| How Much Does Painting an Interior Cost? |
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| | | Fresh paint can take a room from looking dreary and out-of-date to a sense of sparkling newness for a relatively low price compared to other remodeling projects. | | |
| Typical costs: | - Interior paint itself costs anywhere from $12-$50 or more a gallon, depending on the quality. Painting a 12x12-foot room, both walls and ceiling, can require $25-$100 worth of paint, plus $10-$50 for primer, brushes, rollers, drop clothes and other supplies. For a 1,500-square-foot home, supplies run $200-$300 for average paint, and $400-$600 for higher quality.
- Expect to pay $200-$400 to have a 12x12-foot room painted by a licensed contractor with brand-name paints; a 15x20-foot room or larger runs $300-$700 or more; and a 1,200-1,500 square foot home is $1,100-$2,000 or more. Having the ceiling painted bumps the cost to the high end of the scale.
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| Additional costs: | - Cheap paint roller covers leave fuzz on the wall while inexpensive brushes leave streaky marks; pay a few extra cents or dollars to get better results.
- It takes more coats of paint and costs more to cover a dark color with a light one, or vice versa.
- Removing heavy furniture is often not included in painters' estimates; if you can't do it yourself or hire someone, ask if there will be an extra charge.
- Having to paint crown molding, baseboards, wainscoting or other detailed can add to a contractor's estimated price, as can walls taller than the average of 8 feet. The exact extra expense will varies depending on the amount of extra labor required.
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| Discounts: | - If a painter is setting up to do a single room in a home, additional rooms may cost less than the first--it's possible to save money overall by painting everything at once.
- Painters' quotes can be lower in winter, early spring or late fall--the off-season--than in peak summer months when there's lot of work available. Ask if there's a discount if the project is done on a fill-in basis, in-between other projects.
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Article updated May 2007 |
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| Amount: $250.00 |
Finally got bathroom painted
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| Posted by: First Time Homeowner in Santa Clara, CA. | Purchased: September, 2005 |
| Number of Rooms: 1 | Painter: small firm, 1 guy |
| My wife and I hadn't gotten to painting our bathroom for over a year, and we had hired a guy to paint our exterior, so we asked him how much he'd charge to finish our bathroom and he quoted $250. I think the price was a little high considering he was already here and it's just a bathroom, but he'd be setting up to paint (inside) for just room, so we hired him. He did a great job. I have to admit, our one professionally painted room looks much better than the rooms we painted ourselves. We definitely wanted a name-brand paint, and he used Kelly-Moore. |
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| Amount: $1,650.00 |
interior painting
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| Posted by: Prepping house for sale in Sonoma, CA. | Purchased: November, 2007 |
| Number of Rooms: 6 | Painter: local guy |
| It was very helpful having your information before we started looking for a painter. We were quoted drastically different prices - your article gave us ideas of what to question, to find out what each painter really included in their quote. Thanks a lot. |
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| Amount: $400.00 |
I was trained as a painter by my father who was a painter his entire life from age 15 til he was 78
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| Posted by: Thumper in cleveland, OH. | Purchased: 2007 |
| Number of Rooms: 1 bathroom | Painter: me |
| The ave cost to paint a bathroom always depends on several factors, size, condition of the room type of paint. For a small bathroom 10 x 10 including the ceiling will cost about $100.00 in paint, and another 300 to 400 for labor. |
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| Amount: $400.00 |
Amount 400.00
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| Posted by: Mikey1111 in Forest Park, GA. | Purchased: 2007 |
| Number of Rooms: 1 | Painter: Local painter |
| He did a great job, he had to remove the popcorn ceiling (we hated it and wanted it gone) so the price jumped by 200.00, not bad, since it took him a long time to scrape and to filler it back to normal. |
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| Amount: $1,250.00 |
Seemed a bit expensive to me at the time
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| Posted by: AnotherBob in Vancouver, WA. | Purchased: March, 2008 |
| Number of Rooms: 4 | Painter: Local |
| Bathroom, kitchen, living room, bedroom. Including ceilings. Primed and painted. |
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| Amount: $12,000.00 |
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| Posted by: Tom & Ellen in Lancaster, PA. | Purchased: April, 2008 |
| Number of Rooms: 12 | Painter: Bill Torres Painting |
Bill Torres Painting painted our Home
about 12 rooms walls,ceilings,trim 2 coats
he used Behr Premium we choose a Eggshell
Finish walls Flat Enamel ceilings Semi-Gloss
on trim Bill did a thorogh prep job very neat
and clean easy to work with |
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