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 Southampton Village sits at the crossroads of 1640s colonial millwork and twenty-first-century estate finishes. The oldest Presbyterian congregation in America meets at First Presbyterian Church on Main Street, and houses only a few blocks away date to the earliest English frame construction in New York State. We prep lath-and-plaster, skim-coat drywall patches on Halsey Neck Lane and Coopers Neck Lane the right way, and spray built-ins, pantries, and gallery walls off Ox Pasture Road without hitting antique floors. Estate Section ceilings often run 10 to 14 feet with deep crown and dentil moldings, so we scaffold properly, mask hand-blocked wallpapers, and roll in Benjamin Moore Aura or Regal Select where owners want the richness that a two-coat system delivers.
Exterior painting in Southampton means answering to Meadow Lane and Gin Lane oceanfront exposure one block, and the shaded canopy of First Neck Lane the next. Cooper's Beach is one of the most-ranked beaches in the country and the wind that scrubs it also strips cheap finishes off nearby cedar and clapboard every season. We use breathable semi-transparent stains on original shingle, 100% acrylic topcoats on primed trim, and marine-grade primers at every end-grain seam. The Southampton Village Historic District, including Wickapogue Road, reviews visible exterior work, and we stage ladders, pump jacks, and compressors to avoid damaging century-old boxwood, bluestone, and gravel drives. Spring and early fall remain the only honest paint windows on the oceanfront.
Southampton covers oceanfront estates on Meadow Lane, Village cottages along South Main Street, and the quieter year-round neighborhoods north of Montauk Highway. We paint interiors near Agawam Lake, exterior repaints inside the Southampton Village Historic District, and full repaints on homes backing onto Shinnecock Hills Golf Club. Jobs frequently touch landmarks like Rogers Mansion, Cooper's Beach, and the Shinnecock Indian Reservation border, each with its own prep demands based on wind, shade, and salt load.
Yes. The Southampton Village Board of Historic Preservation and Architectural Review reviews visible exterior changes. We prepare sample boards, color drawdowns, and specification sheets so owners on Jobs Lane, Hill Street, or inside the Wickapogue Road district can get approvals before scheduling the project.
Meadow Lane and Gin Lane take direct Atlantic exposure, so trim paint and shingle stain degrade two to three times faster than inland homes. We specify marine-grade primers, 100% acrylic topcoats, and flexible stains that resist UV, salt, and 70-plus-mph gusts during nor'easters.
Yes. We work around house guests and events, phase bedrooms and kitchens, run HEPA-filtered sanders, and use low-VOC paints so clients can stay on-site. Many Estate Section homes we repaint through July and August without the owners ever relocating.
Original red cedar shingle holds up best under breathable semi-transparent stains in traditional Hamptons gray or weathered oil tones. Painting shingles with film-forming solid colors looks sharp but traps moisture, so we recommend stain for restoration and keep solid paint for trim and clapboard.
Inland homes north of Montauk Highway typically hold 8 to 12 years with proper prep and quality acrylic. Oceanfront homes within a half-mile of the Atlantic see 5 to 7 years before trim needs refreshing, which is why we build touch-up schedules into every estate contract.
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