House Painting in St. Petersburg and Clearwater, FL

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Living room before painting, neutral tones
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We Paint Everything

Our St. Petersburg, FL crews paint everything: walls, ceilings, trim, doors, cabinets, exteriors, decks, and commercial interiors. We work across Gulfport, Historic Kenwood, and St. Petersburg with the durability standards required by a subtropical coastal climate.

Freshly painted interior living room with bright walls and clean trim work

Interior Painting

Transform your living spaces with flawless color and finish.

Interior Painting
Exterior house painting project with crisp siding and updated curb appeal

Exterior Painting

Curb appeal that lasts. Expert coatings for every climate.

Exterior Painting
Commercial painting project in a polished business interior

Commercial Painting

Professional-grade finishes that elevate your business space.

Commercial Painting
Kitchen cabinet painting project with a smooth factory-style finish

Cabinet Painting

Refresh your kitchen with a smooth, factory-quality finish.

Cabinet Painting
Limewash finish adding texture and depth to painted masonry

Limewash

Authentic European lime-based finishes for timeless texture and depth.

Limewash
Painted brick exterior with a durable updated finish

Brick Painting

Breathe new life into brick with lasting, beautiful color.

Brick Painting

Trusted Paint Partners

Sherwin-Williams
Benjamin Moore
Behr
PPG
Romabio
Michelle Mason, locally owned and operated That 1 Painter St. Petersburg - Clearwater franchise owner

We're Locally Owned

Owned by Michelle Mason, That 1 Painter St. Petersburg brings local accountability and a 3-year warranty to every Gulfport, Historic Kenwood, and St. Petersburg project. Our services cover interior painting, exterior painting, cabinet refinishing, and specialty finishes.

Your painting project means as much to us as it does to you. We're licensed and insured, and our promise is simple: we'll be your best house guests, treating your place with the utmost care and leaving it even more pristine than when we arrived.

Locally Owned Professional Painting Company in St. Petersburg - Clearwater, Florida

That 1 Painter St. Petersburg - Clearwater is a locally owned and operated painting company led by Michelle Mason, serving St. Petersburg - Clearwater and surrounding communities with licensed and insured crews and a 3-year transferable warranty.

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Areas Served

That 1 Painter St. Petersburg serves Gulfport, Historic Kenwood, St. Petersburg, Snell Isle, St. Pete Beach, Paradise Island, Isle of Palms, and the surrounding Pinellas peninsula Gulf coast; repainting everything from bayfront condominium towers and barrier-island cottages on St. Pete Beach to Historic Kenwood bungalows and Snell Isle Mediterranean-revival estates, inside and out.

Contact Info

(727) 977-1793
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
Hours
Mon–Sun
12 AM – 11:59 PM

Recent St. Petersburg and Clearwater Painting Projects

A look at the craftsmanship we bring to homes and businesses across St. Petersburg and Clearwater. From full-home interior repaints and kitchen cabinet refinishing to exterior siding, stucco, and trim work, every painting project in St. Petersburg and Clearwater is prepped, primed, and finished by licensed, insured local painters. Browse recent residential and commercial painting projects to see the color matching, surface prep, and clean lines homeowners across St. Petersburg and Clearwater trust us to deliver.

Brick Colonial Refresh in St. Petersburg and Clearwater by That 1 Painter

Professional exterior painting project in St. Petersburg and Clearwater by That 1 Painter
Exterior Painting

Bright White Kitchen in St. Petersburg and Clearwater by That 1 Painter

Professional interior painting project in St. Petersburg and Clearwater by That 1 Painter
Interior Painting

Mediterranean Estate Exterior in St. Petersburg and Clearwater by That 1 Painter

Professional exterior painting project in St. Petersburg and Clearwater by That 1 Painter
Exterior Painting

Modern Marble Bathroom in St. Petersburg and Clearwater by That 1 Painter

Professional interior painting project in St. Petersburg and Clearwater by That 1 Painter
Interior Painting

Coastal Craftsman Repaint in St. Petersburg and Clearwater by That 1 Painter

Professional exterior painting project in St. Petersburg and Clearwater by That 1 Painter
Exterior Painting

Vaulted Great Room in St. Petersburg and Clearwater by That 1 Painter

Professional interior painting project in St. Petersburg and Clearwater by That 1 Painter
Interior Painting

That 1 Painter St. Petersburg - Clearwater Portfolio

  • Brick Colonial Refresh
  • Bright White Kitchen
  • Mediterranean Estate Exterior
  • Modern Marble Bathroom
  • Coastal Craftsman Repaint
  • Vaulted Great Room
Paint It Forward

Every year, our St. Petersburg and Clearwater team teams up with franchise owners across the country to gift complete paint transformations to deserving families, small businesses, and non-profits. It's our way of giving back to the community that's given us so much, one home, one story, one fresh coat at a time.

