Sanding under containment with HEPA extraction, which we do on pre-1978 work as a requirement and in occupied homes as a matter of course. Dust travels through a house and settles in places nobody wants to be cleaning afterwards, so containing it at the source is far easier than dealing with it later.

Nelson Painting is the best painter in Orleans, MA

Three Generations of Craftsmanship

Painting Contractors in Orleans, MA

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Nelson Painting provides residential and commercial painting, small maintenance work, cabinet refinishing, deck staining, carpentry, and power washing for homeowners in Orleans, MA. From East Orleans and South Orleans to Nauset Heights, Tonset, and Rock Harbor, our licensed crews deliver lasting results. Free estimates.

65+ Years in Business: Three-generation family legacy of quality painting.
Licensed & Insured: MA HIC #142477 with full workers' comp coverage.
In-House Crews Only: Never subcontracted — direct accountability on every job.
Free Estimates: On-site walk-throughs with detailed written proposals.

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What We Do

Painting and Restoration Services in Orleans, MA

Interior and exterior painting, small maintenance and repair work, cabinet refinishing, deck and fence staining, power washing, and carpentry, delivered by in-house crews and never subcontracted. Explore the services below to see how each one works on an Orleans property.

Interior Painting

Interior painting services for homes and businesses in Plymouth, MA. Our crew handles walls, ceilings, trim, and doors with the preparation-first approach that has earned Nelson Painting three generations of trust across Southeastern Massachusetts.

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Exterior Painting

Exterior painting for homes and businesses in Plymouth, MA. We protect your property from coastal weather with thorough surface preparation and premium exterior coatings designed for the salt air, humidity, and freeze-thaw cycles of Southeastern Massachusetts.

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Cabinet Refinishing

Cabinet refinishing services in Plymouth, MA. Transform your kitchen or bathroom cabinets with professional spray finishing — new color, factory-smooth results, and thousands saved compared to full cabinet replacement.

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Nelson Painting is a painting contractor that provides deck and fence staining across Plymouth County, Barnstable County, and Bristol County

Deck & Fence Staining

Deck and fence staining in Plymouth, MA. We apply professional-grade stains and sealants that protect your outdoor wood from the moisture, UV exposure, and freeze-thaw cycles common across Southeastern Massachusetts.

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Power Washing

Power washing services in Plymouth, MA. We remove built-up dirt, algae, oil stains, and mildew from driveways, patios, walkways, and building exteriors — restoring your property to like-new condition.

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Soft Washing

Soft washing services in Plymouth, MA. Our low-pressure cleaning process kills algae, mold, and mildew at the root using biodegradable solutions safe for your siding, roof, and landscaping. Lasting results for the humid coastal climate.

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Carpentry Services

Carpentry services in Plymouth, MA. We repair rotted trim, replace damaged clapboards and shingles, and restore wood surfaces before painting — ensuring your home or building is structurally sound and protected for years to come.

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Nelson Painting is a painting contractor that provides water and smoke damage restoration painting across Plymouth County, Barnstable County, and Bristol County

Water & Smoke Damage Restoration

Water and smoke damage restoration painting in Plymouth, MA. Our crew handles drywall repair, stain blocking, odor sealing, and full repainting to restore your property after fire or water damage. Insurance documentation provided.

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Who We Serve

Residential and Commercial Painting Specialists in Orleans, MA

Whether your house is at East Orleans, Nauset Heights, Tonset, or near Rock Harbor, and whether you are there while we work or not, the standard is the same and the consideration should be too. Here is exactly what each service involves.

Residential

Orleans's 3,144 housing units are 80.9% owner-occupied by a settled, largely retired population, in houses that are frequently worth a great deal and have been lived in for decades.

