Doors in a deep color against bright trim in your Palatine home, cut clean where the two meet. If you want new hardware, it goes on as the doors go back up.
This is the woodwork side of painting: base, casing, crown, window trim, stair rails and spindles, and the doors. We fill and caulk, sand off the old gloss, and prime with a bonding primer wherever there is oil-based paint underneath. Doors come down and get painted flat when that gives a smoother finish, and they go back up only once the enamel has cured. Every color and sheen is written down room by room before we open a can.
Palatine is on our regular route in Cook County, reached on Route 53 and along Rand Road, Northwest Highway and Dundee Road, from downtown and the Metra station to the streets around Harper College. Painting doors a darker color than the casing around them changes the whole look of a hallway, and it only works with a sharp line where they meet. We decide with you which color each door edge gets, so the edge matches the face you see when the door stands open. Deep colors also need more coats to cover, and the estimate counts them.
Doors get one color and the casing another, with a hand-cut line where the two meet.
We settle which color goes on each edge before painting, so an open door looks right from both rooms.
Dark and saturated colors get the coats they need to cover evenly, counted in the estimate.
New hinges and knobs go on as each door is rehung, and we check the fit before changing anything.
The rest of the trim gets filled, caulked and enameled in the color and sheen you picked.
Rails and spindles get sanded and painted to match the trim or the doors, whichever you choose.
We meet you at the house and leave a free written estimate that lists each door, its color, the trim colors, the coats and any hardware you want swapped. If a new knob set does not fit the old bore or a strike plate needs moving, we show you and price it in writing before we do it. We set the dates together and book around the days we said. At the end, we walk every room with you, open and close every door, and touch up what you point to.
Call or text (815) 585-1750. We will look at your doors and trim and write every color, coat and hardware change on the estimate.
Call or text (815) 585-1750
Email matt@onitcc.com