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Painting Cost in St. Petersburg and Clearwater 2026 Guide

Painting pricing in St. Petersburg reflects three local realities: Florida's subtropical coastal climate, the prep workload required by salt air, UV intensity, and frequent afternoon storms, and the access surcharges common in Gulfport and Historic Kenwood. This 2026 guide shows real numbers from real St. Petersburg jobs.

Project Type
Low
High
Average
Interior (per sq ft)
$2.75
$5.25
$3.85
Exterior (per sq ft)
$2.25
$4.50
$3.15
Cabinet Refinishing
$3,500
$8,500
$5,200
Single Room
$500
$1,200
$750
Whole-Home Interior
$4,500
$16,000
$8,500
Whole-Home Exterior
$3,800
$12,000
$6,500

* All prices include materials, labor, and prep. Based on 2026 St. Petersburg - Clearwater averages.

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Our 3-Year Warranty

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.

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The Complete St. Petersburg - Clearwater Painting Guide

Everything St. Petersburg - Clearwater homeowners should know before hiring a painter, services, seasonal timing, colors, HOA rules, and how to get the most value from your project. Written by the That 1 Painter St. Petersburg - Clearwater team.

Our St. Petersburg - Clearwater Painting Services

Explore every service That 1 Painter St. Petersburg - Clearwater offers across St. Petersburg, Florida.

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Paint Reviews, Advice & Expert Tips

Honest product reviews, pro painting techniques, and helpful articles from professional painters who do this every day.

What Is the Best Paint Sheen for Interior Walls?

Choosing between flat, eggshell, satin, and semi-gloss depends on the room's traffic, lighting, and function. Professional painters break down when to use each sheen for the best results.

SuperPaint vs Cashmere: Which Sherwin-Williams Paint Is Better?

Both are popular mid-tier Sherwin-Williams paints, but they perform differently on walls, trim, and cabinets. See how professional painters compare coverage, feel, and durability.

Is Behr Premium Plus a Good Paint for Homeowners?

Behr Premium Plus is one of the most affordable paints at Home Depot. Professional painters test its coverage, durability, and finish quality to see if it's worth the price.

What Are the Pros and Cons of Behr Urethane Paint?

Behr Urethane Alkyd is a hybrid paint that combines oil-based durability with water-based cleanup. See how it performs on trim, cabinets, and doors in a real-world test.

Is Behr Dynasty the Most Durable Paint You Can Buy?

Behr Dynasty claims to be their most durable, stain-repellent paint. Professional painters put it to the test on walls and high-traffic areas to see if the claims hold up.

Is Sherwin-Williams Gallery Series Worth the Premium Price?

The Gallery Series is Sherwin-Williams' newest premium line. Professional painters review its unique properties and explain why it may not be the best choice for beginners.

Frequently Asked Questions

Clear answers about pricing, timelines, services, warranty coverage, and working with That 1 Painter.

Your Trusted, Local Painters for Residential and Commercial in St. Petersburg, FL

Interior Painting Built for St. Petersburg Homes

Interior painting is the fastest way to change how a home in St. Petersburg feels without touching the floor plan, and it is the busiest scope our crews run across the Pinellas peninsula. Our interior painting scope covers walls, ceilings, trim, doors, and closets, and every interior painting job in St. Petersburg starts with a real prep pass so the interior painting film has a clean, sound surface to bond to. Homeowners searching for painters in St. Petersburg for an interior painting refresh usually want two upgrades at once: a modern Gulf-coast color palette and a durable, scrubbable interior painting finish that survives salt-tinged humidity, high-traffic hallways, and long air-conditioning cycles.

As a painting company in St. Petersburg that runs interior painting on both barrier-island condominium units on St. Pete Beach and 1920s Historic Kenwood bungalow interiors, we treat interior painting material selection as a real decision, not a checkbox. Which interior painting sheen hides original plaster imperfection under Old Northeast light, which interior painting product holds up in a Gulf-facing laundry room on Paradise Island, and which interior painting primer we need to lock down previously oil-based trim in a Snell Isle Mediterranean-revival home are all questions we answer before the crew shows up. That level of interior painting discipline is why homeowners hire house painters in St. Petersburg like us instead of a general handyman.