What’s Included

Working in an Occupied Home
In most Orleans houses somebody is home while we work, all day, every day of the job, and that is the thing we plan around rather than an inconvenience we tolerate.
The house stays livable throughout, not at the end. That means work areas contained and cleaned at the end of every day, tools consolidated rather than left out, and nothing blocking the rooms you need that evening. We sequence rooms so the kitchen, the bathroom, and wherever you sit are never all out of use at once, and we ask which those are rather than assuming.
Odour and air quality are the specification rather than a preference. For an older resident, or anybody with respiratory sensitivity, a house full of solvent vapour is a genuine problem rather than a nuisance, so low-odour and low-VOC systems are what we use in occupied homes as standard. We also plan ventilation rather than opening a window and hoping, and we will tell you honestly which days a particular room will be worth being elsewhere for.
Dust matters as much as odour. Sanding under containment with HEPA extraction is normal practice for us on pre-1978 work, and in an occupied home we extend the same care to ordinary sanding, because dust travels through a house and settles in places nobody wants to be cleaning.
Trip hazards are the practical safety point and the one contractors most often get wrong. Drop cloths bunched in a doorway, an extension lead across a hall, a ladder left standing in a passage: all of them are ordinary on a building site and none of them belong in a house somebody is moving around all day. We tape edges, route leads out of the way, and clear routes before we break for the day.
We also talk to you rather than around you. If we find something, you hear it from the person who found it, in plain terms, on the day. Nobody has to chase us for an answer at the end of the week.
Small Maintenance & The Jobs Nobody Quotes
The most useful work we do in Orleans is frequently not what somebody called about. It is the small things we notice while the crew is already on the property.
A door that has swollen and binds. A handrail that has loosened at its bracket. A threshold that catches a foot. A step whose edge is no longer clearly visible. A window painted shut years ago that will not open in a fire. A gate that drags. None of those are painting jobs, all of them make a house harder to live in, and none of them are worth calling a contractor out for on their own.
When we are already there, they take minutes. We would rather fix them and mention it than leave them because they were not on the estimate, and where something needs a proper repair we will tell you what it needs rather than quietly doing half a job.
There are also small changes worth considering while the trim is being painted anyway, because the crew and the access are already in place. Better contrast at a stair edge, a handrail extended past the last step, a bathroom wall reinforced now in case a grab rail is ever wanted. None of it needs deciding today and it costs far less done alongside other work than as its own project later.
We raise these once, plainly, without pressure. Whether any of it is wanted is entirely your call and a perfectly reasonable answer is no.
Interior Wall & Ceiling Painting
Every job starts with the parts nobody photographs. We wash surfaces to remove cooking film and hand oils that stop paint bonding, scrape and sand failing areas, spot-prime every patch and every stain, and caulk where walls meet trim.
In a house lived in for decades, the work is usually a considered refresh rather than a rescue, and getting it right once matters more than getting it done fast. We would rather take an extra day than have you live through the job twice.
Coastal interiors carry salt from windows left open all summer, and it settles on sills, casings, and the walls beneath. Those surfaces need washing rather than dusting before priming.
Older houses bring plaster rather than drywall, which needs different patching, a different primer, and an honest conversation about which hairline cracks will return with the seasons regardless of what we do.
Exterior House Painting
Exterior work is roughly seventy percent preparation, and on this coast it is more. We wash the envelope thoroughly to remove salt as well as chalking and mildew, then scrape and sand every failing edge back to sound material and prime bare wood with a bonding primer.
Coating over salt residue is the single most common cause of premature failure on this coast, so the wash is not a formality.
Exterior work is also the easiest kind to live through, because the disruption stays outside. Where somebody is home all day we still plan around it: keeping paths clear, telling you which windows will be unavailable on which days, and working away from the side of the house you sit on where we reasonably can.
Fasteners fail early in salt air. Nail heads and any exposed steel rust and bleed through a finish coat within months, so we set and spot-prime them properly.
Cedar shingle must never be pressure washed. High pressure raises and shreds the soft grain and drives water behind the courses.
Cabinet Refinishing
Refinishing kitchen cabinets costs a fraction of replacement and takes days rather than weeks, which in an occupied house is the deciding factor as often as the price is.
The scheduling question that actually matters is when the kitchen is usable again. We plan the sequence so you have a working kitchen in the evenings wherever possible, and we tell you honestly which days you will not.
The finish quality comes from degreasing and sanding, not from the spray gun. We degrease thoroughly, sand to a uniform profile, and use a bonding primer made for cabinetry before any colour goes on.
We are candid about what will not work. Thermofoil and some laminate faces do not hold a coating reliably, and telling you that before we quote is cheaper for both of us than discovering it after the deposit.
Deck & Railing Staining
Coastal decks take salt, sun, and wind-driven rain, and near the water the usual three to five year interval runs short.
The railings matter more than the boards here, and not only structurally. A railing that is loose, splintered, or slippery is a genuine hazard on a deck used by somebody less steady, and we check every connection as a matter of course rather than only coating what shows.
Salt attacks fasteners, joist hangers, and ledger bolts long before it destroys decking, so a deck that looks perfectly sound can be compromised at the connections. We will tell you plainly what we find.
Cure time rather than dry time is the number that matters for when the deck is usable again, and we give you the honest one.
Power Washing & Soft Washing
On this coast washing is the most important maintenance task there is, and for a homeowner who would rather not take on a large project it is also the one that delivers the most for the least disruption.
It takes a day, it needs nobody to do anything, and it visibly improves the house. It also genuinely delays the next repaint by years, which for somebody planning a decade rather than a season is the point.
Cedar shingle, older wood, vinyl, and roof shingles all need soft washing: low pressure with a solution that lifts salt and kills mildew at the root rather than blasting the surface layer off.
Walkways, steps, and the deck are worth washing on their own account, because algae on a path is a slip hazard rather than an appearance problem.
Carpentry & Wood Repair
Paint does not fix rot, and on a salt-exposed elevation rot arrives sooner. When we find soft trim, failing sills, or damaged shingle during prep, we repair or replace it before painting rather than coating over the problem.
Our crews carry carpentry capability, so a rotted sill found on Tuesday does not become a second contractor, a second schedule, and a second visit. For a homeowner who would rather not manage multiple trades, that single-contractor arrangement is worth a great deal on its own.
Steps, handrails, thresholds, and porch decking get looked at properly rather than only coated, because those are the elements where deterioration is a safety matter rather than a cosmetic one.
The failure map is coastal: water-side sills, corner board bottoms, deck ledgers, skirting near damp ground, and every place a corroding fastener has been rotting the wood around it from inside.
Color Consultation & Design
Choosing colour from a two-inch chip in a store is how people end up repainting. We bring large samples to your house and look at them on your walls, in your light, at the hours you actually use the room.
In a house somebody spends most of the day in, light through the day matters more than it does in a house that is empty from eight until six. We look at a colour in the morning and the evening rather than once at midday.
Contrast is worth a mention too. As eyesight changes, a stair edge or a threshold that reads clearly against the floor is genuinely easier to live with, and it is a design decision rather than a medical one.
There is no charge for this and no obligation.

