Fairmount Fort Worth House Painters

Interior and exterior painting for Fairmount's historic bungalows. The Craftsman and Foursquare homes on the tree-lined streets around Magnolia, in the largest historic neighborhood in the region. The wood siding, the original woodwork, and the lead-safe prep these early-1900s homes need, done right. Serving Fairmount and the Near Southside.

We Are Fully insured.

Interior and exterior

Historic bungalows and Foursquares

Lead-safe practices

Fully insured

Painting a Fairmount Home

Fairmount is the largest historic neighborhood in the southwestern United States, roughly a square mile of turn-of-the-century homes just south of downtown, wrapped around Magnolia Avenue. With more than a thousand old homes and the busiest restaurant-and-coffee strip in the Near Southside a few blocks away, it went from an up-and-comer to one of the most sought-after neighborhoods in the city. It is also the largest bungalow neighborhood in the country, and that is what shapes the painting.

Most Fairmount homes are Craftsman bungalows and Foursquares from the early 1900s, and most are wood-frame with big front porches. That means the exterior work is wood work - scraping, sanding, and priming old siding, and bringing back the porch columns, the rafter tails, and the trim that give a bungalow its look. Because these homes predate 1978, they can have lead paint under the old coats, so the prep is done with lead-safe practices, contained rather than sanded loose on these close, walkable streets.

Inside, a Fairmount bungalow is all about the original woodwork - boxed-beam ceilings, built-in colonnades and bookshelves, leaded-glass cabinets, picture rails, and plaster walls. A lot of owners want to keep and restore that stained woodwork, others want it carefully repainted, and either way it takes a patient hand, not a fast roller. We help you decide what to keep original and what to update, and handle the plaster the way an old home needs.

One Fairmount-specific thing worth knowing: the neighborhood is a historic district, so exterior changes follow design guidelines and some need approval. Repainting an already-painted house is routine, but painting brick or masonry that has never been painted requires a Certificate of Appropriateness first, so that is not a same-day decision. We know how that works. Fairmount is also a restoration neighborhood, full of homes being brought back, and we do that work start to finish. We are a Fort Worth company based a short drive away in southwest Fort Worth, and the near-south historic neighborhoods are home ground for us.

What We Paint in Fairmount

A Fairmount bungalow is wood, plaster, and original detail, often a hundred years old. Here is what we handle.

Interior painting and woodwork

Walls, trim, and ceilings in homes built from plaster, with the boxed beams, built-ins, and picture rails these bungalows are known for. We prep and patch plaster properly, handle the original woodwork with care, and keep the home livable with low-odor work through the job.

Exterior painting, wood and porches

The full exterior on a wood-frame bungalow - siding, the front porch and its columns, rafter tails, eaves, and trim, all scraped, sanded, primed, and coated to hold up. Prepped with lead-safe practices on these pre-1978 homes, and done so it lasts under the old shade trees.

Restoration and whole-home repaints

The kind of work Fairmount runs on - repainting a hundred-year-old bungalow inside and out as part of a restoration, whether it is your forever home or a flip. Careful prep on old surfaces, clean lines, and a finish that respects the age of the house.

Cabinets and careful brick

Kitchen cabinets and built-ins sprayed to a smooth, hard finish, plus careful work on any brick or masonry - with the honest note that painting never-painted masonry here needs district approval first, and that good historic brick is often best left as it is.

How We Work

A historic bungalow rewards careful work, so we keep the job organized, clean, and respectful of the house from the first walkthrough to the last.

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Walkthrough and color

We walk the home with you, look at the siding, the porch, the woodwork, and the plaster, and help with color that fits the period and the district's guidelines. You get a clear written estimate with no guesswork, and we flag anything that needs district approval.

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Prep and protect

Prep is where a historic finish is won. We scrape, sand, and prime old wood siding with lead-safe practices, patch plaster, and cover your floors, original details, and landscaping before any paint goes on.

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Paint with one crew

The same crew runs your job start to finish, careful brush-work on the porch and the woodwork and clean lines throughout, low-odor inside and contained outside. We keep the site clean and clean up at the end of every day.

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Final walkthrough

We walk it with you at the end, touch up anything that needs it, and do not call it done until the siding, the porch, the plaster, and the woodwork all look right up close.

We Know Historic Fort Worth

We are a Fort Worth company, based off Cordova Avenue a short drive from Fairmount, and the near-south historic neighborhoods are home ground for us. We know these early-1900s bungalows - the wood siding and porches, the original woodwork and plaster, the lead-safe prep they call for, and how Fairmount's historic district guidelines work, including when painting masonry needs approval.

You get careful work, clean job sites, color expertise, and honest advice on what to keep original and what is better updated. We keep the same crew on your job from the first walkthrough to the last, and because we are close, we are easy to reach the whole way through.

Fairmount and the Near Southside

We paint throughout Fairmount and the surrounding historic neighborhoods near Magnolia Avenue and the Near Southside.

Around Fairmount

Fairmount, including South Adams, College Avenue, and the streets between Magnolia Avenue and Jessamine Street.

Nearby neighborhoods

Ryan Place, Mistletoe Heights, Berkeley Place, the Near Southside, and the rest of central and near-south Fort Worth. In Fairmount or nearby? Just ask.

Fairmount House Painting Questions

What kinds of painting do you do for Fairmount homes?

Interior painting on plaster walls, exterior painting on wood siding and porches, original woodwork, full restoration repaints, cabinet refinishing, careful brick work, and plaster and drywall repair. We treat the whole home as one finished look and match the work to a bungalow built in the early 1900s.

Do you know the Fairmount historic district rules for painting?

Yes. Fairmount is a historic district with design guidelines, and exterior changes can need approval. Repainting a house that is already painted is routine, but painting brick or masonry that has never been painted requires a Certificate of Appropriateness first. We know the process and plan the work around it.

Do you have experience with Craftsman bungalows and early-1900s homes?

Yes. The near-south historic neighborhoods are home ground for us, and Fairmount's bungalows and Foursquares are exactly the kind of work we do. We know wood siding and porches, the original woodwork and built-ins, and plaster, and how to bring one current without losing what makes it historic.

Do you follow lead-safe practices for older homes?

Yes. Homes built before 1978, which is all of historic Fairmount, can have lead paint under the old coats, so we prep with lead-safe practices - containing the work area, prepping carefully rather than sanding loose, and cleaning up properly. It protects your home, your family, and the neighbors on these close streets.

Can you keep or restore our original woodwork?

Yes. Fairmount bungalows are known for their boxed beams, built-ins, leaded glass, and picture rails, and we can carefully repaint that woodwork or help preserve and restore the original stained finish. We will talk through what is worth keeping original and what makes sense to update.

Do you do full restoration repaints for a flip or a fixer-upper?

Yes, and it is a lot of the work here. Fairmount has a strong restoration and flip market, and we repaint hundred-year-old bungalows inside and out as part of a restoration - careful prep on old surfaces, clean lines, and a finish that respects the age of the home, whether it is your forever house or a resale.

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4905 Cordova Ave, Fort Worth, TX 76132