BUNGALOW PAINT COLORS
CHOOSING BUNGALOW PAINT COLORS, Part 1
THE COLOR LESSON This is a lesson in choosing the right bungalow paint colors, which can be a huge challenge. Most articles give you a few examples, & the paint manufactureres provide pitifully few Arts & Crafts combinations, but they don’t actually teach you...
CHOOSING BUNGALOW PAINT COLORS, Part 2
COLOR HARMONY HARMONY DEFINED: The degree of harmony is determined by how well the separate parts of a piece of art work together, & have some sort of logical progression in their relationship. Not just a concept used in music, harmony forms the basis of any...
CHOOSING BUNGALOW PAINT COLORS, Part 3
THE ARTS & CRAFTS MESSAGE The Arts & Crafts message is evident in every piece of design that flowed from the masters of the Movement 100 years ago & is passed on by those in today's Revival. The motivation & purpose of art is communication, the passing...
CHOOSING BUNGALOW PAINT COLORS, Part 4
LET’S LOOK AT SOME OLD BUNGALOW COLORS! Let’s see what combinations the historic paint companies offered, & combine them with what we have learned about color & color harmony. We all know about Sears kit houses-prefabricated homes that were delivered by train...
CHOOSING BUNGALOW PAINT COLORS, Part 5
WHAT ABOUT PAINT COLORS FOR YOUR HOUSE? Well, we have looked at THE COLORS LESSON in Part 1., which reviews the basics of color theory that we all learned in school. Part 2., COLOR HARMONY, was all about how to combine colors on your bungalow to most enhance its...
CHOOSING BUNGALOW PAINT COLORS, Part 6
PAINTING YOUR BUNGALOW EXTERIOR CHECKLIST
Now that you know:
A. How colors work &
B. The philosophy behind the design of your house,
let’s figure out how to blend these with your own voice to create a harmonious color scheme for your home.
CHOOSING BUNGALOW PAINT COLORS, Part 7
IT’S ALL ABOUT THE CHEMISTRY- LEAD PAINT IN BUNGALOWS Yes, there is lead paint in bungalows. Let's understand it & learn how to deal with it, better. White lead, produced by corroding lead with vinegar, was used in historic paints to produce opacity thereby...
OLD HOUSE RESTORATION VIDEOS- Benjamin Moore Paint for Old Houses
Painting your house, particularly the exterior, can be a daunting task. It seems pretty easy, until the paint starts peeling off in sheets, or fades after the first year or alligators worse than a reptile farm. Your hours of prep & application turrn into a...
