What Exterior House Painting Costs in Atlanta, GA
By Myron Pendleton
House painters, Atlanta, GA
Atlanta house painting, inside and out
Peeling trim, chalky siding or a kitchen you are tired of looking at? We paint interiors, exteriors, cabinets, brick and decks for homes across Atlanta, and every job is scheduled from our office on 4th Street in Tucker.
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- Interior and exterior painting
- Cabinets, brick, decks and fences
- 40 painting and staining services
Short answer first
What a paint job here costs and how it starts
Short answer
House painting in Atlanta, GA typically runs about $1.20 to $4.25 per square foot on exteriors, depending on the siding, the height and the prep, while interiors are priced by the rooms, ceilings and trim involved. Call us any hour, describe the job, and we set a walk-through at the house before you get a written price.
What happens when you call
- Tell us what needs paintRooms, siding, cabinets or a deck, plus a rough size.
- We walk the house with youOld paint, soft wood and colors are checked before any price.
- You get a written scopeSurfaces, prep, products, coats and a start date.
Painting and staining services
Everything we paint, sorted the way you would ask for it
Start with the kind of work you need. Each page explains what the job involves on Atlanta houses, what drives the price and how long it takes.
Interior painting and color
Rooms, ceilings, trim and the color decisions that go with them.
Cabinets and woodwork
Kitchen cabinets, stairs, railings and stained interior wood.
Walls, ceilings and repairs
Drywall, plaster, popcorn, wallpaper and stains fixed before paint.
Exterior painting
Siding, brick, stucco, trim, doors and the wood repairs under them.
Decks, fences and porches
Stain, restoration and paint for the wood and metal outside.
Commercial and property work
Businesses, HOAs, rentals, listings and new builds.
Most of what goes on your walls comes from paint makers you already know: Sherwin-Williams and Benjamin Moore for most interiors, Behr and PPG on plenty of exteriors, and Romabio limewash or mineral paint when a brick house calls for it.
- Sherwin-Williams
- Benjamin Moore
- Behr
- PPG
- Valspar
- Cabot
- Olympic
- Romabio
- Zinsser
- Kilz
- Rust-Oleum
- Duckback
Atlanta conditions
What Atlanta rain, pollen and shade do to a paint job
Paint here fails from moisture more often than from sun. Atlanta averages about 49.7 inches of rain a year, and with 45.7% of the city under tree canopy, plenty of houses sit in shade that grows mildew and algae on siding and trim. We wash those walls, kill the growth and let the wood dry before primer goes on.
Spring adds pollen. On March 29, 2025, Atlanta Allergy and Asthma counted 14,801 grains per cubic meter, the highest in 35 years, and that yellow pine dust sticks to anything wet. In heavy weeks we rinse each wall the morning it gets painted, because pollen trapped in a fresh coat dulls it.
The houses set the rest of the scope. About three in four DeKalb County homes were built before 2000, and around Tucker the usual house is a 1950s to 1970s brick ranch or split-level with wood trim and fascia. That means brick that can be painted or limewashed, sills that often need rot repair, and interiors with decades of paint on the doors and baseboards.
49.7 inof rain in an average Atlanta year (1991 to 2020 normals)Source: NOAA normals
14,801pollen count on March 29, 2025, a 35-year highSource: Atlanta Allergy and Asthma
45.7%of Atlanta under tree canopy in 2023Source: Georgia Tech study, AJC
75.7%of DeKalb County homes built before 2000Source: Census ACS 2019 to 2023
Typical costs
What painting jobs cost around Atlanta
Published market ranges for the area, so you know roughly where a quote should land.
| Job | Typical published range | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Exterior house painting | $1.20 to $4.25 per square foot; most projects $2,104 to $4,689 | Atlanta's Paint Doctor, 2026 |
| Whole-home interior | $4,404 to $7,894 for a 1,282 sq ft home in Stone Mountain | HomeYou, June 2026 |
| Kitchen cabinet painting | $70 to $90 per cabinet door | HomeBlue |
| Deck staining | $522 to $1,187 for a professional stain | Angi, Atlanta |
These are planning ranges, not our prices. Your number depends on size, height, prep, the paint line and the number of coats, so every job is priced in writing after a walk-through.
How a job runs
From the first call to the last touch-up
The call
We answer, ask what needs paint and how soon, and set a time to see it.
The walk-through
We measure, check the old paint, probe soft wood and note the colors you want.
The written scope
Surfaces, prep, paint line, coats, colors and a start date, in writing.
Prep and protection
Floors, furniture and shrubs covered; surfaces washed, scraped, sanded, caulked and spot-primed.
Coats and walk-around
Finish coats go on, then we walk the job with you and clean up.
When to repaint
Signs your paint has stopped protecting the house
Chalk on your hand
Rub the siding. A white or colored powder means the binder has broken down.
Peeling at sills and trim
Paint lifting on sills, fascia and casing usually means water is getting behind it.
Black or green streaks
Mildew on shaded walls comes back through new paint unless it is killed first.
Open caulk joints
Cracked seams at corners and trim let rain into the wood under the paint.
Soft, spongy wood
A screwdriver that sinks into a sill or fascia board means rot to repair first.
Faded south and west walls
Sun-facing sides fade first; uneven color around the house means a thin coating.
Where we paint
Painting across Atlanta from our Tucker office
Our office sits on 4th Street in downtown Tucker, about 15 miles northeast of downtown Atlanta. From there we paint homes inside the city, especially the neighborhoods north and east of Midtown, and across the DeKalb and Gwinnett towns closest to us, with regular work in north Fulton, Cobb and Rockdale County.
Counties
Atlanta neighborhoods
Near Tucker and east
On the job
How our crews treat your house while they work
Every Quijano's Painting crew follows the same routine, whether the job is one bedroom or a two-story exterior.
Covered before a can opens
Floors, furniture and shrubs are covered first; plates and hardware come off.
Bare wood gets primer
Wood we scrape or replace is primed before finish paint, so the topcoat has something to grip.
One schedule, kept
You know the start date and the order of rooms or sides of the house before day one.
A walk-around at the end
We go over the work with you, touch up what you flag and haul our trash away.
Painting articles
Read before you pick colors or a painter
Plain answers on cost, timing and materials, written for Atlanta houses. All painting articles.
Questions
Questions Atlanta homeowners ask us
Yes. Inside we paint rooms, ceilings, trim and cabinets; outside we paint siding, brick and trim and stain decks and fences. Many jobs combine both.
Call and we set a walk-through at the house. After it you get a written scope listing the surfaces, prep, primer, paint line, coats and price, so you can compare quotes line by line.
Yes. Our phones are answered 24 hours a day, seven days a week, so you can call after work or on a Sunday and get the walk-through on the calendar.
It depends on the brick and any coating already on it. Limewash and mineral paint soak in and let brick breathe; acrylic masonry paint forms a film.
Fall and late spring, once the heaviest pine pollen has washed off, are the easiest seasons. We paint through summer too by starting early and following the shade around the house.
Put away small items and anything fragile. We move and cover the larger pieces and set the room back when it is done.
Atlanta and the towns around it in DeKalb, Gwinnett, Fulton, Cobb and Rockdale counties, all scheduled from our office at 2321 4th St in Tucker.
Ready when you are
Get your walk-through on the calendar
Call any hour, tell us what needs paint and where the house is, and we will set a time to look at it with you.