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.
Reviews
Interior painting in Sag Harbor Village is detail work. The business district and much of the residential core are listed on the National Register as the Sag Harbor Village District, and inside those homes you find 1830s and 1840s Greek Revival plaster, chair rails, and raised-panel wainscot that no spray crew should ever touch without proper masking. Our painters hand-brush interior sash on Union Street, Madison Street, and Hampton Street, back-roll ceilings so stipple stays consistent, and skim-coat before spraying built-ins and powder rooms. Division Street literally splits the village between East Hampton and Southampton Towns, and homes on both sides share the same tight room geometry — narrow hallways, 8-foot ceilings, period millwork — that demands slow, careful cuts and premium low-VOC enamels.
Exterior painting in Sag Harbor runs into both the ocean air coming off Noyac Bay and the strict review of the Sag Harbor Village Historic Preservation and Architectural Review Board. Projects visible from Main Street, Long Wharf, or Oakland Cemetery require color approval, and the Board enforces documented palettes on the whaling-era captains' houses that line the historic district. We use breathable stains on cedar siding, 100% acrylic on painted clapboard and sash, and alkyd-modified primers at every joint. The 185-foot steeple of the Old Whaler's Church is a reminder that detail here matters at every elevation. Spring and early fall deliver the only cure windows that beat Sag Harbor's heavy summer humidity and winter freeze-thaw.
Sag Harbor's historic core sits between Long Wharf and the quieter neighborhoods of Sag Harbor Hills, Azurest, and Ninevah Beach. We paint interiors near John Jermain Memorial Library, exterior repaints on Union and Madison Streets inside the Village Historic District, and full repaints on Noyac Bay-facing homes north of Bay Street. The 1845 Greek Revival of the Sag Harbor Whaling Museum sets a finish benchmark, and the three historic African-American subdivisions on the bay anchor neighborhoods where we match period palettes with care.
Yes. The Sag Harbor Village Historic Preservation and Architectural Review Board reviews exterior changes to properties within the Village Historic District. We prepare color drawdowns, mock-ups, and spec sheets for owner submittals before any brush hits a wall.
Old-growth cedar and pine shingle, hand-planed trim, and lead-era substrates are everywhere in the historic district. We follow EPA RRP lead-safe protocols on pre-1978 homes, hand-scrape loose paint, use oil-modified primers at bare wood, and brush topcoats on original profiles so detail isn't lost.
The Review Board prefers documented 18th and 19th century palettes — soft whites, cream, Essex green, Charleston green, deep red, and historic blue-grays. We work from Benjamin Moore Historical and Sherwin-Williams Preservation lines to meet approval.
Yes. Those three subdivisions are now listed together on the National Register as the Sag Harbor Hills, Azurest, and Ninevah Beach Historic District. We handle interior and exterior repaints there with the same care we apply to the whaling-era core.
Late April through mid-June and mid-September through mid-October. Bay humidity drops, nighttime temps hold above 50 degrees, and the cure windows let acrylic topcoats and marine primers set before the next salt spray cycle.
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