Interior House Painting Services in Toronto
Interior Painters in Toronto You Can Trust in Your Home
The City Painters are your experts for interior house painting services in Toronto and the surrounding area. We offer fast, friendly, and professional service at competitive prices for all sorts of interior painting tasks. These include:
- Wall painting
- Trim and door painting
- Staircase staining and varnishing
- Staircase stringer and riser painting
- Ceiling painting
- Wallpaper removal
We’re also certified by the WSIB and have liability insurance for each project, so you can stop stressing about your renovation project and trust that we’ll take care of everything smoothly.
House Interior Areas We Specialize In
Interior House Services Beyond Painting
Drywall Patching, Taping, & Repair
Get Your Drywall Ready To Paint
Drywall is difficult to paint if it isn’t secured properly or has flaws in it, leading to a finish that’s uneven or otherwise just doesn’t look good. Let our painting experts patch, tape, and repair drywall you want painted so that you avoid imperfections and end up with a smooth finish.
Wallpaper Removal
Remove Wallpaper Right to Speed Up Painting
If you want to paint a wall with wallpaper on it, you have to remove the wallpaper first. But if you don’t do that correctly, it can end up leaving debris and imperfections that make prepping the underlying wall take longer. Cut down on unnecessary painting time by leaving wallpaper removal to our expert painting team.
Stucco / Popcorn Ceiling Painting
Freshen Up Your Stucco or Give It a Whole New Look
Stucco and popcorn ceilings used to have limited colour options, but now most kinds of exterior paint can refresh or change their look. Let our professional team of interior painters in Toronto use the paints, tools, and preparation techniques to paint your stucco or popcorn ceiling the right way.
Stucco / Popcorn Ceiling Removal
Remove Textured Finishes Properly to Avoid Delays
Like with wallpaper, removing stucco and popcorn ceilings carelessly can leave debris or imperfections that make the underlying surface difficult to paint. Our team of painting experts can remove stucco and popcorn ceilings properly so you can get to painting the surfaces underneath faster.
Interior Caulking
Seal Trim and Baseboards for a Smooth Finish
Trim and baseboards can eventually come loose with exposure to the elements and wear & tear over time. This creates gaps that expose the lines between areas where you painted and where you didn’t paint. We can stick and seal your trim and baseboards to your walls so that you get a uniform-looking painting finish.
How to Choose an Interior Painter
Insured, Accredited, & Well-Reviewed
You want painters to be insured and safety-accredited so that if something goes wrong during a project – like someone gets hurt or your property gets damaged – you’re not responsible for cleaning up the mess. However, you should also seek to lower the chances of something going wrong in the first place by picking painters who can prove they know what they’re doing. That means they provide photos of finished interior paint jobs, as well as testimonials from clients on how professionally they completed projects.
Expert Interior Painting Recommendations
The painters you hire shouldn’t just paint the interior of your home – especially if you don’t know exactly what you’re looking for to begin with. Instead, they should work with you to understand the spaces you want painted and what kind of look or results you’re trying to achieve. From there, they can make suggestions on how best to get a finished product that’s done quickly and efficiently, looks great, and doesn’t break the bank.
Clear & Honest Home Painting Pricing
No homeowner looking to hire painting contractors wants to be lured in by seemingly competitive rates, only to find out that hidden costs – such as for prep work, materials, and travel – end up comprising the bulk of the bill! Professional painters should be upfront in telling you exactly what you’re paying for, including providing an itemized breakdown of costs based on the information you give them about your project’s particular circumstances (like area to be covered, materials/shape of surfaces to be painted, and any pre-existing damage that needs to be fixed).
Using the Right Tools for Interior Painting
When painting, both the look and quality of the work you end up with depends on what tools are used. Do a little research beforehand and ask any painting contractors you approach whether they have the necessary tools to do the job the way you want it done. Not only will this give you a finished product that’s closer to what you envisioned, but it will also help the work last longer and require less maintenance over time.