If you're comparing interior painting bids from painters in St. Petersburg, ask each of them about interior painting warranty terms, interior painting prep sequence, and how the interior painting crew protects floors and furniture day to day. Every serious interior painting outfit in St. Petersburg should have plain answers to all three. See our interior painting page for the full interior painting scope and current pricing across St. Petersburg and the Pinellas peninsula Gulf coast.

Exterior Painting for Gulf-Coast Sun and Salt Air

Exterior painting in St. Petersburg has to hold up to relentless subtropical UV on every elevation, wind-driven rain during a long hurricane season, salt-air corrosion on any home along St. Pete Beach, Paradise Island, and the Tampa Bay corridor, and heavy summer humidity that keeps mildew alive year-round, so exterior painting product choice is the whole conversation, not a footnote. A painting company in St. Petersburg that takes exterior painting seriously specifies a 100% acrylic elastomeric or high-build exterior painting product with strong UV pigment stability and a mildew inhibitor built into the exterior painting film, so shaded north elevations in Gulfport and unshaded stucco elevations on Snell Isle stay clean between exterior painting cycles.

Our exterior painting scope typically includes a full pressure wash, a mildew-and-chalking assessment, spot scraping of any failing exterior painting layers, stucco crack float and repair, feathered sanding, spot primer on bare substrate, full caulk of stucco seams and window returns, and two coats of exterior painting-grade paint. That exterior painting sequence is the same whether we are painting CBS-block stucco on an Isle of Palms canal-front home, a Historic Kenwood bungalow, or a Gulf-front condominium on St. Pete Beach. Painters in St. Petersburg who skip any of those exterior painting steps are quoting a two-year paint job in a ten-year paint job wrapper.

If you're evaluating house painters in St. Petersburg for exterior painting, look closely at how the exterior painting bid describes prep, not just the exterior painting product line. A clean exterior painting film applied over poor prep will peel inside a single Gulf-coast rainy season. Our exterior painting service documents the exterior painting prep sequence in detail, and every exterior painting job we run carries a 3-year transferable warranty.

Cabinet Painting in St. Petersburg Kitchens

Cabinet painting is the single biggest visual change a homeowner in St. Petersburg can buy without a full kitchen remodel, and cabinet painting demand across Snell Isle, St. Pete Beach, and Historic Kenwood reflects that. Our cabinet painting scope typically covers cabinet boxes on-site plus cabinet doors and drawer fronts sprayed off-site in a controlled environment, so the cabinet painting finish flows out flat and cures without airborne dust or salt-air moisture. Cabinet painting projects like this are why homeowners call a painting company in St. Petersburg instead of a general remodeler.

Cabinet painting product selection matters as much as cabinet painting prep. A real cabinet painting job uses a bonding primer, a cabinet-grade urethane-modified acrylic paint, and controlled drying conditions so the cabinet painting film cures hard enough to resist door-edge chipping under daily use in a humid Gulf-coast kitchen. As a painting company in St. Petersburg that runs cabinet painting jobs almost every week, we schedule cabinet painting projects so the kitchen is out of service only for the days doors and drawers are physically off.

House painters in St. Petersburg quoting cabinet painting should walk you through cabinet painting cure times, cabinet painting warranty coverage, and cabinet painting color options with real drawdowns on your actual cabinet material. Cabinet painting is not a wall paint job with cabinets in the way, and any painting company in St. Petersburg that treats it that way is one to avoid for cabinet painting scopes. See our cabinet painting page for cabinet painting scope details and lead times.

Choosing Painters in St. Petersburg

There are a lot of painters in St. Petersburg to choose from, so the practical question is how to sort serious painters in St. Petersburg from casual ones. Any painting outfit you bid should carry general liability insurance, provide a written scope, and back the work with a real written warranty. They should also point at recent portfolio work in your specific corner of the Pinellas peninsula; St. Pete Beach, Snell Isle, Historic Kenwood, or Gulfport; not stock photos pulled from a supplier catalog.

As house painters in St. Petersburg ourselves, we tell homeowners to ask three questions of anyone bidding: what is the exact prep sequence, what specific paint product is going on the walls, and who from the company is on site day to day. Painters in St. Petersburg who dodge those questions are hoping you will not notice the answer later. A painting company in St. Petersburg that answers plainly is one worth a second meeting.

