- Per room, two coats · fixed price
Interior Wall Painting and Ceiling Painting in Northern Virginia, Maryland and DC
FIXO’s interior wall painting and ceiling painting services repaint the walls and ceilings of any room across Northern Virginia, Maryland and Washington DC at one fixed price per room. No trim, no doors, just the surfaces that change the color of the room: patched, sanded, cut in by hand and rolled in two coats of a washable finish. Most rooms are done and put back the same day.
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- The three specs that matter
Interior Wall Painting Done Right: Patching, Coverage and Finish
A fast job is still a proper job. These three specs are what separate interior wall painting that looks even under any light from a quick coat that flashes over every patch.
Patching: Nail Pops and Dents
Every nail pop, picture hook hole and dent is filled, sanded flush and spot-primed before paint. Unprimed patches flash through the finish the moment the light hits them.
- Larger drywall repairs are itemized when the wall needs them.
Coverage: Two Coats, Tinted Primer on Big Changes
Two full coats of finish, with a tinted primer first when going from dark to light or light to deep color. Two coats over a dark wall without primer is three coats by the time it covers.
- The quote says how many coats and whether primer is included for each room.
Finish: Flat Ceilings, Washable Walls
Flat or matte on ceilings to hide seams, eggshell or satin on walls so they wipe clean. Cut in by brush along trim and ceiling, rolled wet-on-wet so there are no lap marks.
- Premium washable lines from Sherwin-Williams or Benjamin Moore.
- How it works
Room Painting Services in Three Steps
Our room painting services take one visit to see the rooms, one fixed number per room and one day per room.
Tell us the rooms and colors
Call, text or book online with the rooms and the colors you have in mind. We book a measurement within 48 hours and bring fan decks.
- Same day
Express measurement, fixed price
A painter checks each room for repairs and existing sheen, confirms colors with you and hands you one written price per room.
- Within 48 hrs
Painted and put back
Furniture covered, floors masked, walls patched and sanded, ceilings and walls cut in and rolled in two coats, room cleaned and returned the same day.
- 1 day per room
- Straight talk
When a Walls and Ceilings Color Refresh Is the Right Call
When the trim is fine and the walls are tired. A walls-and-ceilings refresh skips doors and trim entirely, which is where most of the labor in a full paint job lives, so you get the color change at a fraction of the cost and the room back the same day. It is the right call before listing a home, after moving in, or when a nursery or home office needs a new color fast.
- Same-day rooms
What a Color Refresh Actually Involves
Furniture is pulled to the center and covered, floors are masked along the baseboards and plates come off. Walls and ceilings are patched, sanded and spot-primed. The ceiling is cut in and rolled first, then walls are cut in by brush along the trim and ceiling and rolled in two coats. Plates go back, masking comes off and the furniture is returned.
- Walls and ceilings only, priced per room
- Patching, sanding and spot priming on every wall
- Two coats, hand-cut edges along trim and ceiling
- Room cleaned and furniture back the same day
Your price at measurementFixed · all-in
Where we talk you out of it: rooms where the trim is yellowed or chipped. New wall color next to tired trim makes the trim look worse. There we suggest adding trim painting to the same visit.
- What it costs
How Much Does Interior Wall Painting Cost in Northern Virginia, MD and DC?
Short answer: in the DC area, painting the walls of a typical 10 x 10 ft bedroom in two coats costs about $280 to $330, and adding the ceiling brings it to about $390 to $470. Priced by surface, DC-area walls run about $1.50 to $3.50 per sq ft and smooth ceilings about $2 to $4 per sq ft. Your FIXO price is fixed per room after a free measurement.