Why Choose The City Painters for Your Interior House Painting?
We’re WSIB-Certified & Insured
Our professional interior painting team at The City Painters is fully certified by the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB), so we’re committed to carry out all our painting jobs as safely as possible. We also back up all of our projects with at least $2 million in liability insurance, so you’re covered if a problem does happen.
Interior House Painting Experts
We got our start in 2010 as residential painting specialists, so believe us when we say that we know our stuff when it comes to painting home interiors. We have the advice and know-how to get you a home interior paint job that meets your aesthetics, schedule, and budget.
Fair & Honest Home Painting Prices
We know painting your home is an investment, both aesthetically and economically. That’s why our knowledgeable painting team will assess your interior painting project’s specifics, and provide an estimate based on them for an efficient job that gives you the best value for your money.
Stellar Painting Resume in the GTA
We’ve been doing interior painting in Toronto and the surrounding area since 2010. Since then, we’ve expanded our painting services and built up a stellar portfolio of high-profile jobs. One such job was part of renovations for Rogers Centre, home of your Toronto Blue Jays baseball club!
Interior House Painting Process
There are 6 stages to painting interior areas:
Prepare the work areas
The first step is to get the areas you want to paint ready to start working in. This means moving or removing furniture and fixtures that could get in your way. It also means applying painter’s tape and laying down drop cloths to protect the areas you don’t want to get paint on.
Remove wallpaper if necessary
If a wall you want to paint has wallpaper on it, you need to remove that first. You should do this carefully – perhaps hiring a professional painting team (like us!) to do it for you – as a botched job can result in pieces of paper or adhesive stuck to the underlying wall surface. This extends your prep time, as you have to remove these as well.
Repair and clean surfaces
You should also patch and sand any cracks, holes, or dents in any of the surfaces you’re painting so that the paint will adhere properly for a smooth finish. Similarly, you should clean the surfaces you plan to paint so that dirt, dust, mold, and other contaminants don’t get stuck in the paint.
Caulk trim and baseboards
If you have trim or baseboards around the walls you want to paint, you should caulk them to seal them to the walls (unless you plan on removing them before you paint and then re-attaching them afterward). This helps prevent them from becoming unstuck from the walls, which exposes gaps between the old wall colour and the new one.
Prime surfaces to be painted
Apply primer to the surfaces you want to paint. If you want to dramatically change the colour of a particular surface, or are aiming to paint it a particularly deep colour, try using a primer that’s pre-tinted to a similar colour (a paint store can do this for you). This can make it easier to get the colour you want without applying as many coats of paint.
Paint in the right order
If you’re painting all of the components of a room, it’s best to paint them in a specific order to minimize the chance of making mistakes that are difficult to fix. Generally, you should paint the trim first, then paint the ceiling. Paint the walls next, and save the baseboards for last.
Prepare the work areas
The first step is to get the areas you want to paint ready to start working in. This means moving or removing furniture and fixtures that could get in your way. It also means applying painter’s tape and laying down drop cloths to protect the areas you don’t want to get paint on.
Remove wallpaper if necessary
If a wall you want to paint has wallpaper on it, you need to remove that first. You should do this carefully – perhaps hiring a professional painting team (like us!) to do it for you – as a botched job can result in pieces of paper or adhesive stuck to the underlying wall surface. This extends your prep time, as you have to remove these as well.
Repair and clean surfaces
You should also patch and sand any cracks, holes, or dents in any of the surfaces you’re painting so that the paint will adhere properly for a smooth finish. Similarly, you should clean the surfaces you plan to paint so that dirt, dust, mold, and other contaminants don’t get stuck in the paint.
Caulk trim and baseboards
If you have trim or baseboards around the walls you want to paint, you should caulk them to seal them to the walls (unless you plan on removing them before you paint and then re-attaching them afterward). This helps prevent them from becoming unstuck from the walls, which exposes gaps between the old wall colour and the new one.
