Lookswell

Lookswell Lookswell has proudly served homeowners and businesses across the greater Chicago area as a family-owned, full-service painting contractor for over 60 years.

Services We offer:

Interior:
Painting
Drywall/ Plaster Repairs
Painting or Staining Cabinets
Install Insulation
Build Soffits
Sometimes minor repairs to tile work or floors, (would have to be assessed by the estimator)
Minor Carpentry, (would have to be assessed by the estimator)
Wallpapering
Epoxy flooring
Handyman Services

Exterior- (Between about April and November * Weather Permitting)
Whole house
Decks
Wrought Iron
Pressure washing
Exterior Staining

๐ƒ๐ˆ๐ƒ ๐˜๐Ž๐” ๐Š๐๐Ž๐–?Thereโ€™s a smarter way to paint metal surfaces! Itโ€™s called ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐ฉ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ , and it works a little li...
08/31/2026

๐ƒ๐ˆ๐ƒ ๐˜๐Ž๐” ๐Š๐๐Ž๐–?

Thereโ€™s a smarter way to paint metal surfaces! Itโ€™s called ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐ฉ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ , and it works a little like a magnet.

The paint is electrically charged, so itโ€™s attracted directly to the metal surface, helping create a ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ก, ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ซ๐š๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž.

Itโ€™s a great solution for metal doors, railings, lockers, office furniture, fencing, and more.

๐‰๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ ๐‹๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ ๐จ๐ž๐ฌ ๐›๐ž๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐›๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก!

๐Ÿข ๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ ๐Œ๐ฒ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐š๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐›๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ญ-๐ข๐ง ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ก๐š๐ญ! ๐Ÿ˜‚Weโ€™ve featured plenty of four-le...
08/29/2026

๐Ÿข ๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ ๐Œ๐ฒ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐š๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐›๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ญ-๐ข๐ง ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ก๐š๐ญ! ๐Ÿ˜‚

Weโ€™ve featured plenty of four-legged supervisors, but Myrtle is here to prove that ๐๐š๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ž๐ฌ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ซ๐ž ๐ฉ๐š๐ฐ๐ฌ!

As our official ๐๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ ๐“๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž, she kept a watchful eye on the crew and made sure nobody tried to ๐™จ๐™๐™š๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ anything less than their best work. ๐Ÿ‘€

We think Myrtle deserves a little love for shaking things up! Give our newest honorary crew member a โค๏ธ, ๐Ÿ‘ or ๐Ÿ’ฌ and help us show her sheโ€™s officially part of the Paws on the Project family.

๐„๐ฑ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ฒ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐œ๐ก ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ซ.As temperatures begin to drop, exterior painting becom...
08/28/2026

๐„๐ฑ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ฒ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐œ๐ก ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ซ.

As temperatures begin to drop, exterior painting becomes more weather-dependent. Paint needs the right conditions to properly ๐š๐๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž, ๐๐ซ๐ฒ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž. When temperatures get too cold, you can risk slower drying, poor adhesion, and a finish that may not perform as it should.

๐๐Ž๐– ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ž. Waiting until fall is in full swing could mean waiting until next season.

๐Ÿ“ž ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐‹๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ž.
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๐ƒ๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐”๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐…๐ž๐ž๐ญ!A great room makeover doesnโ€™t stop at the walls. Lookswell can help with your floori...
08/28/2026

๐ƒ๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐”๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐…๐ž๐ž๐ญ!

A great room makeover doesnโ€™t stop at the walls. Lookswell can help with your flooring too, including ๐ฉ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ฉ๐ž๐ญ, ๐‹๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐•๐ข๐ง๐ฒ๐ฅ ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ค (๐‹๐•๐) ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ž.

From prep to the finishing touches, we can help pull the whole space together.

๐–๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ โœ”๏ธ ๐…๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ โœ”๏ธ ๐Ž๐ง๐ž ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐ฆ ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ.

๐–๐žโ€™๐ซ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ž ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐ข๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐œ๐š๐ ๐จโ€™๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž๐ ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ.Bein...
08/28/2026

๐–๐žโ€™๐ซ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ž ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐ข๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐œ๐š๐ ๐จโ€™๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž๐ ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ.