- Bedroom walls, 10 x 10 ft: about $280 to $330
- Bedroom walls and ceiling: about $390 to $470
- Living room walls and ceiling, 12 x 15 ft: about $480 to $550
- Accent wall added to a room: about $120 to $140
- 10 ft walls add about 25%, 12 ft walls about 50%
Wall and Ceiling Painting Cost per Room
| Room (8 ft ceiling) | Walls, 2 coats | Ceiling, 2 coats | Walls and ceiling |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bathroom, 6 x 8 ft | $180 – $200 | $100 – $110 | $280 – $310 |
| Bedroom, 10 x 10 ft | $280 – $330 | $110 – $140 | $390 – $470 |
| Dining room, 10 x 12 ft | $340 – $400 | $140 – $170 | $480 – $570 |
| Kitchen with eat-in area, 10 x 15 ft | $220 – $260 | $160 – $190 | $380 – $450 |
| Living or family room, 12 x 15 ft | $310 – $360 | $170 – $190 | $480 – $550 |
| Primary bedroom, 12 x 25 ft, tray ceiling | $340 – $400 | $230 – $250 | $570 – $650 |
| Two-story foyer, 18 ft ceiling | $750 – $980 | $260 – $350 | $1,010 – $1,330 |
Room prices come from a published Northern Virginia painting price guide for Fairfax and Prince William counties. Per-square-foot figures are published Washington, DC rates. Rooms with 10 ft walls run about 25% more and 12 ft walls about 50% more.
- Room by room
Refresh or Full Repaint
Same crew, same paint. The difference is whether the trim and doors are in the job.
- Full interior painting
Walls, ceilings, doors and trim
The right call when the trim is tired too or the whole house is changing.
- Doors and trim in enamel, often sprayed
- More prep and more days per room
- See full interior house painting
- Color refresh
Walls and ceilings only
The most common quick job we do across Northern Virginia, Maryland and DC.
- New color in a room in a day
- Before listing a home or after moving in
- Nurseries, bedrooms and home offices
- A fraction of the cost of a full repaint
to measurement
fixed price
day per room
- Ceiling paint
Ceiling Paint Color and the Best Paint for Ceilings
Ceilings are half of every color refresh, and ceiling paint color is the question homeowners ask us about most. Here is what our ceiling painting services use, and why.
What Is the Best Ceiling Paint?
For most ceilings, the best paint is a dedicated flat or ultra-flat interior ceiling paint, not leftover wall paint. The two we use most:
- Sherwin-Williams Premium Ceiling Paint: the best ceiling paint Sherwin-Williams makes for homes. It is self-priming with one-coat coverage and resists spatter and mildew.
- Benjamin Moore Waterborne Ceiling Paint: an ultra-flat, low-VOC finish that minimizes spatter and lap marks, adds a mildew-resistant coating and can be tinted to any Benjamin Moore color.
Ceiling vs Wall Paint
Ceiling paint is thicker (higher viscosity), so it drips and spatters less overhead, and it dries to a dead-flat finish that hides seams, patches and roller marks under a ceiling light. Wall paint is thinner and comes in washable sheens like eggshell and satin that you can wipe a fingerprint off. That is why we roll ceilings in ceiling paint and walls in a washable wall finish, never one product for both. Our paint sheen guide covers which sheen goes in each room.
Paint Colors for Ceiling Beyond White
Colors for ceilings do not have to be white. The best ceiling color for most rooms is still white or a lighter version of the wall color, but these work well too:
- A lighter tint of the wall color: softens the line where wall meets ceiling, good in bedrooms and rooms with crown molding.
- Light grey ceiling paint: choose a gray clearly lighter than the walls, so the ceiling reads as a soft lid rather than a low one.
- Off white ceiling paint: warmer than ceiling white, it keeps cream and beige rooms from looking cold.
- Blue or a deeper color: a classic for porches and nurseries, and a statement in dining rooms, powder rooms and rooms with 9 ft or taller ceilings.
Bathroom Ceilings
Steam is what peels bathroom ceilings. The right bathroom ceiling white paint is one with a mildew-resistant coating, such as Benjamin Moore Aura Bath & Spa in matte, or Waterborne Ceiling Paint, which Benjamin Moore lists for bathroom ceilings. If a ceiling already has water stains, cracks or peeling, our guide to painting a ceiling explains the fix before the paint.
- How long it takes
How Long Does It Take to Paint a Room?
Most rooms take one day: walls and ceiling patched, primed where needed and finished in two coats, with the room put back before we leave. A big color change that needs a tinted primer coat, a two-story foyer or heavy repairs can add a day, which we agree with you before work starts.
| Time of day | What happens |
|---|---|
| Morning | Furniture pulled to the center and covered, floors masked, plates removed, nail pops and dents patched |
| Late morning | Patches sanded and spot-primed, ceiling cut in and rolled in two coats |
| Afternoon | Walls cut in by brush along trim and ceiling, rolled in two coats wet-on-wet |
| End of day | Plates back, masking off, furniture returned, walkthrough with you |
Low-VOC wall paint is dry to the touch within an hour or two but keeps curing for several weeks, so wait before scrubbing fresh walls.