That 1 Painter St. Petersburg, owned by Michelle Mason, is one of many painters in St. Petersburg, and we compete on scope clarity, prep quality, and a 3-year transferable warranty that follows the paint, not the owner. If you are collecting bids from painters in St. Petersburg and the surrounding Pinellas peninsula Gulf coast, we would be glad to be one of the bids you compare against.

What a Painting Company in St. Petersburg Actually Does

A real painting company in St. Petersburg is more than a paint crew: it runs estimates, project management, materials logistics, color consultations, and warranty follow-up so the crew painting your house can focus on painting. That coordination is the difference between a painting company in St. Petersburg and a solo painter working out of a truck bed. It is also the difference between a paint job that lands on the promised week and a paint job that drifts a month past schedule when hurricane-season rain moves in off the Gulf.

As a painting company in St. Petersburg, our day starts with materials staging for that day's painting scope, drives out to active painting jobs from St. Pete Beach and Paradise Island across to Historic Kenwood and Snell Isle, and ends with paint punch-list walks with homeowners. A painting company in St. Petersburg running this way keeps painting projects on schedule and keeps paint quality consistent from the first painting day to the last painting day of a job. Homeowners feel that consistency in a lot of small ways; cleaner cut lines, tighter caulk joints, fewer callback punch items.

When you hire a painting company in St. Petersburg, you are hiring the coordination layer as much as the painting itself. A painting company in St. Petersburg that quotes a painting scope should tell you what week your painting starts, what week it ends, and who owns the project through completion. If a painting company in St. Petersburg cannot articulate what is included in the price on the bid, that is a signal to keep shopping.

How House Painters Handle Older St. Petersburg Homes

Older homes across St. Petersburg; 1920s bungalows through Historic Kenwood and the Old Northeast, Mediterranean-revival stucco estates on Snell Isle, and mid-century block ranches in Gulfport; need house painters in St. Petersburg who understand original plaster, wood casement windows, and the way early paint layers move under fresh coats in a humid, salt-heavy climate. House painters in St. Petersburg who came up on new-construction repaints alone often underestimate how much prep an older Pinellas peninsula home actually needs before the first drop of paint goes on the wall.

House painters in St. Petersburg running an older home job spend the first day on paint testing, stucco crack float, wood-window glazing repair, and containment for scrape-and-paint work outside. Skipping those steps produces a paint job that fails inside a single Gulf-coast rainy season. As house painters in St. Petersburg with real time on those blocks, we treat prep as the paint job; the coats you see are the last five percent of the actual work.

If you own an older home and are talking to house painters in St. Petersburg, ask each bidder to walk your house and describe what they would do differently versus a canal-front custom build on Isle of Palms or a Gulf-front condominium on St. Pete Beach. The house painters in St. Petersburg with a real answer are the ones to shortlist. Beyond older homes, our crews also cover new-build repaints, HOA-driven exterior refreshes across Gulfport and Snell Isle, condominium repaints along the St. Pete Beach and Paradise Island barrier-island corridor, and post-renovation touch-ups across St. Petersburg and the surrounding Pinellas peninsula Gulf coast, so the crew on your project has seen your situation before.

Color, Finish, and Booking Your Painting Project

Color is where a lot of painting projects across the Pinellas peninsula stall, so the painters you hire should have a real color process. Ours starts with existing light in the room, existing floor and trim tones, and the direction the room faces, then we put real paint drawdowns on your actual walls before the crew mobilizes. A painting company in St. Petersburg that hands you a fan deck and walks away will paint whatever you point at, which is not the same as helping you land the right color for the space.

Finish selection is the other half of the conversation. Flat or matte on ceilings, eggshell or matte on walls, satin or semi-gloss on trim, and a cabinet-grade product on cabinets; that mix reads intentional in a finished home across St. Petersburg. Painters in St. Petersburg who put one paint sheen everywhere are cutting corners on materials logistics, not doing you a favor. House painters in St. Petersburg that pair color and finish thoughtfully deliver a paint job that reads like a designer walked the space with them.

Booking a painting company in St. Petersburg should be simple: a walk-through, a written scope, a written price, a start date, and a warranty. Exterior painting demand peaks in the drier winter and spring window across the Gulf coast, so any painting company in St. Petersburg worth hiring is often booked several weeks out during peak exterior painting season. Interior painting flexes year-round, and cabinet painting we can usually schedule with less lead time. Request an estimate above and we will be out with a written scope you can compare against every other bid on your desk.