Amy – The Practical House Painting Guide

Deck and Front door color

June 9, 2014

I have dark green shingles and off white siding. White trim. I have a veranda on the front and side of my home. I need to update my house and am wondering what color to pain the deck floor and also the front door.

House OK through the winter with just primer?

September 17, 2013

My house has been scraped and primed with an oil based primer. It is now the middle of September and I don’t see how it will be painted by winter. What will happen to the house/primer without the paint on it?

Black for doors and trim?

October 4, 2011

Home is a brown/red/beige brick mixture and currently white door, garage door and window trim. We’re debating black for all to add elegance…thoughts?

Trim color questions.

March 8, 2010

I am having a painting conundrum, and was wondering if anyone has any suggestions. If I am painting the walls in my hallways, family room and Kitchen an off white (possibly Pratt and Lambert ‘Ancestral’, or Benjamin Moore ‘Swiss Coffee’, cabinets are going to be Benjamin Moore ‘simply white’), what