Professional interior painting
Most interior jobs start the same way. A room has not been painted since you moved in, or you are about to move in and want it done before the furniture arrives. We paint walls, ceilings, trim, doors and built-ins, one room or a whole house.
Serving Wilmington, northern Delaware and southeastern Pennsylvania. See every area we cover.
What the job covers
- Walls, ceilings, trim, doors and baseboards
- Nail holes, cracks and dents filled before anything is painted
- Sanding and priming where the surface needs it
- Furniture moved and covered, floors protected
- Cut in by hand at ceilings, corners and trim
- Cleaned up at the end of every working day, not just at the end of the job
- Low-VOC and zero-VOC paint available if you want it
How it runs
We look at the actual rooms
We walk the job, measure, and talk through color and sheen. The written proposal comes after that visit, not as a number over the phone.
Prep comes first
Covering, filling, sanding, priming. This is most of the work and it is the part that decides how the finish looks in two years.
Paint
Cut in by hand, then rolled or sprayed depending on the room and the surface.
Walk it together
We go through the rooms with you before the crew leaves, so anything you are not happy with gets sorted while we are still there.
Rooms and surfaces we paint
Most of an interior job is not the painting. It is knowing what is under the last coat and what that surface will take, because a wall built in 1910 and a wall built in 1990 do not want the same preparation.
Drywall walls and ceilings
Almost everything built since the 1960s is board. It takes paint readily, which is exactly why the finish shows every seam, fastener and old repair that was not dealt with first. The filling and sanding decides how a wall looks in low afternoon light, not the paint.
Plaster in older houses
City rowhomes, borough twins and most houses built before the war are plaster over lath. Plaster is harder than board, it cracks along its own lines rather than at the joints, and it does not always take the same filler. We tell you which one you have before we quote it.
Wood trim, doors and millwork
Baseboards, casings, crown, stair parts, window sash and doors. Old trim carries a lot of coats and usually some sheen, so it is cleaned and scuffed before anything goes near it, and the finish is brushed out rather than flooded on.
Ceilings
A flat ceiling shows every roller mark and every place the wet edge was lost, so it is cut and rolled in one continuous pass. Where a leak has stained a ceiling, the stain is sealed first, because emulsion alone lets it come back through in a month.
Stairwells and two story halls
These need staging before they need paint. Getting a tower or a ladder safely onto a stair run is most of the planning on an entrance hall, and it is one of the clearest reasons some jobs need looking at in person rather than from photographs.
Where sheen matters more than color
Color is the part everyone thinks about and sheen is the part that decides how the room wears. We go through both on the walk round, room by room, because the right answer changes from one door to the next.
Living rooms and bedrooms
A flatter finish hides an imperfect wall and reads softer under lamplight. It also marks more easily, so the choice is really about how much traffic the room takes.
Kitchens, bathrooms and laundries
These want a finish that can be wiped and that copes with moisture and temperature swings. That usually means stepping up a sheen from whatever is on the bedroom walls.
Hallways, stairs and mudrooms
The surfaces that get touched. A wall you can clean is worth more here than a wall that looks perfect on the first day.
Trim and doors
Trim is usually finished harder than the walls, which is why trim shows preparation so plainly. Every dent left unfilled comes back under a satin or a semi gloss.
Common questions
Do I have to move the furniture?
No. Moving and covering furniture is part of the job rather than something you do before we arrive. If there is anything fragile or valuable you would rather handle yourself, say so on the walk round and we will work around it.
Can I stay in the house while you paint?
Most people do. We work through the house room by room and clean up at the end of every working day rather than at the end of the job, so the rooms we are not in stay usable.
How long will it take?
It depends almost entirely on how much preparation the walls and trim need, which is why the written proposal comes after somebody has looked at the rooms rather than as a number over the phone. Preparation is most of the work on an interior job and it is the part that varies.
Do you paint ceilings and trim as well as walls?
Yes. Walls, ceilings, trim, doors, baseboards and built-ins. Most interior jobs are all of them, because painting the walls alone tends to leave everything else looking tired next to them.
Can you use low-VOC or zero-VOC paint?
Yes, both are available. Tell us on the walk round and the written proposal comes back that way. It is a choice you make for your own job rather than something we decide for you.
Where we do interior work
Interior work runs all year, so it is the bulk of what we do across New Castle County. The city is its own trade. The rowhomes and twins running from Trolley Square through the Highlands are plaster over lath with tall ceilings and stair halls that need staging before they need paint.
The suburbs ask for something different. The 1950s and 1960s ranches and split levels through Brookside and up into Pike Creek are board throughout and repaint predictably, while the rental stock around the university in Newark turns over on a fixed calendar rather than a homeowner one.
Over the state line the older boroughs come back to plaster, high ceilings and deep trim, in Media and Swarthmore and across the rest of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, and north through Chester County.
Customers on this work
- Google review7/23/2026
I could not be more thrilled with Modern Image Painting. We needed our nursery, master bedroom, and family room all painted just weeks before our baby was born and they were able to accommodate us and finished the job in 2 days. Justin and his crew went above and beyond to meet all of my needs. Would highly recommend!!
Kyle E.
- Google review8/04/2026
Justin and his team did a phenomenal job transforming the interior of my home. They were clean, professional, and went above and beyond my expectations. I highly recommend them if you are looking for a quality painting company in the area!
Danielle A.
- Google review5/02/2026
Outstanding experience with Justin and team painting entire interior of 3 floor townhome including an area previously wallpapered and exterior porch columns and porch railings. Project completed in just under 5 days and couldn’t be happier with the quality of the job done! Also, the team was punctual, took care to protect new flooring/cabinets/furniture, etc and always cleaned up thoroughly each evening. This is my 2nd experience with Justin and his team…
Erin F.
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