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Residential and Commercial Painting Services in Cohasset:

CertaPro Painters has painted over 20,000 homes on the South Shore, Plymouth, and Cohasset area.

Residential Painting for Cohasset Homes:
We offer interior and exterior painting, carpentry, wood repair, and free color consultation for Cohasset homes.

Commercial Painting for Cohasset Businesses and Multi-Family Communities:

Our Commercial Painting Department is skilled at working with your business, office, or community to plan the painting in a way that is not disruptive to you.  We offer night and weekend painting at no extra charge to get the painting done in off hours so you can run your business during the daytime.


Scroll down to see our tips on painting in Cohasset, including product recommendations for Cohasset’s coastal climate.

Painting your Cohasset home’s exterior:

The houses in Cohasset span many architectural styles – we’ve helped paint them all. We’ve painted some of the earliest surviving Cohasset residences built in the 18th century, Italian Renaissance-style villas and ornate Victorian homes from the 19th century, many Cape-style houses constructed after WWII, and more contemporary homes. Each of these Cohasset homes has its own needs, and we’re well-versed in maintaining them.

There are many homes in Cohasset that boast beautiful and expansive ocean views along the rocky coast. With these views comes exposure to harsh salt air and wind-driven rains, which wear down exterior coatings faster than inland homes. We use paints and stains especially formulated to better hold up to these conditions and provide a more lasting paint project in Cohasset.

While most Cohasset exteriors are constructed with wood, we also have experience with stucco homes and modern composite siding materials such as James Hardie or Boral. No matter what the exterior of your Cohasset home is made from, we have the experience and knowledge needed to coat it properly.

Products that help protect Cohasset exteriors from the harsh coastal weather and salt air:

For exterior wood trim:  Sherwin Williams Resilience paint.

For wood clapboards:  Sherwin Williams Woodscapes solid or semi-solid stain.  Because it has so much pigment in it, a solid stain looks just like paint when applied but gives more protection to the wood than paint does because stain penetrates the wood (paint sits on top).

Choosing a color for your Cohasset exterior – modern or historic?

“All-white” homes are fairly common in Cohasset, but some of our clients, even in older homes, opt for subtle grays and other shades for their home’s exterior.

Historic colors are our specialty, as we’ve painted many antique and date-boarded homes throughout the South Shore and Boston area.

We’ve also worked directly with the Cohasset Historical Society to find an original color for your antique Cohasset home.  The Cohasset Historical Society will also help you to research your home or property to find the authentic original colors of your home!

Our free color consultant can also help you choose a new paint color to change it up.  Drive around Cohasset and snap photos of homes you like.  Note the address, and if you have us paint for you, we’ll drive by and match that color for you.

Cohasset homes sure have a lot of shingles!

To gray cedar shingles: We apply bleaching stain to help them to gray over time.

To stain cedar shingles and see the wood grain, We apply a translucent stain.

We suggest solid stains to stain cedar shingles so that no wood grain shows. Solid stains look like paint but seep into the wood to protect it better than paint.

The black you see on your shingles is likely mold or mildew. We power wash the mold and treat the shingles with stains to help clean and protect them.

The dark brown on your shingles are the natural tannins inside the wood.  Tannins naturally occur within the wood shingle and will turn your home a dark brown over time.  To block the tannins, we recommend a slow-drying oil primer.  Using a slow-drying primer will allow the primer to seep into the wood shingle for a longer time vs. a regular primer, helping to protect the shingles from tannin-bleed.

Mahogany decks are typical to many Cohasset homes. To keep them looking their best and to protect them, decks should be coated every 1-2 years. We usually suggest a translucent oil stain for the richest possible finish. You can read our guide to maintaining decks and porches for more information.

White church in Snow in Cohasset

Painting your Cohasset interior:

Older and antique homes in Cohasset tend to have interior rooms nicely separated by walls. While you still need to choose a harmonious color palette for the whole home, the nicely walled-off rooms allow you to be bolder than you would in a home with an open floor plan.

