Trim, Doors & Finish Work in Raleigh & the Sandhills

Trim is what a wall gets judged against. Baseboards, door frames, window casing and wainscoting all have to hold a straight, crisp line against the wall color, and a line that wavers or a caulk gap left open is the kind of thing a homeowner notices before anything else in the room. Alexis calls it "finichar" — finish work — and it's a different job from painting a wall: smaller brushes, tighter lines, more caulk and more sanding for less square footage. A room can have a clean wall color and still look unfinished if the baseboards are scuffed, the door edges are chipped, or the caulk line along the wainscoting has started to crack and pull away.

Finish work can stand on its own, cleaning up trim in a house where the walls are staying the same color, or it can be the last step after new walls go in or a wall gets patched and repainted. It also comes up in kitchens and hallways with wainscoting, where the line between the panel and the paint color above it has to stay sharp for the whole room to read as finished. Send a photo of the trim, the doors or the wainscoting by WhatsApp for a no-obligation quote. English-speaking customers can write in English; the page you're reading works in both languages.

What's included

• Baseboards, door frames and window casing caulked to close every gap
• Doors finished on every edge, not just the face that shows
• Wainscoting cut in clean along the line where it meets the wall color
• Nail holes and small dents filled and sanded flush before paint
• Hardware, hinges and knobs removed or masked before any paint goes on
• A crisp white finish that holds a clean line against the wall color

Finish work starts with caulk, not paint. Gaps between the trim and the wall, at every joint and corner, get filled so there is no dark line once the color goes on. Nail holes and small dents in the wood get filled and sanded flush. Hardware, hinges and door knobs get removed or masked off before anything gets painted. Doors get finished on every edge, not just the face that shows when they're open, since a door swings and every side of it is visible at some point. Baseboards get the same attention along the floor line, where scuffs and dents show up first in a busy hallway or a room near an entryway. Wainscoting gets cut in carefully along the panel lines where it meets the wall color above it, since that seam is exactly where a sloppy line would show. Everything gets finished in a clean white that holds its line against whatever color is on the wall.