single room

    Walls only, standard 8–10 ft ceilings, minor patching included.

    $450 – $900

  • Whole-home interior

    Roughly 2,000 sq ft — walls, ceilings and trim throughout.

    $4,500 – $9,000

  • Ceilings

    Flat or textured. Popcorn removal quoted separately.

    $1.50 – $3 / sq ft

  • Trim, baseboards & casing

    Brushed by hand or sprayed, depending on the run.

    $2 – $5 / linear ft

  • Interior doors

    Both faces plus edges and the jamb.

    $90 – $200 each

  • Kitchen cabinets

    Degreased, sanded, primed and sprayed for a factory-smooth finish.

    $3,000 – $7,000

  • Exterior — single storey

    Around 2,000 sq ft. Siding, trim, fascia and soffits.

    $4,000 – $8,000

  • Exterior — two storey

    Extra staging and access time is the difference, not extra paint.

    $6,500 – $12,000

What's always included

  • Moving and covering furniture
  • Full floor protection
  • Taping, patching and sanding
  • Primer where the surface needs it
  • Daily clean-up
  • Walkthrough and touch-ups before we leave

No line item for "prep" appearing after you've signed. It's in the number.

Who's in your house

The same crew, start to finish.

Dustin walks the job with you and writes the quote. Once work starts, the painters who prep your walls are the painters who lay the final coat — and the ones who come back for any touch-up after.

No sales rep who disappears after the handshake. No crew you've never met letting themselves in on day two. If something needs fixing, we fix it. If something needs a decision, Dustin is the one to call.

How a paint job works.

  1. 01

    Walkthrough

    Dustin walks the space with you. Color, sheen, prep — decided together, on site.

  2. 02

    Quote

    Real number, not a range. Usually same day. No high-pressure sales.

  3. 03

    Prep

    Furniture moved, floors covered, surfaces taped and primed. Done right so the finish lasts.

  4. 04

    Paint

    Same crew the whole way. Daily progress texts if you want them.

  5. 05

    Walkthrough again

    Anything you don't love, we fix on the spot. Then we clean up.

Common questions.

How much does it cost to paint a house in Austin?+

For a roughly 2,000 sq ft home, a whole-interior repaint typically runs $4,500–$9,000, and a single-storey exterior $4,000–$8,000. A single room is usually $450–$900. Where you land depends almost entirely on prep — wall condition, patching, number of colors, and how much cutting in the space needs. We publish full ranges on this page and give you a firm number after walking the job.

Why do painting quotes vary so much between companies?+

Almost always prep. Two quotes for the same house can differ by thousands because one includes patching, sanding, priming and full floor protection and the other assumes rolling straight over what's there. Ask any painter what happens before the first coat — the answer tells you which quote you're actually holding.

How long does a typical paint job take?+

A single room is usually one day. A full-interior repaint of a 2,000 sq ft home is typically 3–5 days. Exteriors depend on weather but most one-story homes finish in 2–4 days.

Do you move furniture and cover floors?+

Yes. Furniture moves to the center of each room and gets covered. Floors get drop cloths. Switch plates and outlets are taped off. You don't have to do any prep.

What paint do you use?+

We default to Sherwin-Williams or Benjamin Moore — Cashmere or Aura lines for interiors, Duration or Aura Exterior for outside. If you have a preference, we'll match it.

What if I spot something after you have finished?+

Tell us and we come back. Anything you notice in the first 30 days after the final walkthrough, we fix at no charge — and it is the same crew that did the work, not a subcontractor sent to patch it.

Do you do touch-up work after the job?+

Yes. Anything you spot in the first 30 days post-walkthrough, we come back and fix. No charge.

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