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Interior Painting
Walls, ceilings, trim, and doors, painted by the same crew that showed up to measure.
A typical three-bedroom interior is 4 to 7 working days, and what it costs moves on condition and ceiling height far more than on floor area: the wall repair a plaster house needs, whether ceilings are in scope, how tall they are, and how many coats a dark-to-light color change actually takes. A nine-foot ceiling is not eleven percent more work than an eight-foot one, which is the mistake every square-footage calculator makes. Olmos Painting paints interiors across Dane County with a small crew, 26 years of experience, and a written, itemized estimate before any work starts.
- Timeline
- One room is a single day. A typical three-bedroom interior is four to seven working days. Whole-home repaints with ceilings run one to two weeks.
- Wisconsin timing
- Interior work runs year-round. January through March is the easiest time to get on the calendar in Dane County, and the crews are the same ones you would wait until June for.
An interior repaint is judged in raking light on a Sunday afternoon, six months after everyone has forgotten the crew was there. That is the standard we work to. It means filling and sanding before we cut in, not after somebody notices. It means caulking the gap where the casing meets the wall. It means a second coat that is actually a second coat.
We work in occupied homes constantly, so the day has a rhythm to it: protect, paint, restore. Floors get covered, furniture gets moved to the middle and wrapped, switch plates come off and go into a labeled bag. At the end of each day the room is walkable again. You should not have to live in a construction site to get your walls painted.
Roughly half the homes in Madison were built before 1978, which puts them under the EPA's Renovation, Repair and Painting rule. We are a lead-safe certified firm, and in those homes we contain the work area, use HEPA collection, and clean to the standard the rule actually requires. It is not an upsell. It is the law, and it is the difference between a contractor who has read the rule and one who has not.
Scope
Every kind of interior work we take on.
Whole-Home Repaints
Every wall, ceiling, and trim run in one coordinated pass, sequenced so you keep a usable kitchen and a usable bedroom the entire time.
Single Rooms & Accent Walls
One bedroom, one office, one wall. Small jobs get the same prep and the same crew, scheduled in a single day where the scope allows.
Ceilings
Flat ceiling paint that hides roller lap marks, plus stain-blocking primer over water rings so they do not bleed back through in a year.
Trim, Doors & Millwork
Baseboard, casing, crown, and six-panel doors sprayed or brushed to a hard enamel finish that survives a vacuum cleaner.
Stairwells & Two-Story Foyers
Properly staged rather than reached from a ladder on a stair tread. The tall spaces are where shortcuts show and where people fall.
Basement & Bonus Rooms
Masonry primer on block walls, mildew-resistant coatings below grade, and finish work that makes a finished basement look finished.
How we work
Step by step, no surprises.
You will know what is happening in your house on every one of these days before the first one starts.
- 01
Walkthrough and written estimate
We measure, look at the condition of what is already on the wall, note the repairs, and hand you an itemized written price. Free, and it does not expire the moment you close the door.
- 02
Color, sheen, and product selection
We bring large-format samples and look at them on your wall, in your light, at the hour you actually use the room. Madison's winter light is low and cold, and it changes every color you pick.
- 03
Protect
Floors covered, furniture centered and wrapped, hardware and plates removed and bagged, vents masked. In pre-1978 homes, containment goes up before anything is disturbed.
- 04
Repair and prep
Fill, sand, caulk, de-gloss, and spot-prime. This is the step that separates a paint job that looks good on day one from one that looks good in year five.
- 05
Prime and paint
Stain-blocking primer where it is needed, then two full finish coats, cut in by hand and rolled with the nap the surface calls for.
- 06
Punch list, together
We walk the job with you, with a light, and mark anything you want touched. We fix it before we load the truck, not on a return trip.
Our work
More interior photosInterior projects.
How much does it cost to paint the interior of a house in Madison?
We price interiors in person, room by room, because the things that decide the number are things we have to see: how much wall repair the house needs, whether ceilings are in scope, how tall they are, and how many coats a big color change will really take. Every Olmos estimate is written and itemized by surface and by prep, and it is free.
Do I need to move out while you paint?
No. We work in occupied homes constantly. We sequence the job so you always have a usable kitchen and a usable bedroom, and we restore each room at the end of the day rather than leaving the whole house staged for a week.
How long does interior paint last?
In a normally used Dane County home, walls hold up seven to ten years, ceilings twelve or more, and trim and doors five to seven because they take physical contact. Hallways, stairwells, and kids' rooms wear faster than that regardless of what you spend on paint.
Do you paint ceilings, or just walls?
Both, and we quote them separately so you can decide. Ceilings are the single biggest swing in a whole-home price. If yours are in good shape and already a clean flat white, skipping them is a legitimate way to spend your budget on the surfaces people actually look at.
My house was built in 1955. Does that change anything?
Yes, and it should. Any paid work that disturbs paint in a pre-1978 home falls under the EPA Renovation, Repair and Painting rule. We are a lead-safe certified firm, so we contain the work area, use HEPA collection, and clean to the rule's standard. If a contractor bidding your 1955 house does not raise this, that tells you something.
Can you match a color that is already on my wall?
Usually. We take a chip from an inconspicuous spot and match it on a spectrophotometer. Matching is very good but not perfect, and a match will never blend invisibly on the same wall in raking light, so we always recommend painting corner to corner rather than spot-patching a visible wall.