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Exterior Colors for Residential Buildings
Arts and Crafts style with harmonious tones on the shingles, stucco and wood trim. Colors by ART FIRST.

before This 1908 Portland foursquare style residence sharpens up its image for the new Century.

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APPROVAL & APPRECIATION Hi Mary, Thanks for your help! I talked with Sally and her husband yesterday and they’re very pleased with how you helped to resolve their color differences. Now for the great news – I am very pleased with the exterior colors! We have already heard from some of our neighbors and they couldn’t say enough about the paint choices (my husband said they actually gushed!) Looking forward to our interior color consultations! Marie R.

before Built in 1932, this Arts and Crafts Tudor Style Residence betrayed its original elegance with unremarkable colors unrelated to the random stonework and clinker-brick chimney. We solved these problems in a tailored and natural style.

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APPROVAL & APPRECIATION Dear Mary, Thank you so much for your expertise and your patience! I’m very excited to get the house painted – Pray for good weather! I will definitely have you over as soon as it is done! I’m hoping you will consider me one of your great successes! Love, Jen Lacework moldings form a delightful decoration, their shapes emphasized with the selection of delicate colors.

before An apparently simple, yet sophisticated, color transformation.

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A striking Victorian beauty with colors by ART FIRST. below: before; on the right: after.

Custom colors for an Arts and Crafts Tudor style home.	APPROVAL & APPRECIATION Dear Ms. McMurray, Thanks! We really like the colors – a lot! We look forward to contacting you soon to move forward in the process. Sincerely, Gene R.
	A charming residence in the West Hills, dramatically improved by subtle changes: the location and shape of the attic vent, and the color make-over.
Contemporary French manor style made more inviting with crisp colors.
	A true bungalow, resurrected from bland obscurity by Art First.

A Mediterranean look in Portland? We achieved it according to the wishes of this homeowner.

Express yourself with new house colors, like these happy homeowners did, with the help of ART FIRST. We picked the new roof color too.

right: The formerly unhappy house colors

A Victorian exterior, formerly painted white, now restored to appropriate paint colors for the era. A warm putty color for the body is offset by cream and tan trim, with golden ochre accents.

See also The Oregonian Homes and Gardens 7/29/00