How much does it cost to paint the exterior of a house?

Most Twin Cities homes land between $6,000 and $12,000 for body, trim, soffit, fascia, doors, and garage doors, with prep and two finish coats included. Ramblers sit near the low end, and two-stories and walkout properties near the top. A walkout adds roughly $1,000 to $2,500 for staging, and a typical home takes three to four days. The exterior painting cost guide gives ranges by house type.

How much does it cost to paint the interior of a house?

Walls in a standard 12x12 bedroom run $600 to $700, with a ceiling adding $300 to $400 and trim adding $500 to $800. A complete room runs about $1,000 to $2,000, and painting rooms together costs less than quoting them one at a time because set-up is a fixed cost. Repairs, wallpaper removal, and color changes add to the base. The interior painting cost guide prices each space.

How much does it cost to paint kitchen cabinets?

Cabinet painting runs $150 per door and drawer front with two coats, or $175 with three. A typical suburban kitchen has 30 to 40 of them, which puts most projects between $5,000 and $8,000, roughly a third of what replacing cabinetry costs. The cabinet painting cost guide shows how to count your own doors.

How much does it cost to paint a commercial building?

Published rates commonly run $2 to $6 per square foot for interiors, and exteriors vary more widely. Because access, occupied-hours phasing, and surface condition move a bid more than area does, Durahome quotes commercial work per project after a walkthrough, with a fixed written price. The commercial painting cost guide explains what sits inside a per-square-foot number.

Are your estimates free, and will the price change?

The written estimate is always free. Phone estimates run on the high side, and the written estimate often comes in lower. The price is fixed for the agreed scope, and anything unforeseen is quoted and approved in writing before the work happens. Book your free estimate and we will walk the property with you.

How much does it cost to paint the exterior of a house?

Most Twin Cities homes land between $6,000 and $12,000 for body, trim, soffit, fascia, doors, and garage doors, with prep and two finish coats included. Ramblers sit near the low end, and two-stories and walkout properties near the top. A walkout adds roughly $1,000 to $2,500 for staging, and a typical home takes three to four days. The exterior painting cost guide gives ranges by house type.

How much does it cost to paint the interior of a house?

Walls in a standard 12x12 bedroom run $600 to $700, with a ceiling adding $300 to $400 and trim adding $500 to $800. A complete room runs about $1,000 to $2,000, and painting rooms together costs less than quoting them one at a time because set-up is a fixed cost. Repairs, wallpaper removal, and color changes add to the base. The interior painting cost guide prices each space.

How much does it cost to paint kitchen cabinets?

Cabinet painting runs $150 per door and drawer front with two coats, or $175 with three. A typical suburban kitchen has 30 to 40 of them, which puts most projects between $5,000 and $8,000, roughly a third of what replacing cabinetry costs. The cabinet painting cost guide shows how to count your own doors.

How much does it cost to paint a commercial building?

Published rates commonly run $2 to $6 per square foot for interiors, and exteriors vary more widely. Because access, occupied-hours phasing, and surface condition move a bid more than area does, Durahome quotes commercial work per project after a walkthrough, with a fixed written price. The commercial painting cost guide explains what sits inside a per-square-foot number.

Are your estimates free, and will the price change?

The written estimate is always free. Phone estimates run on the high side, and the written estimate often comes in lower. The price is fixed for the agreed scope, and anything unforeseen is quoted and approved in writing before the work happens. Book your free estimate and we will walk the property with you.

Painting Cost Guides: Cost to Paint a House in the Twin Cities

Q: How much does it cost to paint a house in the Twin Cities?

A full exterior repaint runs $6,000 to $12,000 for most homes, and a complete interior runs about $1,000 to $2,000 per room. For a typical two-story with a finished lower level, the interior usually totals $5,000 to $9,000. Labor is roughly 80% of the price, so prep decides where your house lands. The whole-house cost guide breaks down both sides.

QUICK ANSWER

How much does it cost to paint a house in the Twin Cities?

Most Minnesota homeowners in the Twin Cities pay $6,000 to $12,000 for a full exterior repaint and about $1,000 to $2,000 per room for a complete interior. A typical two-story house with a finished lower level usually lands between $5,000 and $9,000 inside. Labor makes up roughly 80% of every quote, which is why surface prep, not paint, decides where your house falls in these ranges.

