Truckee-Tahoe
Fine Finishes
Elevate your mountain home’s timber beams, wood ceilings, solid wood doors, and custom millwork with multi-stage sanding, custom stain matching, and furniture-grade clear finishes.
INTERIOR WOOD FINISHING & MILLWORK
Custom Stain Matching, Multi-Stage Prep & Perfect Finishes.
Architectural woodwork—from exposed timber trusses and tongue-and-groove ceilings to solid wood doors, window casings, staircases, and built-ins—is the centerpiece of a mountain home. Achieving a smooth, furniture-grade finish requires far more than brushing on stain. Our in-house craftsmen isolate and mask surrounding surfaces, sand raw wood through progressive stages to remove mill marks, condition the grain based on wood species, and hand-wipe custom-matched stain before spraying sanding sealer and two full coats of durable clear finish.
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Multi-Stage Sanding & Conditioning: Progressive hand and mechanical sanding, pre-stain conditioning for Alder, Cedar, Pine, Fir, and White Oak, and color-matched wood filling. - ✓
Custom Color Matching & Stain Uniforming: Complimentary in-house color consultation and hand-wiped custom stain blends for even tone, depth, and grain clarity. - ✓
Sanding Sealer & Furniture-Grade Topcoats: Spray-applied sanding sealer, fine inter-coat hand-sanding, and two full spray coats of Conversion Varnish, Pre-Catalyzed Lacquer, or Polyurethane. - ✓
Beams, Doors, Millwork & Built-Ins: Complete dust-controlled containment and finishing for structural beams, T&G ceilings, solid wood doors, trim, stairs, and custom built-ins.
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FOUNDATION OF TRUST
The Kelly Brothers Process.
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On-Site Assessment
Our estimators visit your property for a meticulous on-site consultation, evaluating your home or business’s current condition and architectural details to build a precise, customized project plan.
02
Customized Proposal
Receive a comprehensive digital proposal and a personalized video walk-through, providing complete transparency on your property’s current condition and the exact scope of work.
03
Color Consultation
Collaborate with our color design team to curate a cohesive aesthetic and custom color palette that elevates your architecture, ensuring the correct premium finishes are hand-selected for your space.
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Flawless Finish
Experience a seamless transformation as our team executes your project with meticulous attention to detail, ensuring a pristine result that exceeds every expectation.
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A Seamless Estimate Experience.
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100% In-House Craftsmen
Dedicated career painters you can trust.
With 20+ years serving the Reno–Tahoe community, we’ve grown a team that sticks with us — our painters average eight years at the company and are trained internally to the Kelly Brothers Standard. It’s the reason our work stays consistent, and our relationships last just as long.
98 Locally Employed Painting Professionals
100% In-House Craftsmen
Dedicated career painters you can trust.
With 20+ years serving the Reno–Tahoe community, we’ve grown a team that sticks with us — our painters average eight years at the company and are trained internally to the Kelly Brothers Standard. It’s the reason our work stays consistent, and our relationships last just as long.
INDUSTRY LEADERS
Recognized for Excellence
Nationally Recognized
Award-Winning Execution.
Named the 2026 Top Job by the American Painting Contractor (APC) magazine, Kelly Brothers Painting is recognized nationally for our commitment to high-end finishes, complex problem-solving, and breathtaking results.
As proud members of the Painting Contractors Association (PCA), we hold ourselves to the highest ethical and craftsmanship standards in the industry. When you work with us, you are partnering with proven experts.
Questions about Fine Finishes?
How do you prepare interior wood and millwork before staining?
Great woodwork starts with thorough preparation. Before any stain is applied, our craftsmen clean and inspect the raw wood, sand the surfaces smooth, condition the grain so the stain absorbs evenly without blotching, and fill nail holes and seam gaps with color-matched wood filler.
How do you achieve a smooth, furniture-grade finish?
Once your custom stain is hand-wiped into the wood for even color and grain clarity, we apply a sealer coat, lightly hand-sand between coats so the surface feels completely smooth to the touch, and spray two full coats of durable, furniture-grade clear finish in your preferred sheen (Matte, Satin, or Semi-Gloss).
What types of interior woodwork do you finish?
We stain and finish all interior architectural woodwork—including exposed timber beams, trusses, and tongue-and-groove wood ceilings, solid wood doors, window and door trim, baseboards, staircases, handrails, and custom built-in shelving.
How do you protect the rest of my home while spraying clear finishes?
Before spraying begins, our crew carefully masks and seals off all surrounding walls, windows, floors, fixtures, and adjacent rooms with heavy plastic and drop cloths. We maintain a clean, dust-controlled workspace throughout the project and handle a full cleanup before our crew lead conducts a final walk-through inspection.
Do you help with custom stain matching and is your work guaranteed?
Yes, every booked project includes a complimentary in-house color consultation to help you select or custom-match the right stain tone for your space. All work is performed by our 100% in-house, full-time craftsmen—never subcontractors—licensed in California (CA Lic. #822843) and Nevada (NV Lic. #68238) and backed by our one-year workmanship guarantee.
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