Best For

Ideal for Orleans homeowners in East Orleans, South Orleans, Nauset Heights, Tonset, Namskaket, and near Rock Harbor seeking interior or exterior painting, small maintenance work, cabinet refinishing, deck staining, or carpentry from a licensed, insured contractor.

Nelson Painting is a painting company in Orleans, MA that provides interior painting, exterior painting, cabinet refinishing, deck staining, power washing, soft washing, carpentry, and restoration services

Three Generations, One Standard

The Painting Contractor Orleans Homeowners Call Back

Nelson Painting has been a family business since 1960. Three generations have run the same crews under the same standard: show up when we say, prep properly, and finish the job before we start the next one. Sixty-five years means a great many of our clients have used us more than once, and some of them for decades.

Orleans has the oldest median age of any town we serve, at 64.7, with households averaging 2.48 people and 80.9% of its 3,144 homes owner-occupied. This is a town of people who have been in their houses a long time and intend to stay in them.

That changes how we work rather than what we do. Somebody is usually home while we are there, all day, every day of the job. The house has to remain livable throughout rather than at the end. And the most useful thing we do is frequently not the large job somebody called about, but the small things we notice while we are there.

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See Us at Work

Spend a Day on the Jobsite With the Nelson Painting Crew

These are the painters who will be at your property — Marc, Marc Jr., and the rest of the team. Spend a day with them on an active jobsite and see exactly how Nelson Painting preps, paints, and finishes the work before the truck pulls out of the driveway.

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Generations Since 1960

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In-House Team Members

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Subcontractors, Ever

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BBB Complaints in 65+ Yrs

In-House Crews Only

Our dedicated six-person crew handles every project personally. No subcontractors means consistent quality, direct communication, and the same trusted team from start to finish.

Free On-Site Estimates

Owner Marc Nelson personally walks your property to assess every detail. You receive a thorough written proposal — no vague ballpark figures, no hidden costs, no obligation.

Premium Paint Products

We use only the highest-quality paints and coatings built to withstand coastal humidity, salt air, and harsh New England winters. Better products mean longer-lasting results and fewer touch-ups.

Licensed & Fully Insured

Every crew member is covered by workers' compensation and general liability insurance. You never have to worry about exposure if something unexpected happens on your property.

