Anderson Paint

Nice, knowledgeable, helpful, and they always carry my paint to the car for me. This store is much larger than the store on Washtenaw so it has more painting supplies in the store.

Service is great! Really appreciate all the help they gave us!

These guys know their stuff. They carry only premium products– including a lot of Benjamin Moore and Sikkens.
The prices may be a little higher than big box stores, but the knowledgeable staff more than makes up for the difference. They have the best color matches, and if you need to know the appropriate product to apply to, say an exterior metal railing with slight rust, they will have the correct answer.
At a big box store, you don’t know if the paint specialist just started working after a 10 hr crash course in paint products. At Anderson’s, you can count on professional advice. Five stars for these guys, and I’ve been buying paint from them for many years.

I should take away a star from Anderson Paint, just for closing the store on William Street.
Anderson’s is the only place I buy paint and supplies if I can help it. They carry the best brands: Benjamin Moore, Graham and California Frescoat. If you follow the coverage of paint in Consumer Reports, California was the highest rated brand last year, and Bennie Moore is always close to the top. They can make your paint job last 10 years, rather than the standard five to seven years.
The staff knows a lot about paint. They can tell you what kind to use and how to put it on. They’ll warn you about problems you might encounter with the preparation and painting, if you can manage to get to the store when they are not too busy and talk to them about your project.
They have a great selection of tools and supplies, and everything is well organized. I never end up wandering around wishing I could find the right thing, which does happen at Lowe’s.
Yes, the paint sells for $ 30 to $ 65 and per gallon, but that’s what real paint costs. You can get paint for as little as $ 16 per gallon at Lowe’s, but I wouldn’t use their paint outdoors; indoors it can probably hold up because it doesn’t have to stand up to the weather.
Anderson’s also has a store on Washtenaw, between Ypsi and Ann Arbor.