Prime surfaces to be painted
Apply primer to the surfaces you want to paint. If you want to dramatically change the colour of a particular surface, or are aiming to paint it a particularly deep colour, try using a primer that’s pre-tinted to a similar colour (a paint store can do this for you). This can make it easier to get the colour you want without applying as many coats of paint.
Paint in the right order
If you’re painting all of the components of a room, it’s best to paint them in a specific order to minimize the chance of making mistakes that are difficult to fix. Generally, you should paint the trim first, then paint the ceiling. Paint the walls next, and save the baseboards for last.
Interior Home Painting FAQs
What are the rates for painting the interior of a house?
It depends largely on the size of the area you’re painting. Rates for painting the interior of a house in the GTA can be anywhere from $2-$6 per square foot. Other factors affecting that price include what kind of paint you’re using, how much prep work needs to be done on surfaces, how many areas need to be painted at once, how many painters are required, and how difficult it is to paint those surfaces (e.g. if they’re thin or have a lot of edges and tricky corners).
Painting multiple rooms at once can cost less, as painters don’t have to spend as much time getting to your house and setting up their equipment. So it can be more cost efficient to complete all your painting jobs at once, rather than spread them out over time.
In general, a small home can cost anywhere from $2000 to $4000 to fully paint. A medium-sized home can cost around $3000-$6000 to fully paint, and a large home can cost from $5500 to upwards of $10,000 to fully paint.
Are The City Painters insured for interior house painting jobs?
Yes. We offer a minimum of $2 million worth of liability insurance with each project. In addition, our entire team is certified by the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB). So if something goes wrong with the job – like your property gets damaged or someone gets hurt – we’ve got it covered.
How long does interior home painting take?
That depends on several variables, with some of the key ones being:
- How big your home is
- How much of your home interior you plan on painting
- How well you prepare for the job (e.g. repairing surfaces and removing obstructions)
- How many painters are working at once, and how skilled they are
On average, painting a 12’ x 12’ room shouldn’t take more than 5 or 6 hours for professionals. Painting the whole interior of an average-size 1500-2000 square foot home can take anywhere from 2 to 6 days, depending on the above factors, but shouldn’t take more than a week.
What are the right tools needed for interior home painting?
There are three main tools you should invest in for painting a house interior:
- Drop cloth – Get quality cotton drop cloths. They don’t move around as much and aren’t as slippery as surfaces such as newspapers, bedsheets, or plastic drop cloths. This makes them safer options for painting. Paint also tends to dry faster on them, so they better protect your furniture and floors from drips and spills.
- Roller – The type of roller you should use depends on what kind of surface you’re painting and how you want it to look. Rollers with shorter naps provide a glossier finish and are better for walls, while rollers with longer naps produce a flatter finish that looks better on places like ceilings.
- Paintbrush – The type and size of paintbrush you use depends on what kind of paint you’re using, as well as the specific surface you’re painting. Paintbrushes with synthetic bristles are best for latex paints, while ones with natural bristles are better for oil paints or varnishes. In addition, use a smaller paintbrush when working in tight spaces or on smaller surface areas for added precision and fewer mistakes.
Can’t I just DIY my interior house paint job?
We aren’t saying you can’t. But unless you have the right tools AND know how to use them, you may not get the look you’re going for or the quality of results you want. For example, some surfaces are difficult to paint because of their size or shape (such as trim or carved wood), requiring expert technique or specific tools (or both) to paint properly. Additionally, some surfaces can be difficult to reach in order to paint them. So you risk injuring yourself if you try to paint them without using the proper equipment.
What do I have to do to prepare my home for painting?
There are a few preparatory things you can do to make painting the interior of your house go smoother. They include:
- Remove or isolate all furniture and fixtures from areas you plan on painting
- Remove any wallpaper from walls that will be painted
- Fill in and sand down any imperfections in the surfaces you’re going to paint
- Wash the surfaces you plan on painting to remove any dust, dirt, mold, etc.
- Use painter’s tape and drop cloths to cover the surfaces you don’t want to get paint on