We have lots of experience repairing and painting horsehair plaster walls – a staple of many Cohasset homes.

Open floor plans:  Some renovated and newly constructed homes in Cohasset have open floor plans. With an open space, it’s important to make sure you choose colors that work well together. Our free color consultant, Kate, can help you decide on colors that work together to keep the “flow” of the open floor plan without looking “choppy.” It’s worth spending the time upfront with her to get the colors “just right.”

Removing wallpaper:  There are many wallpapered rooms in Cohasset, but over time, the style might have faded or lost. Sometimes, this wallpaper is hung on water-damaged horsehair plaster walls. We have lots of experience removing wallpaper from all wall types and repairing the underlying wall.

Painting kitchen cabinets:  Many of our clients in Cohasset are opting to paint their kitchen cabinets rather incur the expense of a full kitchen remodel. We use a particular process and product to deliver a sprayed finish for your kitchen cabinets so there are no brush strokes.

Small store paint chips are not large enough to help you decide on a color!

We can order you (free!) 8” x 8” color samples from Benjamin Moore or Sherwin Williams. Just email us at [email protected] with the colors you’re thinking of, and we’re happy to mail them to you for free – even if you’re doing the project yourself. We always suggest larger samples of actual paint in the rooms, in the sheen and color you’ll use. It’s best to do this yourself before the painting project, so you’ll have time to see the colors in different lighting and ensure they are just right. We can also brush on large paint samples before painting the whole house on the first day of work. Spending time getting the color right up front makes a lot of sense.

How much will it cost to paint my Cohasset home?

We’ve got a guide to our pricing here. The best way to find out how much it will cost to paint your Cohasset home is to schedule a free quote and have us give you a firm price.

When can you paint my Cohasset home?

We update this page weekly with our latest painting timeframes.  We give priority to projects with deadlines – so just let us know when the painting needs to be done, and we’ll more than likely be able to make it work.

Giving Back to the Cohasset Community:

We know it’s important to give back to the Cohasset community and have donated to Cohasset community organizations, including Cohasset Education Foundation, Cohasset Community Center, and Cohasset Sailing Team.

Need a raffle prize or silent auction donation for your Cohasset non-profit?  Just email [email protected] and we’ll respond with a gift certificate you can raffle off or sell.


If you have questions about painting or carpentry on your Cohasset home, just email [email protected]. We’re here to help you, even if you’re doing the project yourself and just want some professional pointers.

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Projects We’ve Completed in the Cohasset-area

 

Exterior Painting Project - rounded deck on dark gray home

Exterior Painting Project - rounded deck on dark gray home

Interior Painting - Blue Wainscot

Interior Painting - Blue Wainscot

Exterior Painting Project

Exterior Painting Project

Shed Painting

Shed Painting

Interior painting of laundry room

Interior painting of laundry room

Garage converted to home gym

Garage converted to home gym

All-white finished basement

All-white finished basement

Gold powder room walls with gold sink

Gold powder room walls with gold sink

Gray walls with white trim

Gray walls with white trim

Blue Island with White Cabinets

Blue Island with White Cabinets

Exterior painting

Exterior painting

Garage doors painted blue

Garage doors painted blue

Light gray stained cedar shingles with white trim.

Light gray stained cedar shingles with white trim.

Exterior painting

Exterior painting

Exterior Painting

Exterior Painting

Lacquer Black staircase banister

Lacquer Black staircase banister

...Or dark and light

...Or dark and light

For a more modern approach darken your cabinets against a light backsplash and waterfall island.

Eat-In-Kitchen Painting

Eat-In-Kitchen Painting

Cohasset Carpentry & Wood Repairs

Because most Cohasset homes are made of wood, about 60% of Cohasset homes need some kind of wood repair before we paint.

