Painting and Decorating Services in Edinburgh

Painting the Capital is a decorating company working across Edinburgh and the Lothians. Whether you need one room freshened up, the outside of a house repainted or a kitchen given a new colour, every job gets the same careful preparation and the same quality paint.

A high-ceilinged Edinburgh sitting room with pale grey walls and white cornicing after redecoration

Interior Painting and Decorating

Tired rooms, scuffed woodwork and dated colours can all be put right with a fresh finish. Our decorators repaint walls, ceilings, cornices, skirtings, doors and panelling in flats and houses across Edinburgh, from tenement bedrooms to tall Georgian sitting rooms.

Everything starts with protection and preparation. Floors, carpets and furniture are covered with dust sheets or polythene before a tin is opened, and stay covered until we leave. Water marks, smoke stains and pen marks that would show through new paint are sealed first with a Zinsser stain-blocking primer, so the finish stays clean.

What we paint

Walls and ceilings
Cornicing and ceiling roses
Doors, frames and skirtings
Panelling and feature walls
Stairwells and hallways

What you can expect

Furniture, floors and carpets covered throughout
Stains sealed before painting
No paint left on glass or flooring
Waste and solvents disposed of responsibly
Labelled touch-up paint left for you

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Before: rendered gable wall before it was painted — Rendered gable wall

After: rendered gable wall once Painting the Capital had finished — Rendered gable wall

Exterior Painting

If it has been years since the outside of your house or business was painted, or the colour simply feels dated, we repaint render, masonry, brickwork, soffits, timber and trims.

Outside, preparation decides how long a coating lasts. Mildew is treated and killed before it can break down the new paint, loose caulking is cut out and replaced, and loose nails are re-set and painted. Plants, paths and the area around your property are covered while we work, and the job is carried out with the right access equipment and safety procedures.

What we paint outside

Rendered and masonry walls
Painted brickwork
Soffits, fascias and gables
Timber porches and verandas
Windows, doors and trims

How we prepare

Mildew treated and killed
Loose caulking replaced
Loose nails re-set and painted
Plants and paths protected
Paint cleaned off windows before we go

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Before: brick veranda and timber pergola before it was painted — Brick veranda and timber pergola

After: brick veranda and timber pergola once Painting the Capital had finished — Brick veranda and timber pergola

Before: timber gable and soffit before it was painted — Timber gable and soffit

After: timber gable and soffit once Painting the Capital had finished — Timber gable and soffit

Kitchen units resprayed in dark charcoal grey with a dark worktop and white upper cupboards

Kitchen Unit Spraying

Cabinets are the first thing you notice in a kitchen. When the layout still works for you and the units are sound but look tired, a respray can give the whole room a new look without ripping anything out.

We spray cabinet doors, drawer fronts and end panels for a smooth, even finish in the colour you choose, and we can repair cracked vinyl doors before spraying them. A typical kitchen is turned round in about a week.

What we spray

Cabinet doors and drawer fronts
End panels and plinths
Tall housings and larder units
Cracked vinyl doors, once repaired

Why a respray

Keeps the layout you like
A new colour for the whole room
About a week from start to finish
Far less upheaval than a refit

Ask about kitchen unit spraying

Before: oak kitchen resprayed charcoal before it was painted — Oak kitchen resprayed charcoal

After: oak kitchen resprayed charcoal once Painting the Capital had finished — Oak kitchen resprayed charcoal

Before: tall oven housing before it was painted — Tall oven housing

After: tall oven housing once Painting the Capital had finished — Tall oven housing

Before: the full run of units before it was painted — The full run of units

After: the full run of units once Painting the Capital had finished — The full run of units

A nursery wall hung with a mural wallpaper of hot-air balloons and clouds

Wallpapering

Wallpaper can change a room more than any paint colour. We hang papers on single feature walls and through whole rooms, including large mural designs like this nursery wall.

Walls are filled and sanded smooth first, because paper shows every dent beneath it. Then each length is hung plumb, with the pattern matched at the joins and neatly cut in at ceilings, skirtings and switches.

What we hang

Feature walls
Murals and large panels
Whole rooms

How we hang it

Walls filled and sanded first
Lengths hung plumb
Patterns matched at the joins
Clean cuts at ceilings and skirtings

Ask about wallpapering

Spraying, Finishes and Colour Advice

Two more ways our painters and decorators can help, on their own or alongside any of the work above.

Airless Spraying, Coatings and Special Finishes

Some jobs need more than a brush and roller. Airless spraying covers large areas quickly and evenly, protective coatings guard surfaces that take hard wear, and special paint finishes add character where a flat colour would not.

Tell us what the surface is and how it is used, and we will suggest the right approach and product before any work starts.

What it covers

Airless spraying
Protective coatings
Special paint finishes

Good for

Large walls and ceilings
Surfaces that take hard wear
Rooms that need a distinctive finish

Ask about spraying and finishes

Colour Consultation

Choosing colours is often the hardest part of decorating. We can talk through options for a single room or a whole home, thinking about the light each room gets, the period of the property and the finish that will wear best.

We work with paints from Johnstone’s Trade, Dulux, Farrow & Ball, Tikkurila and Crown, so there is a wide range of colours and finishes to choose from.

We help with

Colours for one room or a whole home
Matching colours to the light
Choosing the right sheen for each surface

Paint ranges

Johnstone’s Trade
Dulux
Farrow & Ball
Tikkurila
Crown

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A bedroom with dark charcoal panelled walls and warm bedside lamps

What to Expect From Our Decorators

However big or small the job, the same five commitments apply from the first day to the last.

We turn up when we say we will
We respect you and your home
We work on consecutive days
We finish by the date we agree
We clear up after ourselves

Tell Us About Your Project

Describe the rooms or surfaces, the colours you have in mind and roughly when you would like the work done. We will get back to you to talk it through.

Ask for a quote

A few details are enough to get started.