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Painting Portfolio: Photos of Our Work

Exterior and interior painting, stucco and color, commercial buildings, decks and the prep work that goes into a lasting paint job. Some of these photos are from jobs John Graef did with his family's painting business before Ironwood Finishes. Tap any photo to see it larger.

Licensed C-33. CA Lic. #1143424. Bonded and insured. Free estimates.

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Exterior House Painting

Homes painted on the outside, from siding and trim to porches and eaves.

  • Two-story craftsman house with tan siding, dark trim and a front porch
  • Two-story house with yellow siding, white trim and a two-car garage
  • Yellow house with dark trim and a porch on a sunny day
  • Looking up at fresh yellow siding and dark eave brackets on a house
  • Window with dark trim on fresh yellow siding under a blue sky
  • Red and green craftsman trim and eaves seen from below
  • Green-painted roof edge and gutter above stone siding
  • Brick house with white columns and a white gable, ladders set against the front
  • Brick porch with white columns and shutters, a ladder set up overhead

Stucco and Color

Stucco walls and bold color, from rich orange to red trim.

  • Curved orange stucco wall with plants in front
  • Orange stucco walls and a round tower against a blue sky
  • Orange stucco stair wall with a black metal railing
  • Rounded orange stucco wall with a ladder against it
  • Rounded orange stucco room with tall black-framed windows on a rooftop
  • Red stucco house with a covered porch and a tile roof
  • Red stucco building with arched trim and a tile roofline
  • Pink stucco porch with white columns and a tile roof
  • Gray house wall with a white window and bright red corner trim
  • Decorative iron window grille set in a cream wall with red trim

Commercial Exterior Painting

Office and commercial buildings, including work done from a lift.

  • Two-story white commercial building with large windows and a parking lot in front
  • White office building at dusk with an orange lift parked near the entrance
  • Corner of a white commercial building with large windows and landscaping
  • Orange boom lift reaching up the side of a white commercial building
  • Orange boom lift raised against the white wall of a commercial building
  • Boom lift working along a white commercial building with a row of windows
  • White exterior wall of a commercial building with dark window openings
  • White commercial building corner with large windows beside a parking lot
  • White commercial building with a patio and string lights in front

Interior Painting

Rooms, halls, closets and baths painted inside, with clean lines and fresh walls.

  • Freshly painted open room with gray walls and a wood-look floor
  • Living area with white walls, a white column and tile floor
  • Bright room with white walls and ceiling and tall windows
  • Room with fresh white walls and three windows letting in sunlight
  • Room with warm beige walls and red trim at the ceiling
  • Empty room with light gray walls and a ceiling fan
  • Long room with light gray walls, wood-look floor and ceiling lights
  • Open room with gray walls and a wood-look floor
  • Room with white walls and a wood-look floor beside a sliding door
  • Room with white walls, a ceiling fan and a gray floor
  • Bathroom with white walls, a white vanity and a mirror
  • Bathroom with white walls, a tub and gray floor
  • Closet with mirrored sliding doors and freshly painted white walls
  • White column with a decorative top in a freshly painted room

On the Job

Work in progress, with crew members in protective gear.

  • Worker in a hard hat and safety vest in a lift basket painting a white building wall, with another worker on the ground
  • Worker in a hard hat and safety vest on a lift beside a white building wall with peeling paint
  • Painter in a full white protective suit and respirator spraying a ceiling

Prep and Repairs

Where paint has failed, the surface is scraped and repaired before any new paint goes on. Floors and fixtures get covered first.

  • Corner of a commercial building with peeling and flaking white paint on the wall
  • Long commercial building wall with peeling paint patches and a lift in the parking lot
  • Building wall with large areas of peeling paint above a sidewalk
  • Side of a commercial building with peeling paint and an orange lift below
  • Room prepped for painting, with a ladder, taped edges and paper covering the floor
  • Hallway with the floor covered and edges taped before painting

Decks, Porches and Gazebos

Outdoor wood decks, stairs and a gazebo.

  • Red-painted deck and wide steps in front of a gray house
  • White deck railing and gray stairs on a raised deck
  • Red-painted wood deck and stairs beside a house
  • Wood gazebo with a brown roof over a wood deck beside a fence
  • Wood gazebo ceiling with radiating beams and fans above a deck
  • Gazebo post and roof beams above a wood deck with a green ladder
  • Wood deck and gazebo beside a brick patio with paint cans on the deck
  • Wood deck boards in the sun with a green ladder on the deck

The Flower House, Pittsburgh (2023)

John Graef and his family's painting business did this job in 2023, before Ironwood Finishes. It was a full exterior restoration of a home built around 1920, including six hand-painted flowers above the windows. Read the full story.

  • Aerial view of the restored three-story blue house with white trim and a striped awning
  • Street view of the restored blue house with white window trim and dormer
  • Front of a blue house with white window trim and a striped awning
  • Blue house with white trim and a dormer window under a partly cloudy sky
  • Blue corner house with white trim seen from the side under a blue sky
  • Tall blue house with white trim and an awning over the front door
  • Blue house with white window trim and a tall orange ladder against the front wall
  • Blue building with white trim and two tall ladders against the front wall
  • Blue wall with a white decorative window hood and a red flower rosette above a door
  • White decorative cornice with a red flower rosette against a blue wall
  • Faded flower on a peeling, weathered window hood before restoration
  • Flower restored by hand in red and gold on a fresh white window hood
  • Narrow gray house with white window frames and an awning over the door, before restoration
  • Damaged decorative trim and a striped awning on a gray wall, before restoration

See More of What We Do

Looking for something specific? See our exterior painting, interior painting, historical restoration and pressure washing pages, or the neighborhoods we serve.

Have a Project in Mind?

Tell us what you would like painted and where. Estimates are free. Call (858) 333-2396 or email info@ironwoodfinishes.com. Licensed C-33, CA Lic. #1143424, bonded and insured.

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