About House Painting Lessons

Welcome to HousePaintingLessons.com  – a blog that helps you transform yourself into someone with effective painting skills and knowledge that serves your painting needs.

My name is Kevin Takenaka. I am a journeyman painter who started out with zero knowledge about painting houses.

I was disorganized, messy and afraid of heights (on a 6 foot step ladder! … I know…)

But then I realized something. A growing family was incentive for me to become the best painter I could be.

Who is Kevin Takenaka?

From Summer Job to Home Builder

In 1989 I started a new summer job as a painter’s helper. Little did I know that it would become a profession, a career, and a passion.

I was so intrigued with the surfaces that I painted that I just had to learn how to repair them properly before painting. This led me to renovate and eventually build new houses.

Building a home from the bottom up gave me greater insight into painting and how it relates to the other systems that make up a house.

Painting is rather unique in this way. It touches nearly every square inch of a house. Yes, I have painted foundations, floors, roofs and more!

Painting skills are attainable

Painting an entire house can seem formidable to someone who has never done it before. Not to worry. We can start with something small and manageable.

How about your bathroom? Maybe your exterior trim or even your front door. Add a dash of professional insight to your own common sense, and you can tackle these painting projects around your house one at a time.