Interior painting, New Orleans metro
Interior house painters in New Orleans and the metro
Free on-site estimate within 24 hours
An interior painting contractor should leave your rooms looking new and your house looking like nobody was there. We move and cover the furniture, fix the nail holes and cracks before the first coat, cut clean lines at the ceiling and the trim, and sweep up every evening.
- Free on-site estimate within 24 hoursAt your home within 24 hours of your request. Free, no obligation.
- Owner on every jobThe person who writes the estimate does the work.
- A written, line-by-line estimateEvery surface, the prep, the products. No price by phone.
- Clean, protected work siteCovered floors and furniture, swept every evening.
What is included
Every line below is on the estimate when it applies to your job. Nothing is assumed, nothing is hidden in a lump sum.
- Walls and ceilings, two coats of the paint named on the estimate
- Trim, baseboards, crown and window casings
- Interior doors and door frames
- Patching nail holes, cracks and small drywall damage
- Caulking gaps at trim and corners
- Priming stains, repairs and strong color changes
- Wallpaper removal and popcorn ceiling removal, when you want them
- Furniture moved and covered, floors protected
- Daily cleanup and a final walkthrough with you
Interior painting contractor for walls, ceilings, trim and doors
Interior house painters are judged on the lines: where the wall meets the ceiling, where the trim meets the wall, where the door meets the frame. Those lines are cut by hand, with the right brush, on a surface that was patched and sanded first. We paint walls and ceilings in two coats of the product named on the estimate, trim and doors in a hard enamel that wipes clean, and we put the room back together every evening.
One room, a hallway, the whole house before a move-in or a sale: the estimate lists each room, the repairs it needs, the product and the sheen, and the number of days.
Drywall repair and painting
Most repaints in the metro start with drywall: nail pops, cracks over doors, water stains from an old roof leak, a hole where a door handle hit the wall. We patch, tape where needed, skim-coat, sand flat and prime the repair before the color goes on, so the patch does not show through in raking light. Larger damage is written as its own line on the estimate.
Wallpaper removal and popcorn ceiling removal
Wallpaper comes off with steam or a stripper, then the wall is washed, skim-coated where the paper left scars and primed before paint. Popcorn ceilings can be painted with the right roller, or scraped and skim-coated for a flat ceiling; on a house built before 1978 the scraping follows lead-safe work practices. Both are their own line on the estimate, never a surprise.
What interior painting costs in New Orleans
We do not quote by the hour or by phone, because two rooms of the same size can be very different jobs. What moves the price of an interior repaint is the wall and ceiling area, the condition of the old paint, the amount of patching and caulking, whether trim and doors are included, the number of coats a color change needs, and the ceiling height. The written estimate after the visit shows each of those lines for your house, so you see what you pay for before anything starts.
How interior painting goes
Four steps, in this order, on every job.
On site within 24 hours
We walk the rooms with you: every surface, every repair, every color goes on the list during the visit.
You get a written estimate
Room by room, with the prep, the products and the number of days.
Prep first, then the coats
Repairs, sanding, caulk, primer. Only then the color, two coats.
Walkthrough and cleanup
You point, we touch up. The house is clean when we leave.
Before the color goes on, and after
The prep nobody sees
- Nail holes and cracks patched, sanded flat
- Trim caulked, stains and repairs primed
- Furniture moved and covered, floors protected
Most of the job, and the part that decides how long the finish lasts.
Questions about interior painting
What people ask before they book. The price is on the written estimate, after the visit.
How long does it take to paint the inside of a house?
A single room is usually a day. A whole house depends on the number of rooms, the repairs, and whether trim and doors are included. The estimate gives the number of days for your job, in writing.
How much does it cost to paint a room?
It depends on the size of the room, the ceiling height, the condition of the walls, whether the ceiling, trim and doors are included, and how many coats the color change needs. We measure the room at the visit and the written estimate gives the exact figure for that room, with the prep and the product listed.
Do I need to move my furniture before you arrive?
No. We move the furniture to the center of the room and cover it, and we protect the floors. Small and fragile items are safer put away before we start.
Which paint do you use inside?
Sherwin-Williams and Benjamin Moore lines, chosen for the room: washable finishes in kitchens, baths and hallways, flatter finishes on ceilings. The estimate names the product and the sheen.
Can you help me choose colors?
Yes. We bring fan decks to the visit and can paint sample patches on your wall so you see the color in your own light before we buy the paint.
My house was built before 1978. Does that change anything?
Yes. Paint from before 1978 may contain lead, so sanding and scraping follow lead-safe practices: contained work areas, wet sanding, no open dust, careful cleanup. Tell us the age of the house when you ask for the estimate.
What do painters charge for interior work?
We do not price by the hour or by phone. Every job gets a written estimate after a visit, line by line: each room, the repairs, the trim, the paint. You see what you pay for before anything starts.
Interior painting across the New Orleans metro
The same prep and the same products in every city. Each page explains what the houses there need.
- Orleans Parish
- Jefferson Parish
- St. Bernard Parish
- St. Tammany Parish
We group jobs by area, so the drive never shows up on your estimate.
Brands we work with
- Sherwin-Williams, interior and exterior paints, cabinet enamels
- Benjamin Moore, interior paints and cabinet enamels
- PPG Paints, interior and exterior paints
- Quick-Step, laminate and luxury vinyl plank floors
- Mohawk, laminate and vinyl floors
- Pergo, laminate floors
- Shaw Floors, luxury vinyl plank floors
- COREtec, luxury vinyl plank floors
- Purdy, brushes and rollers
- Wooster, brushes and rollers
- Graco, sprayers
- DAP, caulk and sealants
- 3M, masking and sanding
Free on-site estimate within 24 hours
We come to your home within 24 hours of your request, measure every surface, and you get a written line-by-line estimate. Free, no obligation.