Interior and cabinet painting cost breakdowns, DIY vs. hire.
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Last June I paid a crew $4,800 to paint the front and both sides of my house, and then I painted the back of it myself for $310 and one very long weekend. Same house. Same paint, same color, same month. That gap is not a story about me being cheap. It is the entire … Read more
The first hole I ever patched was a doorknob-sized crater my dog put in the hallway wall the day we moved into the fixer-upper. I called a handyman, mostly out of panic, and he quoted me $220 to fix one hole the size of an orange. I nearly said yes. Then I looked at the … Read more
A painter walked my house last spring, nodded at every room, and handed me a number on the back of a business card: $7,400. Three bedrooms, a living room, a hallway. No ceilings, he added, like that was a favor. I stood in my own kitchen doing the math on my phone while he waited, … Read more
The real cost to paint kitchen cabinets in 2026: DIY vs pro tables, per-door pricing, kitchen-size ranges, and how to tell if a quote is fair.
