Kitchen Painting in Columbus and Central Ohio

Transit & Flow Group paints kitchen walls for homeowners across Columbus and Central Ohio as part of a broader kitchen project. This Kitchen Services page covers the kitchen-specific version of a wall repaint: protecting cabinets, countertops, and appliances during the work, and painting carefully around a kitchen that may still be partially in use while the rest of your project continues. Build a preliminary online estimate in the Estimate Builder, or call (614) 382-0000 to talk through your kitchen’s timeline.

Is this the right service for you?

• A kitchen wall repaint happening alongside other kitchen work, a cabinet refresh, new hardware, a backsplash, or a broader remodel
• Wanting cabinets, countertops, and appliances properly masked and protected while walls are painted, since a kitchen has far more fixed surfaces to work around than a typical room
• A kitchen still partially in use during the project, where painting needs to work around a working refrigerator, range, or sink rather than an empty room
• Painting timed to happen before or after cabinet installation, appliance delivery, or a backsplash install, rather than scheduled independently
• Just want a straightforward wall repaint in a kitchen that isn’t part of any bigger project, in which case our published Room Painting page is the simpler, standalone booking
• Also considering cabinet color, not wall color; that’s a different scope covered by our Cabinet Painting service, not this page

How pricing works

Kitchen painting is scope-based, range pricing, and the kitchen setting itself is a real driver of cost beyond the base wall-painting rate covered on our Room Painting page:

• Wall area and prep level, the same core factors as any room repaint: square footage, ceiling height, and how much patching or sanding the walls need before paint goes on.
• Protection of cabinets, countertops, and appliances. Masking and protecting fixed kitchen surfaces takes meaningfully more time than draping furniture in an open room, and it’s priced as part of the kitchen-specific scope.
• Working around a partially functioning kitchen. If the sink, range, or refrigerator stays in use during the project, painting is sequenced and protected differently than in a room that’s fully cleared out.
• Coordination with other kitchen work. Painting timed before cabinet install, after a backsplash goes in, or around appliance delivery adds scheduling complexity that a standalone room repaint doesn’t have.

As general market context, not a Transit & Flow Group quote, HomeAdvisor’s 2025 data puts the cost to paint a kitchen’s walls in roughly the $300 to $800 range for an average-size kitchen, similar to the per-room figures on our Room Painting page, though kitchen jobs commonly run toward the higher end once cabinet and appliance protection is factored in. Enter your project details and photos in the Estimate Builder for a preliminary online estimate. Final scope and price subject to verification on site.

What’s included

• Masking and protection of cabinets, countertops, backsplash, and appliances before any paint goes on
• Standard wall prep: cleaning grease and grime common in kitchens, nail-hole patching, light sanding, and spot priming
• Primer where needed, particularly around color changes or areas near heat and moisture from cooking
• Two coats of paint in most cases on kitchen walls, adjusted for color change and wall condition
• Scheduling coordinated with any cabinet, countertop, or appliance work happening in the same project
• Daily cleanup so a partially used kitchen stays functional between visits
• All workmanship is backed by a 1-year labor warranty on labor, parts, and equipment covered per manufacturer terms.

What’s not included

• Cabinet painting; see Cabinet Painting for that separate, dedicated scope
• Ceiling or trim painting, unless bundled into the same visit
• A standalone wall repaint with no other kitchen work happening; see our published Room Painting page for that simpler booking
• Backsplash installation, countertop work, or appliance installation, each priced under their own kitchen scope
• Major drywall repair beyond minor patching; see our Kitchen Drywall page if that’s discovered

Kitchen painting in Central Ohio homes

Central Ohio kitchens carry a specific kind of wear that shows up in the estimate. Older housing stock in neighborhoods like Bexley, Clintonville, and German Village often has kitchen walls coated in years of cooking grease and grime, sometimes over older paint layers that need extra cleaning and adhesion prep before a fresh coat holds properly. Many of these homes are pre-1978, so lead-safe practices apply whenever old paint layers need sanding. Newer kitchens in Dublin, New Albany, and Lewis Center tend to have straighter walls and simpler prep, but larger open-concept kitchen and living areas mean more wall area, and often a sightline into an adjoining room that affects color choice.

The distinction between this page and our Room Painting page comes down to what else is happening in your kitchen. If cabinets are coming out, a backsplash is going in, or appliances are being relocated at the same time, book kitchen painting here so the paint work is sequenced and protected correctly around that bigger project. If you just want the walls in your kitchen repainted and nothing else is changing, cabinets staying put, no other trades involved, our published Room Painting page covers that standard single-room repaint directly and is typically the simpler booking.

Our process

1. Describe your kitchen project online. Wall dimensions, current color, other kitchen work planned, and photos go into the Estimate Builder for a preliminary online estimate.
2. On-site confirmation. We measure the space, check wall condition, and confirm how painting fits into your kitchen project’s timeline.
3. Protection and prep. Cabinets, countertops, backsplash, and appliances are masked and protected; walls are cleaned, patched, and sanded.
4. Painting. Primer where needed, then coats applied for even coverage, sequenced around any other kitchen work in progress.
5. Final walkthrough. We review the finished walls with you, remove protective coverings, and confirm cabinets and appliances are undamaged.

Services completed by appropriately qualified professionals where required.