Cabinets, popcorn ceilings, commercial buildings, and pressure washing each price differently, so pick your project in the cost guides below.

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THE COST GUIDES

Pick the Twin Cities Painting Cost Guide That Matches Your Project

Each guide covers one type of project, with the ranges we quote for homes in Minneapolis, St. Paul, and the Twin Cities suburbs and the reasons a number moves. Start with the whole house if you are budgeting for the year, or jump straight to the room or surface you are planning.

CARD 01 | WHOLE HOUSE

Cost to Paint a House

Exterior $6,000 to $12,000 · Interior $1,000 to $2,000 per room

The full picture for both sides of the property. It explains why labor is about 80% of every quote, and why the order you schedule exterior and interior work can save more than any negotiation will.

Read the whole-house cost guide →

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CARD 02 | EXTERIOR

Exterior Painting Cost

$6,000 to $12,000 for most full repaints

Ranges by house type (rambler, split-level, two-story, and walkout), the six things that change a quote on the same house, and five questions that make three bids comparable. A typical home takes three to four days.

Read the exterior painting cost guide →

Ready to book? See our exterior house painting service.

CARD 03 | INTERIOR

Interior Painting Cost

$1,000 to $2,000 per complete room

Room-by-room pricing for walls, ceilings, and trim, plus the add-ons that move a number, like repairs and color changes. A standard 12x12 bedroom runs $600 to $700 for walls alone, and the guide covers the two-story entry and great room exceptions that catch homeowners off guard.

Read the interior painting cost guide →

Ready to book? See our interior house painting service.

CARD 04 | CABINETS

Cabinet Painting Cost

$150 per door with 2 coats, $175 with 3 coats

Per-door pricing you can calculate yourself in about ten minutes. A typical kitchen with 30 to 40 doors and drawer fronts runs $5,000 to $8,000, and the guide shows when refinishing beats refacing or replacing.

Read the cabinet painting cost guide →

Ready to book? See our cabinet painting service.

CARD 05 | COMMERCIAL

Commercial Painting Cost

Published rates run $2 to $6 per square foot for interiors

Access, occupied-hours phasing, and surface condition move a commercial bid more than square footage does. See what sits inside a per-square-foot number, then get a fixed written estimate for your building.

Read the commercial painting cost guide →

Ready to book? See our commercial painting service.

CARD 06 | POPCORN CEILINGS

Popcorn Ceiling Removal Cost

$3.00 to $6.50 per square foot

Removal, skim coat, primer, and two finish coats all sit inside that rate. A 200-square-foot bedroom ceiling runs roughly $600 to $1,300, and any texture applied before the early 1980s has to be tested before it is scraped.

Read the popcorn ceiling removal cost guide →

Ready to book? See our popcorn ceiling removal service.

CARD 07 | PRESSURE WASHING

Pressure Washing Cost

Most house washes run $100 to $719 (national data)

Size, stories, and siding set the price, and older Minneapolis and St. Paul homes with tall gables or walkout lots push toward the top of each range. Every Durahome exterior repaint already includes the wash, and standalone washing carries a $1,500 minimum project, so we usually quote it with a deck, trim, or repaint.

Read the pressure washing cost guide →

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Not Sure Which Guide Fits Your House?

A free walkthrough sorts it out in under an hour. We look at the surfaces, the prep, and the access, then give you a written price that holds.

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ALONGSIDE THE GUIDES

Narrow Down Your Number Before We Visit

The Paint Cost Calculator

Get a rough number in about a minute, using your own house instead of a national average. Treat it as a starting point for a conversation, since it cannot see your surfaces or their condition, and those two things decide most of the price.

Open the paint cost calculator →

The Color Visualizer

Not a cost tool, but it belongs in the same decision. Going much lighter or darker than your current color can need an extra coat, so test your colors before you fall for one.

Try the color visualizer →

A Free Estimate

This is the only item here that produces an actual price. Every range on this page is a starting point, and a visit of under an hour turns it into a written number that holds.

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THE METHOD

Four Things Worth Knowing Before You Compare Anything

PRINCIPLE 01

Start with the whole-house guide if you are budgeting for a year

It lays out the split that governs every other number on this site. Labor is roughly 80% of a residential project, and materials and supplies run 15% to 20%, so once the whole-house cost guide lands, the individual guides make a lot more sense.