Some customers need trim and clapboards replaced, others need a whole side of their home re-shingled. To make this easy for our Cohasset customers, we have carpenters on staff who can repair the wood before we start painting.

We are also experts at deck wood replacement, staining, and maintaining your decks and porches.

Mahogany deck - showing semi-transparent stain on right

Excellent workmanship and finished before our party.

- Natalie and Marty | Cohasset, MA

Natalie and Marty | Cohasset, MA

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Cohasset decks and porches

After the cruel coastal winters, Cohasset residents rely on their decks and porches to relax during our breezy summers. Maintaining the floorboards of your deck or porch must be done every two years to protect the boards from the hot sun and rain and keep them looking beautiful.

Not sure if your Cohasset exterior needs painting?

It’s often not obvious if your exterior needs to be painted. Lots of Cohasset homes may look okay to the eye, but aren’t necessarily protected from our New England winters and the salt air. Lots of people don’t remember the last time they painted their exterior or they bought the home and forgot to ask the previous owners when they last painted the outside of the house. Of course, we are happy to give you an honest opinion – we’ve been known to tell the Client that they don’t need to paint yet and have a few more years of life in their paint job!

Take this 20-second quiz to find out if your Cohasset home has any of the signs of needing a coat of paint.

Is the paint included in the quote?

All costs are included in the quote we give you for your Cohasset home. We get the best pricing on the South Shore for Benjamin Moore and Sherwin-Williams paint, so we pass that on to our customers. We are also happy to paint whatever brand you prefer, or we can match any paint color to Benjamin Moore or Sherwin Williams, which have paint formulas that are well suited for the Cohasset climate of saltwater, coastal wind, and the hot summer sun.

Lead paint on Cohasset homes

Many Cohasset homes were built before 1978 and may contain lead paint. Our staff and painters are EPA RRP certified to prepare and paint your older home safely.  It is the law in Massachusetts that all contractors working on homes that contain lead paint be educated and licensed.

We have a separate Commercial Painting Division, too:

Cohasset businesses, medical offices, religious facilities, restaurants, property managers, shops, and facility managers have worked with CertaPro Painters for years.

And if your Cohasset business or office needs to remain open while we’re painting, we offer night and weekend work at no extra charge – this way, your customers and staff are not disrupted by the painting we’re doing.

Our commercial department also does a great job matching the paint coating to your property’s needs.  For example, we can use scuff-resistant paint in high-traffic areas like schools and microbicidal paints that actually kill germs in restrooms.

To schedule a commercial painting quote or to ask us questions about your commercial painting or carpentry project, call Dave Rowell at 781-422-1018 or email him at [email protected].

 

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Painting Services in Cohasset, MA

See below for our full list of services offered in Cohasset. Click any of the services below for more information.

Check out our Brick Painting and Staining

Brick Painting and Staining

We paint and stain exterior or interior brick surfaces. The decision to paint your brick is not easily reversible, so we'll help you decide if painting over your brick is the right decision for you. Most often, painting brick makes homes look & feel less "industrial" and more, well, like a home.

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Check out our Color Consultation (Complimentary!)

Color Consultation (Complimentary!)

Our designer Kate will work with you to choose wall colors that coordinate with your current furnishings and exterior colors that make your home stand out from your neighbor's. In-home color consulting is a complimentary service to all of our customers.

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Check out our Interior Carpentry and Molding Installation Services

Interior Carpentry and Molding Installation Services

We install crown and dental moldings, wainscot, and other decorative interior moldings to give your home a polished look. We can even install "picture framing" beneath a chair rail to give the look of expensive molding at a fraction of the cost.

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Check out our Deck & Fence Painting and Staining

Deck & Fence Painting and Staining

We offer a variety of interior and exterior home painting and staining services for your deck, porch and fence. Mahogany decks found in our area are our specialty and need specific products to stay beautiful and protected from the South Shore and Boston climate.