Being included on preferred vendor lists is something we donโ€™t take lightly.

๐–๐žโ€™๐ซ๐ž ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ž ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐‹๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ to provide the same quality craftsmanship and dependable service weโ€™ve delivered for more than 60 years.
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๐‹๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง ๐š ๐ฉ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ง๐ฒ.๐…๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง ๐Ÿ”๐ŸŽ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐œ๐š๐ ๐จ ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐š ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ:โžก๏ธ Residential and com...
08/24/2026

๐‹๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง ๐š ๐ฉ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ง๐ฒ.

๐…๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง ๐Ÿ”๐ŸŽ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐œ๐š๐ ๐จ ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐š ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ:
โžก๏ธ Residential and commercial Interior & exterior painting
โžก๏ธ Kitchen & bath remodeling
โžก๏ธ Cabinet refinishing
โžก๏ธ Floor Coating
โžก๏ธ Remodeling Services

As summer winds down, our schedule begins filling with homeowners preparing their homes for fall and the holidays. Now is the time to get on the calendar.

๐๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐œ๐ซ๐š๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ. ๐‡๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž. ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐œ๐ก๐จ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ง๐ž๐ข๐ ๐ก๐›๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ.
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๐Ÿพ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ž ๐œ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซโ€”๐‘๐ก๐จ๐ง๐๐š ๐š๐ฅ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐๐ฒ ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐ž! Sheโ€™s not looking for adoption; sheโ€™s competing to help a great ca...
08/23/2026

๐Ÿพ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ž ๐œ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซโ€”๐‘๐ก๐จ๐ง๐๐š ๐š๐ฅ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐๐ฒ ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐ž! Sheโ€™s not looking for adoption; sheโ€™s competing to help a great cause!

Meet Rhonda, our newest ๐๐š๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐•๐ˆ๐!๐๐š๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐•๐ˆ๐ This sweet, timid gal kept a careful eye on our crew while we worked, but she was always happy to accept a little extra love and attention.

Now Rhonda needs YOUR help! Give her a โค๏ธ, ๐Ÿ‘ or ๐Ÿ’ฌ because the featured pet with the most engagement helps earn a $๐Ÿ“๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐๐จ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐ž๐ซโ€™๐ฌ ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐œ๐ก๐จ๐ข๐œ๐ž!

๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐จ๐ง'๐ญ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ ๐š ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐๐ž๐ฅ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐š๐ ๐š๐ข๐ง.Cabinet refinishing can completely transform the...
08/21/2026

๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐จ๐ง'๐ญ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ ๐š ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐๐ž๐ฅ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐š๐ ๐š๐ข๐ง.

Cabinet refinishing can completely transform the heart of your home for a fraction of the cost of replacing cabinets.
โœ” Save money
โœ” Update your style
โœ” Keep your existing layout
โœ” Enjoy results that look brand new

If you've been thinking, "Maybe next year..." this is the perfect time to get your project completed before the holiday season arrives.

๐๐ž๐š๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ.

#๐“๐ก๐š๐ง๐ค๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐“๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒThere is no better compliment than hearing from happy customers.It inspires our team to continue deliv...
08/21/2026

#๐“๐ก๐š๐ง๐ค๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐“๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ
There is no better compliment than hearing from happy customers.

It inspires our team to continue delivering the quality craftsmanship and personal service we've been known for over 60 years.

๐“๐ก๐š๐ง๐ค ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‹๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ. ๐–๐ž ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ!

Before cooler temperatures and fall rain arrive, now is the time to protect your home's exterior with a fresh coat of pa...
08/20/2026

Before cooler temperatures and fall rain arrive, now is the time to protect your home's exterior with a fresh coat of paint.

A professionally painted exterior doesn't just boost curb appeal. It helps shield your home from moisture, sun, and the changing Chicago seasons.

๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ง๐ž๐ข๐ ๐ก๐›๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐‹๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ”๐ŸŽ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ. Let us help protect your home.

๐Ÿ“ž Schedule your free estimate today.

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