ARA Painting & More delivers professional interior and exterior painting throughout Suffolk County, NY. From single rooms to whole-home projects, our team brings 15+ years of Long Island experience, premium materials, and meticulous prep work to every job. Licensed, insured, and backed by a 100% satisfaction guarantee.
Our interior painting services cover everything from single rooms to whole-home repaints across Suffolk County. We handle walls, ceilings, trim, cabinetry, doors, and accent features using premium Benjamin Moore and Sherwin-Williams products. Every project starts with thorough surface preparation — patching, sanding, priming, and protecting your furniture and floors. The result is a clean, durable finish that elevates your space and stands up to daily life.
Choosing the right color transforms a room — and choosing the wrong one is an expensive mistake. Our team helps you navigate color selection with confidence, considering your existing décor, natural lighting, room function, and personal style. We work with premium Benjamin Moore and Sherwin-Williams palettes, offer in-home consultations, and can match any existing paint color you want to recreate. The result: a space that feels intentional, cohesive, and unmistakably yours.
ARA Painting & More has been Suffolk County’s trusted painting contractor for over 15 years, delivering interior and exterior painting, drywall, pressure washing, flooring, and finish carpentry to homeowners and businesses across Long Island.
ARA Painting & More is a family-operated painting company serving all of Suffolk County, NY. Owner Antelmo Ramirez brings over 15 years of professional painting and construction experience to every project, from residential interiors to luxury Hamptons exteriors.
Licensed, insured, and backed by 100% customer satisfaction. License #: HI-71777.
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Riverhead interior work ranges across more housing styles than almost any town on the East End. Downtown blocks off East Main Street and Griffing Avenue hold two-story Victorians and Craftsman homes with plaster walls, deep baseboards, and transoms that need patient prep, careful cut-ins, and finishes that respect original trim profiles. South of the LIRR tracks the stock shifts to postwar Capes, split-levels near Roanoke Avenue, and townhouses off Osborn Avenue, where washable eggshell on walls and tough semi-gloss on doors stand up to family traffic. Newer subdivisions near Reeves Park and condominiums off Peconic Avenue typically call for low-VOC products, color consultations, and clean, dust-controlled interiors residents can move back into the same day.
Riverhead exteriors face a split climate: Long Island Sound on the north, the Peconic River estuary emptying into Flanders Bay to the south, and open North Fork farmland in between. That means wind-driven rain, humid summers, and salt-laced air on roughly half of our local jobs. Historic clapboard homes in Polish Town and along West Main Street benefit from thorough scraping, spot-priming of nail heads, and 100 percent acrylic topcoats rated for marine exposure. On vinyl-sided ranches in Wading River Manor and newer Hardie-plank builds near the Peconic Bay Medical Center, we focus on power washing, mildew treatment, and UV-stable colors that hold their tone through the hot August sun and winter nor'easters that roll over the Sound.
Our Riverhead crews cover the full town — from downtown storefronts on East Main Street, past the Long Island Aquarium and the Peconic Riverfront, out to Reeves Park, Jamesport, and the farmland along Sound Avenue. We paint Victorians near Suffolk County Historical Society, split-levels off Roanoke Avenue, and waterfront homes with Peconic River views. Whether you are refreshing a family room, repainting cedar shakes before a nor'easter, or restoring trim on a downtown commercial building, we tailor the prep and product to the specific exposure and architecture of each neighborhood.
Yes. Many homes along East Main Street, West Main Street, and the Polish Town blocks around Pulaski Street are late-19th and early-20th century. We hand-scrape loose paint, spot-prime bare wood, and use breathable acrylics so clapboard and original trim keep moving with the seasons without blistering.
Homes within a mile of the river and Flanders Bay get brackish, humid air year-round. That accelerates mildew on north-facing walls and fades darker colors faster. We treat substrates with a mildewcide wash before painting and use 100 percent acrylic topcoats rated for coastal exposure to extend the lifecycle.
Mid-May through mid-October usually gives the most stable conditions, with daytime temps in the 60s to 80s and overnight lows above 50 degrees. We watch dew points closely in July and August humidity, and we schedule North Fork farmland jobs to avoid the heaviest afternoon thunderstorms.
Yes. We paint retail facades, restaurant interiors, and office spaces in the downtown BID district and along the Route 58 commercial corridor. We work after hours when needed and use low-odor products so businesses can stay open during the project.
Yes. We repair nail pops, water stains, and larger drywall damage before interior painting, and we power wash siding, soffits, and trim before any exterior work. Both are included as standard prep on most jobs rather than add-on charges.
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