Interior Painting
Walls, ceilings, trim, and kitchen or bathroom cabinets. Furniture gets covered and floors get protected before a single lid comes off. Not sure about color? We will help you settle it before we start.
Family Owned · Huntingtown & Owings, MD
Interior & Exterior Painting in Huntingtown, MD — Cabinets and Trim Too
You have walked past that scuffed hallway for months now. Maybe the sunny side of the house has started to chalk and fade, or the kitchen cabinets have dated the whole room. Desler Painting works out of Huntingtown, and Dale Miller has been painting Southern Maryland homes for over thirty years. Every job here is residential, and the owner is on site with a brush in his hand.
30+ Years In Business·Family Owned & Operated·Licensed & Fully Insured·Free Estimates
30+ Years Painting
Three decades of homes across Calvert County
Interior & Exterior Painting
Interior, exterior and cabinet refinishing
Licensed & Fully Insured
Trusted to work in homes while you are out
Huntingtown Based
Serving Huntingtown, Owings & all of Calvert County
About Us
See what all the buzz is about
Desler Painting is a family business that has been painting in and around Huntingtown and Owings, Maryland for over thirty years — purely interior and exterior painting. Our main priorities are high quality, fine craftsmanship and customer service that actually shows up.
As a small, local business, Desler Painting specializes in residential jobs — interior and exterior painting, cabinet and trim refinishing, and light interior remodeling. The same crew stays on your house from the first walkthrough to the final clean-up.
Homeowners across Calvert County trust us with their painting and cabinet refinishing, and most of our work comes from repeat customers and their neighbors. Call today to learn more, or to get a free estimate on whatever you have in mind.
- Over thirty years in business
- Family owned · You deal with the owner
- Licensed & fully insured
Our services
What Desler Painting actually does.
Paint hides nothing. The wall has to be sound before a brush ever touches it — which is why we handle prep, filling, priming and finish carpentry in house rather than sending you to find another contractor.
Exterior Painting
Siding, soffits, shutters, and porch rails. We watch the forecast closely, because humidity coming off the Bay can ruin a coat that went on too late in the day — so the prep and the timing matter more than the paint.
Interior Refinishing
Cabinets, trim and doors brought back without replacing them — stripped, filled, and recoated in place. It is the cheapest way to make a dated kitchen look like a new one.
Also part of the job
Interior Refinishing
Bring tired rooms, cabinets and woodwork back to life without a full remodel.
Residential Painting
Whole-home repaints for houses across Huntingtown, Owings and Calvert County.
Cabinet Painting
Kitchen and bathroom cabinets painted neatly, with a hard-wearing finish.
Ceiling Painting
The awkward job most people would rather hand over — done without the mess.
Trim & Door Painting
Baseboards, casings and doors cut in by hand, where brush marks show most.
Interior Remodeling
Light remodeling work alongside the paint — trim, shiplap and finish carpentry.
Who works on your property matters
The owner is the one holding the brush.
Desler Painting is a small, local, family-run business. Dale Miller quotes the job, works the job, and is who you call if something is not right — no call center, no rotating crews you have never met. Most of our work comes from neighbors who had us back for the next room.
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Why Desler Painting
Thirty years of doing it right.
Three Decades Of Calvert Substrates
Dale Miller has painted through three decades of local building trends, from 1980s hardboard to today's fiber cement. He is both the owner and the lead painter, so whoever quoted your job is the one holding the brush.
Interior, Exterior, Cabinets — One Call
Most local outfits paint walls and stop there. We also do cabinets, trim, doors and light interior remodeling, so a full kitchen refresh or a whole-house repaint is one conversation rather than a string of different contractors.
Licensed & Fully Insured
Most of the people we work for are not home while the work is going on. That only works if you trust who is in your house — so we are licensed, fully insured, and used to working in occupied homes.
Residential Only, Owings To Port Republic
We do not chase commercial or industrial contracts, which keeps the crew small and the schedule honest. Your kitchen is the job that week, not filler between warehouse projects.
Prep Sized To The Age Of The House
1980s hardboard siding and newer vinyl need different products, and new construction surfaces need caulking and priming before color will hold. We look at the actual substrate rather than quoting off a square-foot table.
We Protect Your Home
Furniture covered, floors protected, fixtures masked. When the last coat is dry we clean everything thoroughly and put the room back together — you should come home to fresh paint, not a job site.
How We Work
From first call to final coat.
First call through final walkthrough with one crew and one point of contact — the same person who quotes your job is the one painting it.
Walkthrough on your street, not over the phone
Dale drives out to the house, whether it is off Route 4 in Sunderland or down a lane in Port Republic. He looks at the actual substrate, because 1980s hardboard and newer vinyl need different products.
Prep sized to the age of the house
Older homes get careful dust control and hand sanding. On newer Dunkirk and Prince Frederick builds the real work is caulking and priming new construction surfaces so the color holds.