PRINCIPLE 02

Our ranges come from our own quotes

Every Durahome range here is what we actually quote, not a national figure and not a scrape of someone else's site. Where a guide cites published market data, as the commercial and pressure washing guides do, it says so and tells you what moves the number locally.

PRINCIPLE 03

Treat each range as a band, not a price

A published range tells you whether a quote is plausible. A number well below the band is not a bargain. It is a signal to ask what was left out. A number well above it can be justified by access, condition, or scope, and each guide shows which of those move a price and by roughly how much.

PRINCIPLE 04

Read two guides together when a project touches both

A kitchen refinish and an interior repaint are often quoted together, and reading the cabinet painting cost guide next to the interior painting cost guide shows where a combined number should land. The same goes for an exterior and a deck, or for popcorn ceiling removal done before the walls are painted. We revise these seven guides when pricing moves instead of publishing overlapping pages, so the numbers you read stay current.

THE LIMITS

What These Guides Do Not Do

A cost guide is a map, not your property. Here is where ours stop, so you know when to ask for a written estimate.

LIMIT 01

They do not price the extremes

A very large or architecturally complex property sits outside these bands, and so does a single modest room. The guides describe the middle of the market because that is where most houses are.

✓Settled in your written estimate

LIMIT 02

They do not price a commercial building to the dollar

Published commercial rates of $2 to $6 per square foot are a budget starting point. Access, occupied hours, and building type can put two same-size buildings thousands of dollars apart, so we quote commercial work per project after a walkthrough.

✓Settled with a fixed written estimate

LIMIT 03

They do not clear an older house

Texture applied before the early 1980s has to be tested before anyone scrapes it, and homes built before 1978 can carry lead paint. A guide cannot tell you what is on your ceiling or your siding.

✓Raised at the assessment, before anything is disturbed

LIMIT 04

They do not replace a written estimate

A range tells you whether to keep reading. A written scope tells you what you are buying. The scope is the document that matters, and the number is just the last line of it.

✓Free, written, and fixed

HOW WE CLOSE THE GAPS

None of these gaps is exotic, and all of them close in the preparation stage. Our estimates spell out prep surface by surface, and our crews photograph it as they go.

FREE PLANNING RESOURCES

Download Free Twin Cities Painting Cost Guides

Real price ranges for Minneapolis and St. Paul homes, plus what moves each number, so you can read an estimate with confidence before you book.

Exterior Cost Guide

Pricing ranges & prep factors for outside finishes.

WHAT'S INSIDE THE GUIDE:

✓Exact pricing ranges for single & two-story homes

✓Wood siding vs. HardiePlank vs. Stucco prep labor guides

✓Minnesota 30-cycle freeze-thaw weather rating standards

✓Detailed breakdown of surface washing & prep scopes

TWIN CITIES COVERAGE

Painting Cost Guides for Homes Across the Twin Cities

Itemized, written estimates and fixed-price scopes in Minneapolis, St. Paul, and the suburbs around them.✓ 100% Twin Cities Local. Experienced & dedicated crews

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PORTFOLIO

Our Recent Transformations

Real projects. Real homes. Real Twin Cities. See what the ranges above look like once the work is done.

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Sanderling & Shiitake Exterior

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Sanderling (SW 7513)

Shiitake (SW 9173)

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Tempe Star Stairwell & Entry

🎨 PALETTE USED:

Tempe Star (SW 6229)

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Creamy (SW 7012)

Interiors📍 Edina, MN

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Gray Owl Dining Room

🎨 PALETTE USED:

Gray Owl (OC-52)

Pure White Trim

Exteriors📍 St. Paul, MN

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Black Fox & White Exterior

🎨 PALETTE USED:

Black Fox (SW 7020)

Extra White (SW 7006)

Exteriors📍 St. Paul, MN

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Charles Olive-Tan Stucco Exterior

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Charles Tan/Green

Charles Black

Interiors📍 St. Paul, MN

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Hunter Green Study & Lounge

🎨 PALETTE USED:

Hunter Green (BM 2041-10)

Interiors📍 St. Paul, MN

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Iron Ore Kitchen Island

🎨 PALETTE USED:

Iron Ore (SW 7069)

Exteriors📍 Minneapolis, MN

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