Services

Every job starts with prep and ends with a walkthrough.

Five trades, one crew, one warranty. Each service below carries the paint it's most likely to be wearing when we're done.

Interior Painting by Prime & Proper

Interior Painting

Gallery White
No. 3 · LRV 88

Walls, ceilings, and trim painted like the room is going to be photographed — because on the day we finish, it will be. We vacuum before we roll, cut lines by hand, and keep your home livable the whole time.

  • Plaster crack & drywall repair before the first drop cloth
  • Hand-cut lines at ceiling and trim — no tape-shadows
  • Zero-VOC and low-odor lines for occupied homes
  • Daily tidy, nightly walkthrough with the crew lead
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Historic Exteriors by Prime & Proper

Historic Exteriors

Marion Green
No. 214 · LRV 9

Chicago's older homes were painted by people who expected to be judged from the sidewalk. We scrape to sound wood, prime bare spots, and match heritage palettes chip by chip — porch ceilings in Porch Ceiling No. 5, of course.

  • RRP lead-safe certified crews (pre-1978 homes)
  • Full scrape, sand & bare-wood priming — no painting over chalk
  • Glazing, sill repair & replacement of failed trim boards
  • Heritage color matching from a chip, a photo, or a scraped window
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Cabinet Refinishing by Prime & Proper

Cabinet Refinishing

First Coat White
No. 1 · LRV 92

Oak-to-elegance in a week. Doors and drawers come to our spray booth for a lacquer finish with no brush marks; boxes are finished in place. Your kitchen stays usable every evening of the job.

  • Off-site spray booth — 34-door kitchens done in 5 working days
  • Catalyzed lacquer & waterborne enamel, satin or matte
  • Hardware swaps, soft-close upgrades & crown refits
  • Ten-year finish warranty on sprayed cabinetry
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Color Consultation by Prime & Proper

Color Consultation

Late October
No. 89 · LRV 22

Ninety minutes with our consultant and the big chips — not the little ones, the hand-held ones. We read your light, your floors, your fixtures, and you leave with a signed-off palette for every room in the plan.

  • In-home session with oversized sample chips
  • North/south light reading — the step most regretted, skipped
  • A printed palette: colors, codes, sheens, room by room
  • Complimentary with any full-interior booking
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Fine Finishes by Prime & Proper

Fine Finishes

Iron Spot
No. 22 · LRV 5

The work that separates painters from applicators: Level 5 drywall, enamel millwork, limewash feature walls, deck and fence staining, and wallpaper removal that leaves the plaster ready for color.

  • Level 5 drywall — skim-coated, sanded, light-checked
  • Enamel doors, casings & wainscot, brushed or sprayed
  • Limewash & mineral finishes for breathability on old plaster
  • Deck staining with the boards cleaned, dried & moisture-tested
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The five-step run

No. 1

Consult & color

No. 2

Protect

No. 3

Prep

No. 4

Paint

No. 5

Walk & warranty

Asked, answered

How long does a kitchen cabinet refinishing take?

Five working days for a typical kitchen. Doors and drawers come out on day one to our spray booth; we finish the boxes in place mid-week and rehang everything Friday, hardware aligned. Your kitchen is usable every evening.

Do you move furniture, or do I have to?

We do. Heavy pieces are shifted to the room's center and draped; delicate items are yours to stash, and we'll tell you exactly which ones during the walkthrough. Canvas runners protect floors on every path we walk.

Our house is pre-1978. What about lead paint?

Every crew lead is RRP lead-safe certified. On pre-1978 homes we containment-scrape, HEPA-vacuum, and dispose per EPA protocol — especially on exteriors and window sashes, where old paint concentrates.

Which paint lines do you use?

Fine European and American lines chosen per surface — zero-VOC interiors for occupied homes, catalyzed lacquer in the booth, mineral and limewash finishes on old plaster. We'll hand you the spec sheet with your palette.

What's actually in the warranty?

Interiors: three years against peeling, flaking, and visible failure of our prep. Exteriors: five. Sprayed cabinetry: ten. It's written into the proposal, not implied — ask us to show you the page.