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From Portland's historic West End to the coastal and inland towns beyond, That 1 Painter Southern Maine, Tony and Sue Arsenault, refreshes interiors across 138 communities.

We visit your Southern Maine home, evaluate wall surfaces and natural lighting, and help you choose the perfect interior paint colors with a professional color consultation.
Walkthrough & Color Consultation. We visit your Southern Maine home, evaluate wall surfaces and natural lighting, and help you choose the perfect interior paint colors with a professional color consultation.

Our interior painting crew protects your furniture and floors, patches drywall imperfections, primes surfaces, and applies premium low-VOC paint with precision cut lines and flawless coverage.
Prep & Paint. Our interior painting crew protects your furniture and floors, patches drywall imperfections, primes surfaces, and applies premium low-VOC paint with precision cut lines and flawless coverage.

We do a detailed final walkthrough together, ensure every wall, ceiling, and trim detail meets our standards, clean up completely, and leave your Southern Maine home better than we found it.
Final Walkthrough & Enjoy. We do a detailed final walkthrough together, ensure every wall, ceiling, and trim detail meets our standards, clean up completely, and leave your Southern Maine home better than we found it.
We visit your Southern Maine home, evaluate wall surfaces and natural lighting, and help you choose the perfect interior paint colors with a professional color consultation.
Our interior painting crew protects your furniture and floors, patches drywall imperfections, primes surfaces, and applies premium low-VOC paint with precision cut lines and flawless coverage.
We do a detailed final walkthrough together, ensure every wall, ceiling, and trim detail meets our standards, clean up completely, and leave your Southern Maine home better than we found it.
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"I had such a wonderful experience with this company and their performance at my home. They did such a fantastic job and…"
Spencer Flynn
"Excellent painting service. Andrés López was very professional from the first contact, meeting deadlines and delivering…"
Viviana Torres
"I had a great experience with this painting company especially with Andres. He was an excellent person from start to fin…"
Yamilet López
"Can't say enough about the job Junior and Fernanda did on our interior and outside stucco. They were attentive to detail…"
Brian Wheelis
Average ROI on professional interior painting
HomeLight, 2023
Maximum added resale value
Angi, 2024
of real estate agents say painting boosts home value
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Interior repaints across Portland, Yarmouth, Falmouth, Brunswick, and Kennebunkport cover very different houses in the same market: Federal-era and Greek Revival homes in Portland, Bath, and Brunswick with plaster walls and heavy trim, coastal shingled cottages in Cape Elizabeth and Kennebunkport, mid-century Cape Cods across Scarborough and Wells, and newer Falmouth and Yarmouth builds on smooth spec drywall. Each substrate takes primer and sheen differently, and every scope is walked before pricing.
Color choices across Cumberland and York counties have leaned into warm off-whites, sandy greiges, and deeper heritage greens, blues, and charcoals that hold up under soft northern light. Historic Portland, Bath, and Kennebunkport homes lean into layered heritage colors with heavier trim contrast, while Falmouth and Yarmouth lean toward gallery neutrals with crisp white trim. Real drawdowns are staged at the estimate so a color is judged on the wall it will actually live on, and our guide to the best paint finish for each room is a fair starting point.
Southern Maine winters push interior humidity very low through wood-stove and forced-air heat, and coastal summers push it high. That whiplash pulls film off older trim in Portland and Brunswick homes and opens joint cracks in newer Falmouth builds. Baths, mudrooms, and heavy-cooking kitchens all read better in a scrubbable acrylic than a builder flat. A fresh ceiling coat is often the single change that wakes up a whole room, and it pairs cleanly with cabinet refinishing or popcorn ceiling removal when the room is already taped off.

Your peace of mind, at the top of mind with our three-year transferable warranty. Covers the painting job, even if you sell the house.
Download WarrantyIs winter a good time to paint interiors in Maine?
It's ideal, with exteriors on hold, winter is when we do most interior work, and modern low-VOC paints let us keep the job comfortable indoors.
Do you paint older Portland-area homes with plaster walls?
Yes, many Southern Maine homes have older plaster and woodwork that need careful patching and prep, which our crews handle before finish coats.
How do Southern Maine winters affect interior repaints?
Baseboard heat and woodstoves in Portland and Cape Elizabeth homes pull moisture out of interior air unevenly through winter, which can slow film cure on trim. Our crews run humidity-friendly product spec and stage rooms so film cures at spec through the long heating season. The full plan is walked at the free in-home estimate.
Can you paint interiors around a family's schedule in Southern Maine?
Yes, rooms are staged in sections so families in Falmouth and Yarmouth can keep the rest of the home livable while a scope is active. Everything is masked, draped, and cleaned up each day. Timing is coordinated with the homeowner on the front end.
Do you use low-odor interior paints for occupied Southern Maine homes?
Every interior scope uses premium low-VOC products so families can stay in the home during the work, which matters in winter when windows stay shut. Our crews wall off active zones and run air movers in Brunswick and Freeport homes to move odor out. The 3-year transferable warranty covers the interior finish.
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