Unless your home is the size of a child’s playhouse, getting its exterior painted can seem like a daunting challenge.  Painting an exterior is not something the average DIY homeowner should tackle.  

Besides the obvious safety concerns, painting the outside of your home isn’t just a matter of a simple color change.  Your home’s exterior is susceptible to the elements. Therefore, any existing issues (such as peeling paint or rotted fascia boards) need to be dealt with properly.  Priming must be thorough.  And the paint itself must be applied in uniform coats that are thick enough to protect your home from the effects of weather, sunshine, and humidity.

Plus, selecting the right colors for a home exterior are trickier than for an interior.  Bright sun makes colors look far “bluer” on the warm-cool spectrum, so that pretty soft white paint chip from the store looks like a stark blue-white on your house.  In this gallery, you’ll notice a lot of soft white or off-white exteriors, because this family of light or off-white neutrals is the most classic, and the most popular.  But even if you want a deeper or richer tone, like a beige, mushroom taupe, or tan, it takes skill to select the paint paint color that will look the way you want outside.  Take a look at this case study to show the nuances of selecting paint color for your home’s exterior.

Happily, our color consultants can help ensure you get the color that works for you, if you’re not already working with an interior designer.  And our exterior painters are trained to give you a solid result, so you have peace of mind as well as a fresh, pretty color on your home!

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