Evening star., 1940-06-01
Paint Styling Cures
Large Cottages That
Are Out Of Balance
An Example Of What
Can Be Done by Wise
Choice of CoIors

The distribution of light and dark
tones on the exterior of a house
can make it or break it-from the
viewpoint of attractiveness. Take
the case of certain large cottage
for instance. Roomy and pleasant
inside, its exterior appearance was
greatly impaired by several con-
tributing factors. First of all, there
was the window situation. Window
openings Of six different sizes gave
the house a spotty, cutup look that
was distracting. Dark shutters at
many of these windows of varying
sizes served to further emphasize
this lack of unity. A row of dormers
jutting from the roof-with their
sides and faces in light color
pulled the eye upward and made
the house seem too high for its
breadth. A one-story wing at one
end of the house caused the struc-
ture to appear out of balance, while
the l-proportioned chimney at the
other end was unduly emphasized
by the dark color of the brick
against the light background of the
house.
Paint Styling to Rescue.
To remedy these shortcomings,
recourse was taken to the interest
ing new art of paint styling. This
ingenious technique points out the
way to make the most of things
with color-and how to do it in the
modern manner.
Applying the principles to the
large cottage in question. paint
stylists first worked to solve the
odd-sized window difficulty. Elimi-
mating shutters at all windows that
were not uniform in size con-
tributed greatly to an improved ap-
pearance. Painting the trim and
sash in the same color as the body
of the house made them blend
with the house itself and be less
noticeable BY painting the faces
and sides of the dormers in a dark
color that blended with the roof, it
was possible to make them less
Objectionable A further device to
make the house seem lower was to
coat the shutters at the upper win
dows in deep tone, but to keep the
color as the body of the house.
The addition of shutters to the
two end windows on the second floor
(Which were formerly sans shutters)
increased the feeling of breath, while
the window box added beneath the
small double windows on the second
floor apparently deepened those win
dows until they were on line with
the ones on either side
Solves Awkward Chimney.
A colorful front door focuses at
tention on the entrance way in an
inviting manner while the light paint
coating applied to the brick chimney
makes it merge with the light body
color of the house instead of stick
ing out like sore thumb.
In planning the actual color
scheme for house such as this one,
1t is we'll to consider still another
facet of the most recent report made
by the Council for Paint Styling. In
a Nation wide survey made of new
houses in every State. many facts
regarding public preferences for
color treatments for homes of vari-
ous types were uncovered. Regard
ing the large cottage. the councils
report sets forth this information:
Roofs. medium to dark in color. |
Body. light in color Trim, lighter
than body color (when body is white,
trim should be the same. Sash, |
same as trim color or different from
other colors used Shutters, different |
from other colors used. Door, differ
ent from other colors used.
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