What to expect
A week of painting, day by day
This is a typical interior job: two or three rooms and a hall. Larger jobs add days; your estimate lists yours. Each day names who is on site and what you will see.
- Before Monday
Step 1: Walk-through, colors and a written estimate
Lindsay walks the rooms with you, we settle the colors on the wall itself, and a written estimate follows. Nothing is booked until you say so.
On site: Lindsay Ilic and Ralph Ilic
You: pick a color or two, and show us the rooms you worry about.
Lindsay Ilic, project lead - Monday
Step 2: Cover, repair and caulk
Floors, stairs and furniture are covered before a can is opened. Ralph goes room by room, then caulks and fills.
On site: Ralph Ilic and Drew Schultz
You: clear small items and anything breakable from the rooms.
Ralph Ilic, owner - Tuesday
Step 3: Sand and prime
Patches get sanded flush and spot-primed. Bare plaster and stained spots get primer, and you can see the room go flat and even.
On site: Matt Dunne and Drew Schultz
You: choose where the family eats and sleeps while the rooms dry.
Matt Dunne, painter - Wednesday
Step 4: First coat on walls and ceilings
Ceilings first, then walls, cut in by hand at the edges. The color is on by the end of the day.
On site: Molly Bracken and Drew Schultz
You: look at the color in morning and evening light, and tell us what you see.
Drew Schultz, painter - Thursday
Step 5: Second coat and trim
A second coat where the first needs it, then baseboards, casings and stair trim.
On site: Molly Bracken, Matt Dunne and Kelvin Chatman
You: stay off the trim; it needs the night to cure.
Molly Bracken, painter - Friday
Step 6: Doors, touch-ups and walk-through
Doors and cabinet fronts get their final coat, the tape comes off, and the floors are cleaned. Lindsay walks every room with you, and anything you point at gets fixed.
On site: Staci Galanis, Lindsay Ilic and Ralph Ilic
You: walk the house with Lindsay and make your list.
Staci Galanis, finish painter
Weather and delays
When the schedule moves
Interiors don't wait on weather, but exteriors do. We watch the forecast, and rain or a cold snap moves the days.
If a day moves, Doreen texts you the new day and the new names before anyone arrives. Paint needs dry surfaces and mild air to cure; the data sheet for the paint in your estimate has the limits.
A moved day is texted to you the day before
Names on site are on the schedule, always
A change to the work is agreed in writing
About the schedule
Can I ask for the same people all week?
Tell us who you would like and we will plan around it. Most days have two people on site, and the schedule names them.
Do you work Saturdays?
Not as a rule. Weekends are for the family in the house; ask if a Saturday is the only option.
What if the paint is not dry on Friday?
We say so on Thursday, and the walk-through moves a day rather than touching a wet door.
Ask for your week in writing.
Your estimate carries the days and names for your house.