Remodeling · Color, done rightInterior & Exterior Painting in Seattle & the Puget Sound
FLYP's painting service covers interior and exterior repaints, cabinet refinishing, and trim and door work across Seattle and the Puget Sound. Every job is built on real prep — patch, caulk, sand, and prime — plus lead-safe practices on older homes and moisture-rated coatings for the wet Pacific Northwest.
Paint is the cheapest way to make a home feel new — and the easiest place to get burned. A repaint is really two jobs: the prep you can't see and the color you can. Around Puget Sound, the prep is what decides whether an exterior still looks sharp after three winters or starts peeling and blistering after one wet season. FLYP is the remodeling division of Green State Restoration, a licensed, insured Washington contractor, so painting isn't a side hustle for us — it's crews who know how coatings actually behave against this region's rain, humidity, and long damp shoulder seasons.
On the interior, we handle full repaints, single rooms, trim, doors, ceilings, and cabinet refinishing. Cabinets are their own craft: proper degreasing, deglossing or sanding, a bonding primer, and a sprayed or fine-brushed finish that stands up to daily hands and steam — not just a coat of wall paint that chips at the first fingernail. On the exterior, we repaint siding, trim, and soffits, and stain decks and fences. A lot of older Seattle housing stock — Craftsman bungalows, mid-century ramblers, split-levels — wears cedar, wood lap, or shingle siding that needs the caulk lines reworked, failed spots scraped to sound material, bare wood primed, and the right coating for wood movement before a single finish coat goes on.
Our whole approach is honest and fixed-scope. We walk the project, tell you what actually needs doing versus what doesn't, and hand back a written quote with a defined scope — surfaces, prep level, product, and number of coats — so you're not comparing a real repaint against a quick spray-and-pray bid that skips the part that makes it last.
Why prep and timing decide a paint job in the Pacific Northwest
Paint fails at the surface, not in the can. In a climate this wet, moisture is the enemy: coatings that go over damp wood, dirty siding, mildew, or failed caulk will lift no matter how premium the product. That's why our exterior work leans hard on prep — washing, scraping, sanding, spot-priming bare wood, and re-caulking the joints where water gets in — and why exterior painting is genuinely seasonal here. The reliable dry window is roughly late spring through early fall; forcing an exterior repaint in the rain is how you buy a redo. Interiors we paint year-round.
There's also a safety and code layer people forget. Homes built before 1978 — a huge share of Seattle's older neighborhoods — can carry lead-based paint, and disturbing it during scraping or sanding has to be handled with lead-safe practices, not a shop vac and hope. Working with a licensed contractor means the prep is done properly and the finish is chosen for where it lives — a bathroom or kitchen wants a washable, mildew-resistant coating; south-facing trim wants something that won't chalk; a deck wants a stain rated for standing moisture and foot traffic. Getting those calls right up front is the difference between a repaint you forget about and one you're redoing in two years.
Frequently asked questions
What drives the cost of a painting project?
Mostly prep and access, not the paint itself. A clean interior repaint with sound walls is straightforward; exteriors with peeling, failed caulk, bare wood, extensive scraping, tall or steep elevations, or lead-safe handling on a pre-1978 home take far more labor. Number of coats, color changes (dark-to-light or bare wood needs more), cabinet counts, and trim detail all move the number too. We quote a fixed scope after seeing it so there are no surprises.
When is the best time to paint the exterior in Seattle?
The dependable window is roughly late spring through early fall, when surfaces stay dry long enough to prep, prime, and cure between coats. Painting exteriors in the wet season risks moisture getting trapped under the coating, which leads to peeling and blistering. Interiors we do any time of year. If you're planning an exterior repaint, it's worth getting on the schedule before the dry months fill up.
Do you refinish kitchen cabinets, or only paint walls?
We do both. Cabinet refinishing is a distinct process — degreasing, deglossing or sanding, a bonding primer, and a sprayed or fine-brushed finish that resists chipping and moisture. Done right, it transforms a dated kitchen for a fraction of new cabinetry. It's not the same as rolling wall paint onto cabinet doors, and we scope and price it separately from wall work.
How do you handle older homes that may have lead paint?
Homes built before 1978 can contain lead-based paint, common in Seattle's older Craftsman and mid-century stock. As a licensed contractor we follow lead-safe work practices when disturbing those surfaces — containment and proper prep rather than open sanding — so the job is done without spreading hazardous dust. We'll flag it during the walkthrough if your home falls in that range.
What kind of prep is actually included?
That's the part we don't cut. Depending on the surface it includes cleaning and mildew treatment, scraping and sanding failed areas, patching and filling, caulking gaps and joints, and priming bare wood or repairs. Your written quote spells out the prep level so you know exactly what you're getting — because prep is what separates a repaint that lasts from one that fails through the next wet winter.
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