Interior painting for homes across Lansing and four surrounding counties. Walls, ceilings, trim, doors and baseboard. One guy, start to finish, in your house every day until it's done. Patching and prep included, and I haul my own trash out.
I'm Stephen Jerge. I run Traveling Man Painting Co. out of Springport, Michigan, and I work alone. The person who quotes your job is the person who does it.
Painting is the work. The rest is what keeps it holding. One guy, start to finish.
Walls, ceilings, trim, doors and baseboard. Room by room, so you're never locked out of your own house. Furniture covered and put back where it was, every day.
See more New buildPrime and finish coats over fresh drywall. The first coats a house gets are the ones that decide how every coat after them sits, so they get done properly.
See more DetailOn their own or with the walls. Casing, jambs and doors in a real enamel, cut by hand against the wall rather than taped and hoped for.
See more OutsideThe parts of the outside that take the weather first. Front doors, frames and exterior casing, scraped back and recoated. Not full exterior siding work.
See more ColorSherwin-Williams pro account and ColorSnap, so you can see it on your own walls before you commit. If you're stuck on sheen I'll tell you which way I'd go in your rooms.
See moreWall color, flat white ceilings, semi-gloss white trim and doors. Patched, cleaned, swept. Paint is the job. Everything else here is what makes it hold. Same prep and the same standards in an occupied home.
Paint holds where the surface is ready and fails where it isn't. Holes and dents filled, sanded and spot-primed. Gaps caulked and sealed. Glossy areas scuffed so the new coat can grip. Ordinary wear, nail holes and scuffs are in the base price, not an add-on.
Smoke, water and pet stains bleed through ordinary paint and keep coming back. Those get sealed with a stain-blocking primer first. Wallpaper comes off rather than getting painted over. Drywall damage past ordinary patching is referred to a drywall man rather than buried under paint.
Not every surface wants paint. Trim, doors and stair railings can be stained and clear-coated instead. Accent walls and a second color where a room calls for one. Both are quoted on their own.
Hardware, switch plates and covers come off and go back on. Blinds and rods rehung. That part is in the price. New covers, new hardware, or a punch list longer than a couple of small things is parts and time, quoted before I start it. Every can, tray and bag of debris leaves with me.
Nothing gets added to it unless you ask for it.
Pick the scope that fits the house
One room or all of them. You get one flat number at the walk-through, and that is the number on the invoice.
Patching and prep included, hardware and switch plates off and back on.
Adds flat white on the ceilings, the finish that hides roller laps and drywall flaws.
Adds baseboards, casing, jambs and doors, priced by the actual door count rather than a flat guess. More on trim and doors.
Rates are not posted here on purpose, because what a room really needs only shows up in person. Ceiling height, how many coats the old color is going to take, what is hiding under the last one. The walk-through is free and the written quote usually comes back the same day.
No deposit. Nothing up front.
You pay in full when the job is done and you have walked it with me, not before. I carry the materials cost until then, which is the part most people expect to be asked for and are not.
Thirty-day guarantee on application defects. If something I put on the wall lifts, peels or flashes inside thirty days, I come back and fix it. That is the paint failing, and that one is mine.
How far out am I booking?
Usually a week or two. I am one person, so I finish the job I am on before I start yours, and I would rather give you a real date than a hopeful one.
Anything beyond the quoted scope is agreed up front, never a surprise on the invoice.
I look at the actual space, count rooms, windows and doors, and find what's hiding under the last coat. Stains, gloss, bad patches, moisture.
One flat price for the whole job, with the scope written down and a start date attached. Add-ons are stated out loud before anything starts.
The step that decides how it looks in two years. Drops down, hardware off and labeled, patch, sand, de-gloss, caulk, and spot-prime anything that would bleed through. In an occupied home the furniture gets covered and moved back where it started.
Ceilings, then casings, then walls cut in and rolled wet-edge, then baseboards last, so nothing drips onto finished work.
Every room checked under a work light for missed spots before I call it done. Hardware back on, floors swept and vacuumed, trash gone, invoice same day.
I'm the one who quotes it and the one who does it. Nobody sends a crew you have never met, and there is no office between you and the person holding the brush.
General liability at one million per occurrence and two million aggregate, plus an umbrella policy on top of it. A certificate comes to you before I start, in your name, for your own records.
You get both, and I hit them. Your risk on a paint job isn't the paint. It's a guy who starts and doesn't finish.
Based in Springport and out of there most days.
Hover or tap a county to see the towns I cover in it.
West of Lansing. Easy runs, and where I am based, so most days start here.
Charlotte · Eaton Rapids · Grand Ledge · Potterville · Olivet
Lansing, East Lansing, Okemos and the townships around them. The busiest part of the map for me.
Lansing · East Lansing · Okemos · Holt · Mason · Williamston
South-west corner. Battle Creek and Marshall are a regular run.
Battle Creek · Marshall · Albion · Homer
Home county. Springport is where I start most mornings, so this is the fastest I can get to you.
Jackson · Springport · Parma · Concord · Grass Lake
Not on the map? Call anyway. The name is Traveling Man for a reason.
I’ve had Stephen do work for me for years, a partial bathroom remodel and paint job, tree removal, and plenty of smaller repairs around the house. He’s straight with you about what something will cost, doesn’t leave a mess, and will drive out to get the job done. Good work at a fair price!
Great attention to detail, fast, clean, professional.
Stephen did an awesome job! He was trustworthy; on time; a quick and clear communicator; and went above and beyond the task at hand. He will be the first call I make for any future painting needs. Thank you, Stephen!
Traveling Man Painting has done a great job with all the work I’ve had! I was given a great price and a job well done! The man behind the paintbrush is a pleasure to interact with as well! 10/10 would recommend!
Stephen did a great job on my painting project
Send the address and a bit about the job. The walk-through is free and there's no pressure attached to it.
