--- title: "Duluth Painters & Drywall Since 1999 | J.A. Houle Painting" description: "Duluth painters since 1999. Exterior and interior painting, log home and cabin staining, and drywall for homes, cabins and businesses. Free written estimates." url: https://paintandtape.com/ --- ![Freshly stained log cabin with a green roof on a rocky ridge above Lake Superior in October, ladder at the gable, birch turning gold](https://paintandtape.com/assets/img/duluth-painters-north-shore-log-cabin-1024.webp) Duluth painters since 1999 # Painted on schedule. Stained before the frost. Painting, log home staining and drywall for Duluth homes and North Shore cabins. Written bids, Benjamin Moore paint. What needs doing? - [Log home staining](https://paintandtape.com/contact/?service=log-home-staining) - [Exterior painting](https://paintandtape.com/contact/?service=exterior-painting) - [Interior painting](https://paintandtape.com/contact/?service=interior-painting) - [Drywall](https://paintandtape.com/contact/?service=drywall) Rather talk? [218-310-4214](tel:+12183104214) - **Since 1999**Same owner the whole time - **Jason Houle**Bids it, runs it, walks it with you - **Benjamin Moore**Inside and out - **Paint and drywall**One crew, no finger-pointing ![Close-up of gray checked logs beside freshly stained golden-brown logs, a stain brush across an open can](https://paintandtape.com/assets/img/log-home-staining-minnesota-1024.webp) ## Log home and cabin staining Spray a sunny wall with water. If it soaks in instead of beading up, the stain is done. The south and west walls go first, usually years before the shady side. We wash, strip what’s failed, and work stain into every check and log end, where water gets in. [Log home staining](https://paintandtape.com/log-home-staining/) ## Everything else we paint, tape and fix [![Hillside Duluth home mid-repaint with green siding above scraped and primed boards, scaffolding and a lake view](https://paintandtape.com/assets/img/exterior-house-painting-duluth-mn-1024.webp) **Exterior painting**Houses, cabins, saunas and boathouses. Scraped and primed first. ](https://paintandtape.com/exterior-painting/)[![Cabin room with knotty pine walls half painted white, drop cloths over the furniture and a roller by the window](https://paintandtape.com/assets/img/interior-painting-duluth-mn-1024.webp) **Interior painting**Walls, ceilings, trim and knotty pine. ](https://paintandtape.com/interior-painting/)[![Vaulted great room with smooth finished drywall and arched windows on snowy woods, paper on the floor](https://paintandtape.com/assets/img/drywall-contractors-duluth-mn-1024.webp) **Drywall**Hang, tape, texture and patch. ](https://paintandtape.com/drywall/)[![Fregeau Auditorium lettering on brick at Marshall School in Duluth, one of J.A. Houle's commercial painting jobs](https://paintandtape.com/assets/img/fregeau-auditorium-marshall-school-duluth-640.webp) **Commercial**Schools, offices, shops and rentals.](https://paintandtape.com/commercial-painting/) “If we say we will do it, you can trust we will do it right, whether you are watching or not.” From our first website, back in 2007. Still how we work. > “J.A. Houle Painting and Drywall worked with our tight building schedule to complete our new home painting project on time. Jason was great to work with and is straight forward and honest.” **BA**, Hermantown, MNNew home painting > “They did an excellent job installing all the drywall on my new 2 story addition including a 3 car garage. They also completed the texturing on the ceilings of the addition.” **TJC**, Minneapolis, MNDrywall and ceiling texture, two-story addition ## Real jobs, from Jason’s camera [All projects](https://paintandtape.com/projects/) - ![Two-story log home with a green roof and stone chimney after a J.A. Houle exterior stain job, spruce trees behind it](https://paintandtape.com/assets/img/log-home-restain-job-photo-300.webp) A log home restain, from Jason’s job photos. - ![Kitchen with deep red painted walls, oak cabinets and glass-front uppers, freshly painted by J.A. Houle Painting](https://paintandtape.com/assets/img/interior-painting-kitchen-red-walls-640.webp) Deep red walls cut in clean against oak cabinets. - ![Vaulted great room with taped drywall seams around a wall of tall arched windows looking out on winter woods](https://paintandtape.com/assets/img/drywall-taping-vaulted-great-room-640.webp) Vaulted great room, seams taped, winter outside. - ![Gray-blue ranch house with white trim and a fieldstone base on a snowy slope, a recent J.A. Houle exterior painting job](https://paintandtape.com/assets/img/exterior-painting-rambler-snow-640.webp) Gray-blue siding and white trim on a hillside rambler. - ![Fregeau Auditorium stage with warm wood panel walls and lighting, seen from the seats under the stepped ceiling](https://paintandtape.com/assets/img/commercial-painting-auditorium-stage-640.webp) The stage at Fregeau Auditorium. - ![Vaulted room painted warm yellow with a sloped textured ceiling and a window looking out on snowy birch woods](https://paintandtape.com/assets/img/interior-painting-yellow-vaulted-room-640.webp) Warm yellow in a vaulted room, birch woods outside. - ![Dark-painted split-level home with white deck railings on a wooded lot, finished exterior paint seen after the first snow](https://paintandtape.com/assets/img/exterior-painting-duluth-home-winter-640.webp) Exterior repaint, dark body with white deck rails. - ![Loft with a steep gable wall in finished drywall, a small window high in the peak and a half-wall railing](https://paintandtape.com/assets/img/drywall-loft-gable-640.webp) Steep gable in a loft, finished and ready to paint. ![Red sauna with white trim on a frosty lakeshore morning, mist on the water and tamaracks turning gold](https://paintandtape.com/assets/img/how-cold-is-too-cold-to-paint-outside-1024.webp) ## About 140 days to get it done In Duluth the last spring frost comes around May 13 and the first fall frost around October 1. That’s the window for every exterior job in town. | Month | Avg high | Avg low | | ----- | -------- | ------- | | May | 63°F | 41°F | | Jul | 78°F | 56°F | | Sep | 67°F | 47°F | | Oct | 53°F | 36°F | NOAA 1991-2020 normals, Duluth. [How cold is too cold to paint outside?](https://paintandtape.com/guides/how-cold-is-too-cold-to-paint-outside/) ## Where we work Based in Duluth. Most jobs are within a short drive of town or up the shore. - Duluth - Hermantown - Proctor - Rice Lake - Cloquet - Esko - Two Harbors - Knife River - Lakewood - Pike Lake - Cotton - Island Lake - the North Shore Do you give free estimates? Yes. Jason comes out, looks at the job and gives you a written price. Call 218-310-4214 or send a request online. What areas do you work in? Duluth and the towns around it, including Hermantown, Proctor, Cloquet, Two Harbors and up the North Shore. Cabin owners outside that ring can still ask. What paint do you use? Benjamin Moore, inside and out. For log homes we use a stain made for logs, and we’ll tell you which one before we start. Who will actually be at my house? Jason’s crew. Jason Houle has owned and run the company since he started it in 1999, and he walks every job with the owner before it’s finished. ## Tell us what needs doing. Free estimate, written price, and Jason walks the job with you before it’s done. [Get a free estimate](https://paintandtape.com/contact/) Or call [218-310-4214](tel:+12183104214)