Coating inside a Bay weather window
Exterior work gets scheduled around humidity rolling off the Chesapeake, not just around rain. We stop early on damp afternoons, because a coat that cannot flash off will fail within a year.
Walk it together before we load up
You and Dale walk every room or elevation with a light before the truck leaves. Anything you point out gets fixed that day, rather than added to a punch list for later.
Ready for a fresh start? Free estimates, no pressure.
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What Calvert County homeowners say about Dale.
Most of our work comes from repeat customers and the neighbors they mention us to. These are unedited from our Google profile.
Google Reviews
4.825 reviews
A selection of our Google reviews. All 25 are public on our Google profile, where the 4.8 average comes from.
Know What You Are Looking At
Signs your walls are asking for attention.
Paint rarely fails all at once, and a surface gives plenty of warning before it does. Here is what Calvert County homeowners tend to notice first.
Chalk on your hand after touching the siding
Run a palm along a sunny wall and look for a white film on your skin. That chalking means the binder has broken down, so the surface will not hold a new coat without washing and priming first.
Nail pops running down a hallway ceiling
Small round bumps in a straight line mean fasteners have backed out of the framing. It turns up often in 1980s and 1990s homes locally, and it needs refastening before any paint goes on.
Trim that has lost its shape under the paint
Mouldings painted a dozen times go soft-edged and the detail disappears. Stripping them back and refinishing brings the profile out again — usually cheaper than replacing the millwork.
Recognize any of these? Most of our work starts with a homeowner who waited one season too long. A walkthrough does not take long, and you get a straight answer about what the job actually needs.
(443) 684-4101Service Area
Covering Calvert County, town by town.
We work out of Huntingtown and cover all of Calvert County. Most of these towns sit along Route 2 or Route 4, the two roads running the length of the county — which is why a walkthrough is a short drive rather than a scheduling problem.
- Countywide
- Coverage across Calvert County, MD
- Owner-led
- Dale is on site, holding the brush
- Residential
- Houses only, never commercial fill-in work
- Free
- Estimates, with no obligation
- Home base
Huntingtown, MD
We are based here on Black Oak Court, which puts most of the county a short drive away and means we can start early and still be off your property before dinner.
- Interior · Exterior · Refinishing
Owings, MD
The other town Desler has worked in from the beginning. Northern Calvert, and still a large share of the repeat work we take on each year.
- Interior · Exterior · Refinishing
Dunkirk, MD
Newer builds at the north end of the county. The real work here is usually caulking and priming new construction surfaces so the color actually holds.
- Interior · Exterior · Refinishing
Sunderland, MD
Mid-county, and a mix of eras. Dale looks at the substrate before quoting, because 1980s hardboard siding and newer vinyl take different products.
- Interior · Exterior · Refinishing
Prince Frederick, MD
The county seat, and the newest housing in the county — around three homes in five went up after 2000. Mostly interiors and exteriors, with cabinet and trim work on the newer builds.
- Interior · Exterior · Refinishing
Port Republic, MD
Southern Calvert, often down a long lane. Worth a walkthrough rather than a phone quote, which is how we price every job anyway.
- Interior · Exterior · Refinishing
Chesapeake Beach, MD
Bayfront exposure is hard on an exterior finish. Coats go on earlier in the day here so they can flash off before the evening humidity rolls in.
All of Calvert County
Maryland
Just past one of these towns?
Ask us anyway. Depending on the size and scope of the job we can often travel beyond our standard coverage area — and if we are not the right fit, we will tell you that on the phone rather than after a visit.
Common questions
Before you call.
The answers we give most often. If your question is not here, or you are unsure whether your project is something we cover, just give us a call.
Do painters need a license in Maryland?
Maryland requires home improvement contractors to hold a license from the Maryland Home Improvement Commission. Ask any contractor for their MHIC number before work begins, and confirm that they carry insurance. Desler Painting is licensed and fully insured.
What does an exterior repaint cost around here?
We do not publish square-foot pricing, because siding type and prep condition move the number far more than size does. A chalking 1980s hardboard elevation needs much more prep than ten-year-old vinyl. The estimate is free either way.
When is the best time to paint outside in Southern Maryland?
Late spring and early autumn give the steadiest conditions on this peninsula. Midsummer still works, though humidity coming off the Bay means we finish exterior coats earlier in the day so they can flash off properly.
How do I choose an interior painter I can trust?
Ask who will actually be inside your house, and whether the owner works on site. Then ask for local references on homes built in roughly the same era as yours — prep on a 1985 house is a different job to prep on a 2015 one.
What areas do you serve?
We work out of Huntingtown and cover all of Calvert County — Owings, Dunkirk, Sunderland, Prince Frederick, Port Republic and Chesapeake Beach. Most of these towns sit along Route 2 or Route 4. If your street sits just past one of them, ask us anyway.
Get started
Give your house
a fresh start.
Tell us what you are looking at — one room, a whole interior, or an exterior that has seen better winters. We serve Huntingtown, Owings and the surrounding Calvert County communities, and you will get a free estimate from the owner himself, not a salesperson.
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