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.
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Orient sits at the easternmost tip of the North Fork and holds one of the most intact 18th- and 19th-century streetscapes on Long Island, with 120 contributing buildings inside the Orient Historic District. Interior painting here is often restoration-grade work: original plaster, hand-planed trim, painted wide-plank floors, and divided-light windows that date to before the Civil War. We hand-scrape and lead-safe prep anything built before 1978, prime historic plaster with vapor-permeable sealers, and finish with sheens that read correctly against period materials. On newer construction on the hamlet's edges, we switch to drywall taping, higher ceilings, and scrubbable low-VOC finishes for busy family use. Many owners want color consultations tied to the district's established palettes.
Exterior work in Orient is the hardest coastal exposure on the North Fork. The hamlet is surrounded by water on three sides: Long Island Sound to the north, Orient Harbor and the bay to the south, and the open Sound to the east toward Plum Island. Cedar shingles and clapboard trim take direct salt spray during nor'easters, and south-facing walls on Village Lane and King Street homes carry heavy UV load. We power-wash with chloride-neutralizing rinses, scrape failed layers rather than top-coating them, spot-prime bare wood with alkyd stain-blockers, and finish with 100 percent acrylic topcoats or semi-transparent weathering stains. Divided-light sashes are re-glazed and painted in place where frames are sound. Historic district color approvals are coordinated before scheduling.
Our Orient coverage includes the full hamlet from Village Lane and King Street through the Historic District core to the Orient Point waterfront and the Cross Sound Ferry terminal. We paint historic homes inside the Orient Historic District, Cape Cod and Italianate residences, cottages along the harbor, and newer construction on the hamlet's inland edges. Projects regularly include historic-sensitive exterior repaints with district-coordinated colors, interior restoration-grade work on original plaster and trim, and sash restoration on pre-Civil War windows.
Properties that contribute to the Orient Historic District can be subject to review for exterior changes that affect historic character. We help homeowners prepare the color sample board and documentation ahead of the work so the review doesn't delay the schedule.
Orient has the hardest coastal exposure on the North Fork. Water on three sides, no sheltering landmass to the east, and heavy nor'easter wind-driven salt mean we quote exteriors with upgraded primers, marine-grade caulks, and shorter recoat intervals than most other Southold hamlets.
Yes. Many Orient homes still have original divided-light sashes dating to the mid-1800s. We re-glaze, prime, and finish them in place where the frames are sound, or pull them to the shop for full restoration before reinstallation.
Orient palettes lean on muted whites, warm creams, and traditional Cape Cod and Italianate accents with dark shutters. We can match archival colors and submit samples when required by the district review process.
Interior work runs year-round. Exterior work is scheduled from April through October to match North Fork cure conditions. Shoulder seasons in April-May and late September-October are often the easiest to book because the hamlet is quieter.
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