Houston, Texas Nov 4, 2026 (Issuewire.com) - Painting a house in Houston typically costs $400 to $1,600 per interior room. The exterior of a 2,000 sq ft home runs an estimated $4,000 to $9,000. These figures come from typical Houston-area pricing compiled by Henry Contractor, a Houston painting and flooring company.
Estimated painting costs (Houston, November 2026):
- Interior walls: $3 to $7 per sq ft of paintable wall
- Interior room: $400 to $1,600; average $1,085
- Ceilings: $1 to $2.50 per sq ft
- Trim and baseboards: $1 to $4 per linear ft
- Exterior siding: $2 to $4.50 per sq ft of paintable surface
- Brick: $1.20 to $3.75 per sq ft
- Stucco: $1.20 to $3.30 per sq ft
- Kitchen cabinets: $30 to $60 per linear ft; about $100 per door and $25 per drawer
- Drywall repair: $150 to $2,000 per repair
Typical painting timelines in Houston run an estimated 1 to 3 days for interior rooms, 2 to 4 days for cabinets and 2 to 7 days for an exterior. Repainting the interior of a 3,000 sq ft two-story home comes to an estimated $9,000 to $21,000 over about 3 days. A 40-linear-foot kitchen cabinet repaint runs an estimated $1,200 to $2,400. Each extra story on an exterior adds roughly 40 to 50 percent per square foot.
Houston humidity and sun set the prep steps and the repaint cycle. Exterior wood siding repainted with good prep lasts an estimated 5 to 7 years. Prep covers scraping, drywall patching and caulking, a stain-blocking primer over water stains, then a 2-coat application. Paint choice ranges from builder-grade to Sherwin-Williams lines, with zero-VOC options for occupied homes.
Homes built before 1978 get lead paint testing before any sanding or scraping. Henry Contractor provides testing only and does not perform lead abatement.
For a Houston remodel that includes new floors, a separate guide covers whether to paint or install flooring first. All prices above are estimates. A written estimate after an on-site walkthrough sets the exact price. The full cost guide, with size tables and an estimate calculator, is at henrycontractor.com/painting-cost-houston/.
About Henry Contractor
Henry Contractor is a Houston painting and flooring company serving Harris, Fort Bend and Montgomery Counties. Services include interior, exterior, cabinet and commercial painting, drywall repair, and LVP, laminate, tile and hardwood flooring for homes and remodels. Phone: (713) 965-6751.
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