Milford chronicle., 1928-05-18
EXTERIOR COLOR SCHEMES
FOR SPRING PAINTING
By Helen Martin

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Spring cleaning, inside and out, is
the traditional work allotted to this
season of year, when the weather is
ideal for repainting and decorating
the home. 1t so happens, too, that
these warm days make one feel alive
l-imbued with the idea of doing
things, and ability to enjoy planning
unique and interesting color schemes
for the exterior painting, instead Of
leaving it to chance or the inaccur-
ate judgment of disinterested per-
son. There is no end to the satis-
faction of knowing that the charm
of color can be combined with the
enduring strength of the necessary
preservative of house-that beauty
does not cost extra money, but mere
ly requires a little knowledge and
personal interest.
The conventional color schemes of
possibly white and green for Colon
ial houses, or, green, brown or gray
for the house of no particular type
of design, are all very acceptable,
but many other interesting combina-
tions have been adopted with mark
ed success. However, there are GER
tain factors involved in order to |
avoid a glaring or grating scheme.
Before selecting colors, the size, the |
type and the location Of the house |
must be taken into consideration.
Anything which borders on the
bizarre should be avoided for a
house prominently located, either
due to lack of grounds or scarcity of
trees or foliage, soft neutral tones
being preferable. On the other hand
"a house that is large and situated
on extensive grounds is adapted to
almost any color scheme. A small
house on a small lot requires special
consideration, and should be painted
in bright colors to increase its ap-
parent size. When the architecture /
isn't all that can be desired-where ,
there are such things as cupolas ,
and unattractive verandas, a simple, ,
treatment is strongly ,
Even with some per- :
iod architecture the permissible :
choice is limited, but there are love ,
Iy schemes to be had within these :
limitations. :
1t is extremely important to take :
into consideration the neighboring =
houses. The fact that they are gay r
Iy painted does not mean that you +
must choose dull, drab colors, but be +
sure that the shades selected will 4
With these points kept +
we'll in mind anyone may choose +
with unquestionable success a novel Il
md interesting color scheme for the T
spring house painting. O
The usual white and green of the
Colonial house may be substituted n
With dove gray for the body, using h
light green for the roof and cream Fl
or the trim; or cream body, gray fl
oof and green trim; even yellow q,
an sometimes be used with a green n
r blue trim. Or for the house +r
7hich is of no special architecture
he variety of combinations is end
gray and sage green; II
ght cream and pale green; steel ii
ray and dark gray; Colonial yellow A
nd dark tan. In many cases the
onVentional dark green shutters
an successfully be replaced by ap- 7,
lie green; robins egg blue, terra "
otta and even bright cobalt, while al
Ouses without shutters can intro
1ce color in the roofs by using any ~
the brighter colors such as wine, 81 81
ue, purple, red or one of the var Al
us shades Of green. Shingied roofs "a ~
re especially adapted to a variety y, "
harmonious colors. VI
An important point to remember
that trim lighter than the back
'ound makes a small house look nj
rger, while trim darker than the Sc
has the opposite effect. SIX
)r example, a small house Of pearl Fl
ay would do very well trimmed in
ep cream, whereas the favorable
mbination for the larger house of ma
e same color would be dark gray. oil
If all of these factors are given =
e thought, the result will be we'll
)rth the trouble. And along with
e personal Joy that results from tul
tistic achievement in house paint in
2. Is the knowledge that this dec in
alton is at the same time, serving thi
protect a house from the climatic KIN
nditions of the VARYING seasons, Law