--- title: "Painting & Drywall Projects in Duluth | J.A. Houle" description: "Job photos from J.A. Houle Painting & Drywall: log home staining, exterior and interior painting, drywall and texture, and commercial work around Duluth." url: https://paintandtape.com/projects/ --- 1. [Home](https://paintandtape.com/) 2. Projects # Projects These are Jason’s own job photos, not stock. Some go back a ways and were shot on an old point-and-shoot, so they’re small. The work in them is real. ## Log home staining [About this service](https://paintandtape.com/log-home-staining/) ![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. ![Ladder against a log cabin gable during staining, with a deck, stone chimney and a lake view past the spruce trees](https://paintandtape.com/assets/img/log-home-staining-ladder-job-photo-210.webp) Staining the gable end. Ladders up, deck covered. ## Exterior painting [About this service](https://paintandtape.com/exterior-painting/) ![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. ![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. ## Interior painting [About this service](https://paintandtape.com/interior-painting/) ![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. ![Painted kitchen corner with oak cabinets, a black range and a red accent wall below a textured white ceiling](https://paintandtape.com/assets/img/interior-painting-kitchen-oak-cabinets-640.webp) The same kitchen from the range side. ![Kitchen with oak cabinets and fresh white walls, a paint can and stepladder still in the room during a new-home paint job](https://paintandtape.com/assets/img/interior-painting-kitchen-before-640.webp) Mid-job in a new build: cabinets in, walls primed and painted. ![Bedroom with soft white walls, a blue-gray textured ceiling and an oak six-panel door, painted for a new home](https://paintandtape.com/assets/img/interior-painting-bedroom-640.webp) Two-tone bedroom: blue-gray ceiling, white walls. ![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. ## Drywall, taping and texture [About this service](https://paintandtape.com/drywall/) ![Taped and mudded drywall in a vaulted great room framing an arched window and patio door, before sanding](https://paintandtape.com/assets/img/drywall-taping-arched-window-500.webp) Taped and first-coated around an arched window. ![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. ![Finished drywall on a tall vaulted wall around arched windows covered in plastic, ready for primer in a new home](https://paintandtape.com/assets/img/drywall-vaulted-ceiling-winter-640.webp) Windows masked, walls ready for primer. ![Long addition with freshly hung and taped drywall on walls and a sloped ceiling, door openings framed on the right](https://paintandtape.com/assets/img/drywall-hanging-addition-640.webp) Hung and taped: a long addition with a sloped ceiling. ![New-construction hallway with taped and mudded drywall corners, door openings and a sloped ceiling above](https://paintandtape.com/assets/img/drywall-taping-new-construction-500.webp) Corners and seams mudded in a new build. ![Two-story stairwell with tall drywall walls taped and coated, looking up toward a window and the upper landing](https://paintandtape.com/assets/img/drywall-two-story-stairwell-640.webp) Tall walls in a two-story stairwell. ![Kitchen space in a new home with taped drywall, an open soffit and a back door, before cabinets go in](https://paintandtape.com/assets/img/drywall-kitchen-new-build-640.webp) Kitchen walls taped before cabinets. ![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. ![Vaulted ceiling and gable wall with fresh knockdown-style texture, above a window frosted over in winter](https://paintandtape.com/assets/img/ceiling-texture-vaulted-640.webp) Fresh ceiling texture in a vaulted room. ![Textured gable wall and angled ceiling planes primed white, with a small vent near the peak of the vault](https://paintandtape.com/assets/img/ceiling-texture-gable-wall-640.webp) Textured and primed: angled ceiling planes meeting a gable. ## Commercial: Fregeau Auditorium, Marshall School [About this service](https://paintandtape.com/commercial-painting/) ![Raised wooden letters reading Fregeau Auditorium on a brick wall at Marshall School in Duluth, a J.A. Houle commercial job](https://paintandtape.com/assets/img/fregeau-auditorium-marshall-school-duluth-640.webp) Fregeau Auditorium at Marshall School, Duluth. ![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. ![Auditorium seating under a stepped white ceiling with recessed lights and long wood-paneled side walls](https://paintandtape.com/assets/img/commercial-painting-auditorium-house-640.webp) House seats under the stepped ceiling. ![Dark wood-paneled auditorium side wall below a smooth white soffit lit by recessed and cove lighting](https://paintandtape.com/assets/img/commercial-painting-auditorium-wood-walls-640.webp) Soffits and cove lighting above the wood wall panels. ![Long white soffit and stepped ceiling in an auditorium, lit along its edge above dark wood wall panels](https://paintandtape.com/assets/img/commercial-painting-auditorium-soffit-640.webp) Stepped soffit along the auditorium wall. ## Have a project like one of these? 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)