BIZNOTE FOLLOWUP: Sherwin-Williams store aims for fall opening on Fauntleroy Way SW. So what about the Delridge store?

By Anne Higuera
Reporting for West Seattle Blog

“Coming soon” signs are up and work is finally under way at the former Midas location at 4457 Fauntleroy Way SW, where Sherwin-Williams is planning to double its presence in West Seattle by later this year. As we first reported in January, the store has been many years in the planning process. Sherwin-Williams is the only specialty paint store in West Seattle, though some other businesses, like Home Depot and Junction Hardware, have paint departments.

The current Sherwin-Williams location, at the intersection of Sylvan Way and Delridge, opened in 2013 and has 6 employees. We’re told by staffer Todd that they sell to a mix of homeowners and contractors, and that the second location is sorely needed. “Our back room is overflowing with the volume that we do,” he said. In addition to selling paint products and supplies, their store takes a variety of old and leftover paint products for recycling, though they have a limit on what they can take. The new store will mean more space for that program too.

Todd says the Fauntleroy Way store is expected to open in the fall with a staff of 4 and be, “focused more toward individual homeowners,” though he expects it will also be the new store of choice for some West Seattle-based contractors who live in the Admiral and Alki neighborhoods. “That store is going to be a game-changer for a lot of upper West Seattle contractors.” He also said to expect some opening-celebration events in the fall.

Jake April 22, 2026 (8:40 am)

Is there really a big need for this store and being right here on a busy street? It’s a shame it’s not a high rise apartment complex with incoming rail line…. I am sure there’s a contractor need but this would be a lot better on the bottom floor of an apartment complex.

WSB April 22, 2026 (10:25 am)

Almost zero mixed-use projects being built at the moment -though several remain approved-and-waiting – so it’s a moot point. Lots of sites zoned for mixed-use development all around it, though, and have been for a very long time. With the need for hauling, a paint store might not be the best thing for a mixed-use building’s ground floor, but for example the Realfine/Rudy’s site across the street has the kind of businesses that would, and the future Sweeney Blocks buildings would have spaces for such businesses … Again, moot point at the moment, but think forward maybe 10 years or so and I’d imagine this area will be much-changed …TR
- Slow Down April 22, 2026 (11:48 am)
  
  There’s been a lot of unofficial (and IIRC some official) discussion of changes to the structure of Fauntleroy in the triangle when the train comes to town, and I would imagine that’s an additional uncertainty that affects development of the lots along Fauntleroy.
  - WSB April 22, 2026 (2:18 pm)
    
    The “Fauntleroy Boulevard” concept goes back as many years as we’ve been publishing WSB. No way to say what might be in the future of this or any other street, and not just because of light rail (or lack of it) …
Joe Z April 22, 2026 (12:03 pm)

Why would anyone want to live along such a busy, noisy, and polluted street? Better to have businesses on the main drag and housing on a somewhat quieter block like the proposed Alki Lumber redevelopment.
- 35th Ave Resident April 22, 2026 (12:26 pm)
  
  As the resident of a busy, noisy street: because it costs less than equivalent housing with similar proximity to amenities on a quieter street.
  - CarDriver April 22, 2026 (1:44 pm)
    
    Is that a guarantee from every landlord on a busy street?
    - TR April 26, 2026 (7:28 am)
      
      Read Joe Z’s comment.
- Marissa Sitzmann April 26, 2026 (7:28 am)
  
  I live right next door to this place. I love the energy. Suits me well. I also drink tap water and don’t use sunscreen.

Kai April 22, 2026 (1:41 pm)

A paint store on the ground floor of apts/condos? I think not! Paints have a tendency to contain chemicals. Low VOC or otherwise, you don’t want those toxins wafting into those living quarters thru the air/HVAC systems.

KBear April 22, 2026 (8:31 pm)

Kai, everything in the universe is made of chemicals, and apartments tend to be painted with paint.

Wallace Grommet April 22, 2026 (9:29 pm)

Sherwin Williams is a paint conglomerate, verging on a monopoly. This hegemony in the marketplace had enabled them to raise paint prices to exorbitant levels

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