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Check out our Drywall, plaster, and horsehair plaster repair

Drywall, plaster, and horsehair plaster repair

We can prepare and repair your drywall, plaster, and horsehair plaster walls before painting them. Whether your walls have water damage or if they have holes and dents that need patching and sanding, we'll create a smooth surface before we paint.

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Check out our EPA Lead Certified

EPA Lead Certified

At CertaPro Painters® of the South Shore and Boston we are EPA Lead Certified. This means that if we are performing a renovation, repair or painting project that disturbs lead-based paint in your home, we use certified renovators who are trained by EPA-approved training providers and follow lead-safe work practices.

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Check out our Epoxy Finishes to your concrete floor

Epoxy Finishes to your concrete floor

Epoxy coatings help your garage, and basement floors seem polished and more “finished.” By locking in the concrete dust that gets kicked up when people drive or walk on concrete, these coatings can keep the rest of your home cleaner as well.

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Check out our Exterior House Painting and Staining

Exterior House Painting and Staining

We paint & stain homes of all kinds - wood, stucco, brick, and aluminum or vinyl siding. We have years of experience painting in the Boston climate, and specify the paint or stain formula that's right for your home's body, trim, shutters, windows & doors.

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Check out our Interior Painting

Interior Painting

We can paint your interior walls, baseboard, trim, and doors, and moldings. Our (free) interior color consultant can work with you in your home to choose colors you love and that work with your current furnishings.

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Check out our Kitchen Cabinet Painting

Kitchen Cabinet Painting

Painting outdated kitchen cabinets makes your home instantly more modern and provides a huge "boost" to the feel of your entire home. Our complimentary in-home designer will sample cabinet colors that look great with your current kitchen counters.

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Check out our Popcorn Ceiling Removal

Popcorn Ceiling Removal

While popcorn ceilings had their time on top trends lists, they are rarely seen in modern homes. Removing a popcorn ceiling yourself can be extremely difficult. The crew at CertaPro Painters® of the South Shore and Bostonis trained to remove popcorn ceilings in an effective way that will leave your ceilings feeling fresh. Because popcorn ceilings trap dirt and dust, this is a popular project for allergy sufferers!

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Check out our Power Washing

Power Washing

Power washing is an important first step in painting the exterior of your home's surface. CertaPro Painters® of the South Shore and Boston can power wash your home to remove mold, mildew, oil, salt, and old paint so your new paint or stain lasts longer in our harsh New England climate.

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Check out our Shingle Maintenance and Staining

Shingle Maintenance and Staining

Cedar shingles are a staple of New England and require occasional power washing & staining to keep them beautiful & protected. We also specialize in staining cedar shingles so they reach that fantastic "Nantucket Gray" color more quickly.

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Check out our Stucco Repairs and Painting

Stucco Repairs and Painting

It’s important to maintain the stucco or EIFS (also known as synthetic stucco) that covers your home. CertaPro Painters is knowledgeable in both repairs and painting related to stucco and EIFS, and will educate you in determining the best approach to repairing and painting your stucco home.

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Check out our Carpentry & Wood Repair

Carpentry & Wood Repair

With so much wood on exteriors in our area, about 60% of our painting projects start with wood repair. No need to coordinate an outside carpenter to repair rotted wood, clapboards, trim, deck boards, & replace shingles. We can also add polish to your interior with wainscot, dental & crown molding, baseboard & door casings.

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Check out our Vinyl and Aluminum Siding Painting

Vinyl and Aluminum Siding Painting

CertaPro Painters’ painting teams use products designed to adhere to aluminum and vinyl. Since the surface of aluminum and vinyl is more stable than wood, the paint finish holds up well when painted. This is a great and cost-effective option if your vinyl or aluminium siding is chalking or faded.

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Every few years we call Lou and the painting is done. We don't bother calling anyone else anymore.

- Steve and Roberta | Cohasset, MA

Steve and Roberta | Cohasset, MA

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