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Painters for Melbourne's inner north

Colour, done carefully.

Interiors, exteriors and heritage homes, painted by a small crew who prep properly, protect everything and leave the place cleaner than they found it.

  • Low-VOC paints as standard
  • Colour consult with every quote
  • Clean site, every day
A sunlit living room freshly painted olive green, with an armchair, a stepladder and drop sheets still on the timber floor
  • 11years painting
  • 1,200+rooms painted
  • 190period homes
  • 2-yearworkmanship guarantee

Why Pip & Pigment

Most of a good paint job happens before the lid comes off. We fill, sand, scrape and mask until the surface is right, because paint shows everything underneath it. Then we cut in by hand, roll twice and walk the room with you before we call it done.

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Services

What we do

Interior and exterior painting, across Melbourne's inner north. Every job is quoted in writing and done by our own team.

  • Interior painting

    Walls, ceilings, trims and doors, with sharp cut-in lines and no roller marks.

    Bedrooms from $640

  • Exterior painting

    Weatherboards, render, eaves and fences, prepped to last through Melbourne summers.

    Priced on a site visit

  • Period and heritage homes

    Victorian and Edwardian detailing picked out in historically right colours.

    Priced on a site visit

  • Kitchen cabinets

    A new-kitchen look for a fraction of the price: sprayed, two-pack hard-wearing finishes.

    Most kitchens $3.2k to $5.8k

  • Colour consults

    An hour with our colour lead, with big painted samples on your own walls in your own light.

    Free with a quote

Colour picker

Try a colour on the wall.

Tap a colour to see it on a real wall in natural light. These are our house favourites, and the colour consult that comes with every quote helps you pick the exact one.

An empty room with a large plain wall, a timber bench, a potted fig and a tall sash window with sheer curtains

On the wall: Gully Fern

Screens show colour differently. We bring real painted samples to your colour consult.

Book a colour consult

How it works

From first call to finished, in four steps.

No guesswork about what happens next. You'll know who's coming, when, and what it costs before anything starts.

  1. 01

    Quote and colour consult

    We walk through, measure up and talk colour. A written quote lands within two days.

  2. 02

    Prep

    Furniture moved and covered, floors protected, every crack filled and every surface sanded.

  3. 03

    Paint

    Cut in by hand, two full coats, low-VOC paint unless you ask for something else.

  4. 04

    Walk-through

    We go room by room with you and touch up anything you spot before we pack up.

Recent work

On the job.

A few recent jobs around Melbourne's inner north. Tap a photo to see it bigger.

  • An olive green living room, freshly painted
  • Kitchen cabinets freshly painted sage green with brass knobs, drop sheets on the floor and tape along the walls
  • A colour fan deck, painted sample cards and three open sample pots on a timber floor
  • A restored Victorian weatherboard cottage in cream and deep red, with lacework, a picket fence and a ladder by the verandah
  • A brush cutting a crisp terracotta line along a white ceiling
  • A painter on a ladder rolling soft blue paint onto weatherboards, with drop sheets over the garden

Where we work

Based in Northcote, working across Melbourne's inner north.

  • Northcote
  • Fitzroy North
  • Thornbury
  • Brunswick
  • Coburg
  • Preston
  • Clifton Hill
  • Carlton North
  • Westgarth
  • Fairfield
  • Alphington
  • Ivanhoe

Questions

Good questions, straight answers.

Do I need to move the furniture?

No. We move it to the middle of the room, cover it and put it back. Anything fragile or precious, we'd ask you to pack away first.

How long does a room take?

A standard bedroom is a day. A whole three-bedroom interior is usually four to six days, depending on how much prep the walls need.

What paint do you use?

Low-VOC premium acrylics from the major Australian brands as standard. Tell us if you have a favourite and we'll use it.

Can you match an existing colour?

Yes. We take a chip from somewhere hidden and have it colour-matched, then test it on the wall before we roll.

Is the colour consult really free?

It is with every quote. If you just want the consult on its own, it's $180 for an hour and a written colour list.

Ready for a change of colour?

Book a free quote and colour consult. We'll come out, measure up and bring the samples.