Planning a Commercial Painting or Repair Project This Season?

Here’s What Businesses Should Consider

Summer is one of the best times of year to invest in commercial painting, repairs, and facility improvements. Between warmer temperatures, longer daylight hours, and more flexible scheduling opportunities, many businesses use the summer months to tackle projects that are harder to complete during busier seasons.

For commercial properties throughout Goshen, Warsaw, Columbia City, Syracuse, and surrounding Northern Indiana communities, summer offers an ideal window to refresh buildings, address maintenance issues, and improve the appearance and longevity of your property before fall and winter weather return.

At Matthews’ Painting Company, we work with business owners, property managers, schools, industrial facilities, retail spaces, restaurants, and commercial offices to coordinate projects from start to finish. Because we offer both professional painting services and carpentry/repair work, our team can help simplify the process by managing improvements under one coordinated project timeline.

If you are considering updates to your commercial property this year, there is still time to plan, budget, and schedule your project.

Why Summer Is Ideal for Commercial Painting Projects

Weather conditions play a major role in the success and efficiency of exterior commercial painting projects. Summer temperatures typically allow coatings to adhere, dry, and cure properly, helping create a more durable and longer-lasting finish.

Longer daylight hours also allow crews to work more efficiently and maintain momentum throughout the project. In many cases, this can shorten timelines and reduce interruptions to business operations.

Summer is also a practical time for many interior commercial projects. Schools, churches, office buildings, and other facilities often experience lighter traffic, employee vacations, shutdown periods, or seasonal closures during the summer months. This creates opportunities to complete painting and repairs with less disruption to staff, customers, tenants, or daily operations.

Commercial Painting Helps Protect Your Building — Not Just Improve Appearance

A fresh coat of paint certainly improves the appearance of a commercial property, but it also serves an important protective purpose.

Exterior commercial surfaces are constantly exposed to:

• UV rays and heat
• Moisture and humidity
• Freeze/thaw cycles
• Dirt and pollutants
• Peeling, cracking, and surface deterioration

Without regular maintenance, these issues can lead to more extensive and expensive repairs over time. Professional commercial painting helps protect siding, trim, metal surfaces, concrete, stucco, concrete block, drywall, and other building materials from premature wear and damage. Addressing issues early often helps extend the life of the building and reduce long-term maintenance costs.

Coordinating Repairs and Painting Together Saves Time

One of the biggest challenges for commercial property owners is coordinating multiple contractors during a project.

At Matthews’ Painting Company, we provide both commercial painting services and repair/carpentry work, allowing projects to stay organized and streamlined from beginning to end.

Instead of hiring separate contractors for repairs, patching, carpentry, and painting, businesses can work with one coordinated team.

This may include:

• Drywall repair
• Rotten wood replacement
• Trim repair
• Surface preparation
• Wallpaper removal
• Exterior repairs
• Interior updates and repainting

Coordinating repairs and painting together helps reduce delays, improve communication, and keep projects moving efficiently.

Commercial Spaces That Benefit from Summer Improvements

Summer is an excellent time to update a wide range of commercial and industrial properties, including:

Office Buildings & Commercial Office Space

Summer vacations and hybrid work schedules can create opportunities to repaint lobbies, conference rooms, hallways, offices, and common areas with less disruption to employees.

Educational & Institutional Facilities

Schools, colleges, churches, and community facilities often use summer break to repaint classrooms, gymnasiums, cafeterias, hallways, and gathering spaces before students and visitors return in the fall.

Retail Stores & Storefronts

Exterior painting, updated branding colors, and refreshed storefronts can help businesses improve curb appeal and create a cleaner, more welcoming customer experience.

Industrial Facilities & Factory Exteriors

Factory buildings, warehouses, and industrial spaces often require durable coatings designed to withstand demanding environments while improving appearance and protecting surfaces.

Restaurants, Hotels & Hospitality Spaces

Summer tourism and travel season often motivate hospitality businesses to refresh interiors, repair damaged areas, and improve first impressions for guests and customers.

Planning Ahead Matters for Commercial Projects

Summer is one of the busiest seasons for commercial maintenance and construction projects. Planning early can help businesses secure scheduling availability and avoid delays.

A few important things to consider when planning your commercial painting project include:

Coordinate with Other Trades

If flooring, HVAC work, electrical upgrades, roofing, or other maintenance is being completed, it is often beneficial to coordinate schedules to minimize disruption and avoid overlapping work. We do have our own flooring expert and electrician that can expedite this process for you.

Consider Long-Term Maintenance

Choosing durable, washable, and high-performance coatings may help reduce future maintenance needs and extend the lifespan of painted surfaces.

Plan Commercial Projects Around Your Operations

A professional commercial painting contractor should work with your business schedule whenever possible to minimize interruptions and maintain a safe work environment.

At Matthews’ Painting Company, we understand that communication, scheduling, and professionalism matter just as much as the final paint finish.

Financing Options for Commercial Projects

Many businesses postpone painting or repair projects because they are unsure how the expense will fit into current budgets.

Matthews’ Painting Company offers financing options for qualifying commercial projects, allowing business owners and property managers to explore monthly payment options before making a final decision.

• Financing can help businesses:
• Complete needed maintenance sooner
• Spread project costs over time
• Address repairs before damage worsens
• Improve facilities without delaying upgrades

The pre qualification process is quick, simple, and does not impact credit scores during initial review. For many businesses, financing provides additional flexibility when planning larger improvements, multi-phase projects, or unexpected repairs.

Why Businesses Choose Matthews’ Painting Company

For more than 25 years, Matthews’ Painting Company has served commercial clients throughout Northern Indiana with professional painting, repairs, and facility improvements.

Businesses choose Matthews’ Painting because of our:

• Quick turnaround on estimates
• Flexible scheduling options
• OSHA-compliant practices
• Ongoing safety training with our safety consultant
• Dedicated crew leaders managing projects from start to finish
• W2 painters who are employees
• Drug-screened and background-checked crews
• $2 million liability and umbrella insurance with Workers’ Compensation coverage
• Four paint crews available for larger projects when needed

We also leave labeled touch-up paint and SDS sheets onsite for added convenience and long-term maintenance support.

Time to Plan Your Commercial Project

If your commercial property could benefit from painting, repairs, maintenance updates, or facility improvements, now is the time to plan your project.

Whether you manage an office building, retail store, school, industrial facility, restaurant, hotel, or multi-unit property, summer remains one of the best opportunities to complete improvements efficiently and professionally before fall schedules begin.

About Matthews’ Painting Company

Matthews’ Painting Company was recently named Best Painter in the Goshen News “Best of Michiana” 2026 awards.

For over 25 years, Matthews’ Painting Company has served homeowners and businesses throughout Northern Indiana, providing top-quality residential and commercial painting services to the following cities and neighboring communities: Warsaw, Syracuse, Winona Lake, Columbia City, Goshen, Plymouth, North Webster, Leesburg, Milford, Middlebury, North Manchester, South Whitley, Silver Lake, Rochester, Claypool, Burket, Mentone, Bourbon, Etna Green, Atwood, Pierceton, Larwill , Albion, Kimmel, Cromwell, Nappanee, New Paris, Millersburg, Ligonier, Wawaka, Bremen, Wakarusa and Churubusco.

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