Interior and Exterior House Painters for the North Shore
I have been painting North Shore homes since 1969. Colonials in Northbrook, lakefront houses in Winnetka and Wilmette, century-old homes in Evanston and Kenilworth, ranches in Glenview and Deerfield. The houses are different. What makes a paint job last is the same everywhere: honest prep, the right product for the surface, and a crew that treats your home like their own.
Interior Painting
Walls, ceilings, trim, doors, built-ins, and cabinetry. A kitchen or a bathroom is not the same job as a bedroom. High moisture and heavy use call for different prep and a different product, and we treat each room accordingly. We fill nail holes, sand, caulk, prime where it is needed, and use the Sherwin-Williams product that belongs on that surface. Furniture is moved and covered, floors are protected, and the room is cleaned up at the end of every day so you can still live in your house.
- Living rooms, bedrooms, hallways, and stairwells
- Kitchens and bathrooms with moisture-rated products
- Ceilings, crown molding, baseboards, and trim
- Doors, built-ins, and cabinet refinishing
- Wallpaper removal and installation
- Drywall and plaster repair before the paint goes on
Read more: painting interior brick and fireplaces, how our estimates work.
Exterior Painting
Lake effect weather is hard on paint. Moisture is the number one reason North Shore exteriors peel after a year or two, and skipped prep is number two. Our exterior work starts with a walk-around where I look at moisture, wear, caulk, and bare wood. Then we power wash, scrape, sand, prime bare spots, caulk the gaps, and paint in the right conditions. Siding, soffits, fascia, shutters, porches, brick, and stucco each get the product built for them.
- Wood, fiber cement, and aluminum siding
- Brick and stucco with masonry-rated coatings
- Trim, shutters, porches, railings, and columns
- Front doors and garage doors, painted or refinished
- Decks and fences, cleaned, stained, and sealed
- Power washing, gutter cleaning, and light carpentry repairs
Read more: siding, stucco, and cedar painting, exterior paint colors for North Shore homes, painting exterior brick, when to book exterior painting, garage doors, front doors, decks, and fences.
To see a full exterior repaint from faded siding to finished house, read the Green Lake lake house project story: before, during and after, in photographs.
What Happens When You Call
- The walk-through. I come out, look at every surface, and tell you what needs prep, what needs primer, and what does not need doing at all.
- The written estimate. One price for the scope we agreed on. No hourly surprises, no add-ons you did not approve.
- Color help if you want it. Free. Bring your ideas, or try our online visualizer first and I will bring sample chips.
- The work. A uniformed, background-checked crew, on the schedule we set. Drop cloths down, cleanup every day.
- The walk-through at the end. We look at it together. If something is not right, we fix it. All of our work is guaranteed.
Older Homes and Lead Paint
A lot of North Shore homes were built before 1978 and have lead paint under the newer coats. We are an EPA Lead-Safe Certified firm. We test, contain the work area, and clean up with HEPA equipment. It is the law, and it is how we would want it done in our own homes.
More Than Paint
Most homeowners have a list. Wallpaper that has to come down, a water-stained ceiling, trim that needs replacing, a railing that is loose. One call covers it. We handle wallpaper, drywall and plaster, light carpentry, gutter cleaning, and power washing with the same crew that paints.
After the Job: the Exterior Care Plan
A paint job lasts twice as long when someone washes it, checks the caulk, and touches up the sun-facing walls every spring. Our Exterior Care Plan does exactly that on a scheduled visit each year, with a photo report and your workmanship guarantee kept active. One-story, two-story, and large-home plans, billed by check or invoice.
Where We Work
Our shop is on Landwehr Road in Northbrook and we paint homes across the North Shore and the near Northwest suburbs. Each town has its own page with local photos and answers: Northbrook, Glenview, Evanston, Wilmette, Kenilworth, Winnetka, Glencoe, Highland Park, Highwood, Deerfield, Northfield, Riverwoods, Lincolnshire, Long Grove, Lake Forest, Lake Bluff, Morton Grove, Niles, Skokie, Park Ridge. Commercial properties are covered under commercial painting services.