Brushtek · House painters · West metro & Central Minnesota
A straight lineis the whole job.
Interior and exterior painting, cabinets, trim and built-ins for homeowners and custom builders around Independence, Medina, Plymouth, Delano and Buffalo. Prep done properly, edges cut clean, rooms left the way we found them.
Exterior · navy shake siding, white trim Trusted by builders. Finish painting for four west-metro custom builders. How we work with builders.
Three kinds of work. Seventeen ways to book it.
Interior painting
Walls, ceilings, trim and doors for a single room or the whole house, prepped properly and painted all year from our shop in Independence.
Exterior painting
Siding, trim, soffit, fascia and doors, washed, scraped, moisture-checked and primed for a Minnesota winter, painted inside the May to mid-October window.
Cabinet painting
Kitchen and bath cabinets degreased, sanded, primed and sprayed with doors and hardware off, plus a straight answer on which cabinets are worth painting.
Trim · wainscoting, dining room Most of a paint job happens before the paint.
Fill, sand, caulk, prime
Nail holes, screw pops, cracked caulk at the trim, glossy old enamel that needs a bonding primer. Skipping this is how a paint job fails in year two.
Cut in by hand
Ceiling lines, trim lines, and the inside corners of an accent wall are cut with a brush and a steady hand, then checked in daylight before we call it done.
The right paint for the surface
Scrubbable eggshell where kids and dogs live, flat on ceilings, enamel on trim and cabinets, and exterior products that flex through a Minnesota freeze.
Rooms back the way they were
Furniture returned, outlet covers on, floors clean, touch-up paint labeled and left with you.
Real rooms, real houses, west of the cities.
Minnesota has two painting seasons
Exterior season runs roughly May to mid-October. Interior work runs all year.
Exterior paint wants the wall and the air above 50°F for a couple of days. Around here that is roughly May through mid-October, and low-temperature products stretch the shoulders. The other months are interior season: walls, trim, cabinets and built-ins.
Navy = exterior window · grey = interior season
Based in Independence. West metro and Central Minnesota.
The shop is in Independence on the Hwy 12 corridor, so the Lake Minnetonka towns, the Hwy 55 corridor and Wright County are all a short drive. Each town page says what we see in its houses and how far it is from us.
Questions we get on the phoneStraight answers.
How long does it take to paint the inside of a house?
A single room is usually a day, two if there is a lot of trim or repair. A whole-house interior repaint on an average west-metro home runs about a week, working room by room so you are never out of the whole house at once. We give you the schedule in the written estimate.
Can you paint the outside of my house in October?
Often, yes. The rule is that the surface and the air stay above 50°F for a couple of days, and some exterior products go lower. Early October usually works. By late October we are watching the forecast day by day and will tell you honestly if it should wait for spring.
Should I paint my oak cabinets or replace them?
If the boxes are solid and you like the layout, painting is the better answer and a fraction of the cost. We degrease, sand, fill the grain if you want a smooth look, prime with a bonding primer and spray the doors off-site. If the boxes are particleboard and swelling, we will tell you to replace.
Do painters need a license in Minnesota?
No. Minnesota has no state license for painters, so a license claim on a painter's website means nothing. What to check instead: a written estimate that says what gets prepped and how many coats, references you can call, and a crew that shows up when it said it would.
Do you work with builders on new construction?
Yes. We do finish painting for several custom builders in the west metro: primed walls, trim and doors, built-ins and cabinetry, on the builder's schedule. That is why so many of our photos are of brand-new rooms.
Free estimate
Send photos. Get a straight number.
Text a few photos of the rooms or the house and tell us what you are after. We reply with a written estimate, no pressure and no invented urgency.