65+ Years Family Owned

Your project benefits from over six decades of knowledge passed down through three generations. That kind of experience means fewer surprises, better problem-solving, and results that stand the test of time.

EPA Lead-Safe Certified

Many South Shore and Cape Cod homes were built before 1978 and may contain lead paint. Our EPA-certified crews follow strict protocols to keep your family safe during renovation work.

Customer Reviews

What Our Clients Say About Us

5.0from 143 reviews

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Deanne Smith

August 4, 2026

Google

The guys did a great job! They were diligent, professional, friendly and accommodating!

JM

Julie Mackin

July 24, 2026

Google

We had a wonderful experience with Nelson Painting. Nicole was incredibly easy to work with and we had an estimate within a week. The painters did an amazing job, incredibly professional and meticulous. We are so pleased with how the outside of our house came out.

JM

Janice Madden

July 29, 2026

Google

We would highly recommend Nelson Painting, if you are looking to get your house painted. From soft washing the house to the final painting of trim and clapboard, they were nothing but professional. They were respectful of property and cleaned up every day before they left. Marc came right out when we called and we had a price the next day. Very reasonably priced. We could not be more pleased.

PC

Pamela Cluff-McDevitt

July 23, 2026

Google

Nelson Painting was great! They had to come fix a mess that someone else made. They were quick and did an amazing job! Very easy to work with.

WD

William Donovan

July 27, 2026

Google

Professional, courteous and efficient service. Very satisfied!

KC

Kimberly Callanan

July 23, 2026

Google

Nelson painting completed an outdoor pool bar/shed paint and did a great job! Showed up on time, reasonable pricing and final product looked great.

MD

Mark Dennish

July 24, 2026

Google

On time, flawless work, respectful of property. Estimate was 100 percent accurate.

JS

Jane Scarbrough

July 2, 2026

Google

We highly recommend Nelson Painting. The crew was respectful, professional and thorough. Quality excellent!! Jane and John Scarbrough

How It Works

Our Painting Process in Orleans, MA

Six steps, the same every time, so you always know what happens next.

1

We walk the property with you, measure, and look at the actual conditions rather than quoting from a photograph. We also ask which rooms you use and when, because that decides the sequence in an occupied house.

You get a detailed written proposal listing surfaces, preparation, products, and price, plus anything small we noticed that is worth mentioning.

2

We bring large samples and view them on your actual walls, in the morning and the evening rather than once at midday, because in a house you spend the day in the light changes everything.

Once colours are settled we confirm the schedule and the sequence, and agree which days a particular room will be worth being elsewhere for.

3

This is the majority of the work and it decides how long the result lasts. Washing, scraping, sanding, filling, caulking, and priming all happen before any finish coat.

In an occupied house we sand under containment with HEPA extraction rather than letting dust travel, and outside we remove salt before coating. Wood repair and carpentry are completed at this stage.

4

Floors, furniture, landscaping, fixtures, and hardware are covered and protected before painting starts, with drop cloth edges taped and leads routed clear of walking routes.

At the end of every day the house is returned to a state you can live in: work areas cleaned, tools consolidated, routes clear, and nothing blocking the rooms you need that evening.

5

Our in-house crews apply the specified system, never subcontracted, so the people in your house are the people accountable for the result and the same faces each day.

In occupied homes we use low-odour and low-VOC systems as standard and plan ventilation rather than opening a window and hoping. Every window is checked so it still opens when we are done.

6

We walk the finished work with you, address anything you flag, and clean the site completely before leaving. Touch-up paint is labelled by room and left with you.

We also tell you what we noticed and did not do, so nothing is left unsaid. Whether any of it is worth acting on is your call.

Nelson Painting is a local painting company near me

Request Your Free Painting Estimate in Orleans, MA

Call or request an estimate online. We will walk the property, plan the work around how you actually use the house, and give you a detailed written proposal before you commit to anything.

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Common Questions

Orleans Painting Questions, Answered

The questions Orleans homeowners and property owners ask us most often.

Living Through the Work

We will be home the whole time. Is that a problem?

Not at all, and it is how most of our Orleans work happens. It just means the house has to stay livable throughout rather than at the end.

Work areas are contained and cleaned at the end of every day, tools consolidated rather than left out, and nothing left blocking the rooms you need that evening. We sequence rooms so the kitchen, the bathroom, and wherever you sit are never all out of use at once, and we ask which those are rather than assuming.

