Exteriors

Here's how we arrived at choosing terra-cotta and natural stone for the exterior of this house. The client was building a new house from scratch. She wanted help in choosing colors for every part of the exterior from paving stones to roof. She knew she didn't want the usual taupe or gray house that is so common today. We picked the siding first. She showed me two variations of terra-cotta that she was thinking about. In my opinion one was too yellow-orange, the other a strong deep rich color that we chose. Once [...]

A client called me to help choose colors for a screened porch she was remodeling and painting to make it more inviting and more harmonious with the rest of the house. The porch came off of an open dining room/kitchen  with glass doors on one entire wall. The ceiling was a beamed wood ceiling and the client hated the closed in dark feeling the beams created. She investigated how to get rid of the beams without damaging the structure. The first order of business was to structurally remove the beams and open the [...]

Warm Tones for Exterior of House This new house in a traditional style with a Southern flair and lots of architectural detail was recently completed and painted. All the trim is white and roof black. This gives whatever color you choose for the painted siding a crisp clean look. We chose a creamy golden beige, one of Benjamin Moore's Historical Colors, HC35, Powell Buff. This house has a front porch and a covered back deck. We wanted to use a different color for the ceilings of both porches. We felt a [...]