ColorCraft Painters

ColorCraft Painters is a family operation out of Peabody, built around one thing: painting and cabinet finishing done by a crew whose founder grew up in the trade. Michael Kaloutas started the company in 2003 while still a student at Salem State, after years spent working alongside his own painter father — the company describes itself today as a second-generation shop covering interior and exterior painting, cabinet refinishing, color consultations, and millwork upgrades, with a stated territory running from Boston and MetroWest to the North and South Shores, Cape Cod, Rhode Island, and southern New Hampshire. The ratings look strong on paper: Google shows a 5.0 average, though from just 5 reviews, while Angi carries a deeper 4.6 across 74. Angi's own read of that history backs up the finished work and Kaloutas's own professionalism when he's the one handling the estimate — but it also flags something worth weighing: a recurring complaint about being hard to reach by phone once a job is scheduled, and pricing that has run higher, or felt less itemized upfront, than some customers expected. Before booking, it's worth asking for a written, itemized quote up front and pinning down how callbacks and scheduling updates work — the two friction points that keep surfacing. Nothing in the record points to poor workmanship itself; the concerns are about communication and cost clarity, not the paint job. This reads as a reasonable call for someone who wants an established, owner-led painting outfit and is willing to be a little persistent about follow-up — get the estimate and payment terms in writing before the crew shows up.