The smell of paint bothers us. What can you do?

What about dust?

We worry about tripping over equipment.

Fair, and it is the safety point contractors most often get wrong. Bunched drop cloths in a doorway, an extension lead across a hall, a ladder standing in a passage: all ordinary on a building site and none of them belong in a house somebody is moving around all day.

We tape drop cloth edges, route leads out of the way, and clear walking routes before we break for the day rather than at the end of the job.

Will we be dealing with different people each day?

Small Jobs & Practical Details

Will you fix small things while you are here?

Yes, and it is frequently the most useful thing we do. A door that binds, a handrail loose at its bracket, a threshold that catches, a window painted shut years ago.

None of those are painting jobs, all of them make a house harder to live in, and none are worth calling a contractor out for on their own. When we are already there they take minutes, and we would rather fix them and mention it than leave them because they were not on the estimate.

Is it worth doing anything while the trim is being painted anyway?

Our deck railing feels loose.

We would rather not take on a big project.

General Questions

What areas does Nelson Painting serve?

How long will exterior paint last here?

Can you pressure wash our cedar shingles?

Are you licensed and insured?

Still have questions? We're here to help — no pressure, just answers.

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Serving Southeastern Massachusetts

Full-Service Painting, Staining, and Property Care Across Plymouth, Barnstable, and Bristol Counties

From the South Shore to Cape Cod and the South Coast, our crew handles interior and exterior painting, cabinet refinishing, carpentry, deck and fence staining, power washing, soft washing, and water and smoke damage restoration for homes and businesses up to 30 miles from our West Plymouth headquarters. Need directions? Use the map below to find us at 15 Roberts Rd, Unit D, Plymouth, MA 02360.

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Proudly Serving Orleans and the Surrounding Area

Neighborhoods (7)

East OrleansNamskaketNauset HeightsRock HarborSouth OrleansTonsetWeeset

ZIP Codes (3)

026430265302662

Nelson Painting, Inc.

AddressPlymouth, MA

Phone(508) 746-6432

HoursMon-Sun: 6AM-8PM

Painting Contractors in Orleans, MA

100s of 5-Star Ratings on Platforms You Trust

Painting and Restoration Services in Orleans, MA

Interior Painting

Interior Painting

Exterior Painting

Exterior Painting

Cabinet Refinishing

Cabinet Refinishing

Deck & Fence Staining

Deck & Fence Staining

Power Washing

Power Washing

Soft Washing

Soft Washing

Carpentry Services

Carpentry Services

Water & Smoke Damage Restoration

Water & Smoke Damage Restoration

Residential and Commercial Painting Specialists in Orleans, MA

Residential

What’s Included

Working in an Occupied Home

Small Maintenance & The Jobs Nobody Quotes

Interior Wall & Ceiling Painting

Exterior House Painting

Cabinet Refinishing

Deck & Railing Staining

Power Washing & Soft Washing

Carpentry & Wood Repair

Color Consultation & Design

The Painting Contractor Orleans Homeowners Call Back

Spend a Day on the Jobsite With the Nelson Painting Crew

In-House Crews Only

Free On-Site Estimates

Premium Paint Products

Licensed & Fully Insured

65+ Years Family Owned

EPA Lead-Safe Certified

What Our Clients Say About Us

Our Painting Process in Orleans, MA

1. Free On-Site Estimate

2. Color Selection & Planning

3. Surface Preparation

4. Protection & Daily Restoration

5. Painting & Finishing

6. Final Walk-Through

Request Your Free Painting Estimate in Orleans, MA

Orleans Painting Questions, Answered

Living Through the Work

We will be home the whole time. Is that a problem?

The smell of paint bothers us. What can you do?

What about dust?

We worry about tripping over equipment.

Will we be dealing with different people each day?

Small Jobs & Practical Details

Will you fix small things while you are here?

Is it worth doing anything while the trim is being painted anyway?

Our deck railing feels loose.

We would rather not take on a big project.

General Questions

What areas does Nelson Painting serve?

How long will exterior paint last here?

Can you pressure wash our cedar shingles?

Are you licensed and insured?

Full-Service Painting, Staining, and Property Care Across Plymouth, Barnstable, and Bristol Counties

Proudly Serving Orleans and the Surrounding Area

Neighborhoods (7)

ZIP Codes (3)

Nelson Painting, Inc.