Greenwood, Indiana

House painters in Greenwood, Indiana.

Cardinal Fine Painting is a family business run by Brian Perry out of Franklin, about fifteen minutes down US 31. Over 35 years of interior and exterior repaints, and a schedule that fills up mostly on neighbors telling neighbors.

Local knowledge


We know Greenwood houses.

Greenwood isn't one kind of house, and that changes how a repaint gets priced and prepped. The older sections near Old Town and along Madison Avenue are full of mid-century ranches and split-levels — wood trim, wood soffits, sometimes original aluminum siding that has chalked to the point where nothing will stick until it's been washed properly. Those homes reward good prep and punish shortcuts.

Head east toward Emerson and Worthsville, or west toward the Center Grove side, and it's a different story: brick-and-vinyl two-stories built through the nineties and two-thousands. On those, the brick and vinyl are fine but the painted surfaces — trim boards, fascia, garage door surrounds, shutters, gable vents, front door — are usually on their second or third coat and starting to show it. That's a smaller job than a full-body repaint and it makes a house look ten years newer.

Then there's the newest construction on the south and east edges, where builder-grade paint is hitting the seven-to-ten-year mark all at once. Builder paint is thin by design. When it starts failing it tends to go everywhere at the same time.

Exterior trim, garage doors and soffits painted by Cardinal Fine Painting
Exterior trim, garage doors and soffits — a recent Cardinal Fine Painting job.

What we do in Greenwood.

  • Exterior repaints — siding, trim, soffits, fascia, porches, shutters and doors. Washed, scraped, primed where it's needed, then coated.
  • Interior painting — walls, ceilings, trim and stairwells. Furniture covered, floors protected, rooms put back the way we found them.
  • Deck staining and refinishing — stripped, cleaned and re-coated before the wood goes gray and starts checking.
  • Pressure washing — siding, concrete, and the north-side green that shows up every spring.
  • Window cleaning — the finishing touch after an exterior job.

Interiors are our winter work. If you've been putting off a living room, a stairwell, or a whole main floor, January through March is when we have room and you're stuck inside looking at it anyway.

See it first


See the color on your own house first.

Picking an exterior color off a two-inch paint chip is a guess. We built a free color visualizer that takes a photo of your actual Greenwood home and shows you what it looks like repainted — siding, trim, front door, shutters. Try a dozen combinations before anyone opens a can.

No account, no email, no cost. Use it, screenshot what you like, and bring it to the estimate.

Try the color visualizer →

Why us


Why Greenwood homeowners call us.

You get Brian

This is a family business, not a franchise with a rotating crew. The person who quotes your job is the person on your job.

Prep is the job

Anybody can roll paint. The reason a repaint lasts eight years instead of three is what happens before the first coat.

Honest scheduling

If we're booked out, we'll tell you that instead of squeezing you in and rushing it.

Fully insured

Franklin-based, 35+ years, insured, and easy to check on. Ask around.

What people say


Thirty years of word of mouth.

We've never really advertised. This is why.

★★★★★

If there were more stars to give I would give a 10! I can't say enough positive words for Brian. He is always on time, great communicator and a perfectionist with his painting. That is hard to find in today's world and you will want Brian to paint your whole house!

Betsy S.
★★★★★

Brian and his crew did an excellent job on our exterior house painting. Extremely thorough throughout and great communication. Thanks Brian!

Joe V.

Service area


Nearby towns we cover.

We work across Johnson County and just past the line. If you don't see your town, call anyway — odds are we're already close.

Get on the schedule.

We book up, and we'd rather tell you that honestly than rush your job. Call or text and we'll come look at it.

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