Home built before 1978? Federal rules require any contractor paid to sand or disturb painted surfaces in a pre-1978 home to be certified in lead-safe work practices. Read the EPA Renovation, Repair and Painting rule.
- Clients love us
What homeowners in Northern Virginia, Maryland & D.C. say
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- Where we work
Wall and Ceiling Painting in Northern Virginia, Maryland and DC
Looking for wall painting services near me? Our crews paint walls and ceilings across Northern Virginia in Alexandria, Arlington, Fairfax, McLean, Great Falls, Vienna, Oakton, Falls Church, Tysons, Reston, Herndon, Ashburn, Centreville, Clifton and Burke, in Bethesda and Silver Spring, Maryland, and across Washington, DC.
- Arlington, Falls Church and Alexandria: many older homes with plaster walls and ceilings, where hairline cracks are patched and primed before any color goes on.
- Fairfax, Reston, Herndon, Centreville and Ashburn: 1990s and 2000s homes still in builder-grade flat paint that marks easily, plus two-story family rooms and foyers with tall ceilings.
- McLean, Great Falls and Vienna: larger rooms with 9 ft and taller ceilings, tray and coffered ceilings where the ceiling color matters as much as the walls.
- Bethesda, Silver Spring and Washington, DC: colonials and rowhouses with plaster ceilings and narrow stair halls, painted room by room so you keep a working home.
- FAQ
Interior Wall and Ceiling Painting: Questions We Get Every Week
Straight answers. If yours isn’t here, call (757) 589-6859 — an installer picks up.
In the DC area, painting the walls of a typical 10 x 10 ft bedroom in two coats costs about $280 to $330, or $390 to $470 with the ceiling. A 12 x 15 ft living room runs about $480 to $550 for walls and ceiling. FIXO gives you one fixed written price per room after a free measurement.
A standard 8 ft bedroom ceiling costs about $110 to $140 for two coats, and a 12 x 15 ft living room ceiling about $170 to $190. Priced by area, smooth ceilings in the DC area run about $2 to $4 per square foot. Tall, vaulted or tray ceilings cost more.
A dedicated flat or ultra-flat ceiling paint. We use Sherwin-Williams Premium Ceiling Paint, which is self-priming and spatter- and mildew-resistant, and Benjamin Moore Waterborne Ceiling Paint, an ultra-flat, low-VOC finish that can be tinted to any color.
Benjamin Moore Chantilly Lace is the safest bright white for most rooms. Sherwin-Williams High Reflective White is brighter still for dark rooms, Extra White and Pure White suit crisp or soft looks, and White Dove or Alabaster are warm off-whites for beige and wood-tone rooms.
You can, but it is thinner, drips and spatters more overhead and comes in sheens that show seams and roller marks. Ceiling paint is thicker and dead flat, so we use it on every ceiling and a washable wall paint on the walls.
Usually not. White or a lighter tint of the wall color keeps the room bright and the ceiling feeling high. Painting walls and ceiling one color works in rooms with tall ceilings when you want a cozy, enveloping look.
Yes. A single accent wall is quoted as its own line.
No. We pull it to the center, cover it and put it back. Wall art and small valuables are all we ask you to clear.
Yes. Low-VOC paint dries to the touch in an hour or two and the room is put back before we leave.
Yes. We can color-match from a chip of the existing paint or the original can.
On this service, no: it covers walls and ceilings only. Add trim painting to the same visit, or choose interior house painting for walls, ceilings, doors and trim on one fixed price.
We serve 18 communities: Alexandria, Arlington, Fairfax, McLean, Great Falls, Vienna, Oakton, Falls Church, Tysons, Reston, Herndon, Ashburn, Centreville, Clifton and Burke in Virginia, Bethesda and Silver Spring in Maryland, and Washington, DC.
Yes. The number you sign is the number you pay, including the patching we listed.
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