Monumental Renovation: OohLaLa with the Exterior Paint Colors!

Static Overview

This is the story of a very special house that has seen a lot of changes since it was built in 1914. Our company, Dovetail Construction, has been in the business of high performance and sustainable renovation since 1987. The scope of the renovation is in fact “monumental” and it actually sits on the renowned Monument Avenue in Richmond, VA. The house was originally built for William Schwarzchild and designed by the architect D. Wiley Anderson. It went from being a single family residence to the home of the Senior Center of Richmond thanks to the hard work from the ladies of the Junior League of Richmond. As progress is made to take the house back to it’s original use as a single family home, we are fortifying it with the best resources, and technology available to make it last at least another 100 years.

Monday, December 19, 2011

OohLaLa with the Exterior Paint Colors!

This is what we are starting with- The windows are coming out and they will be completely rebuilt or remade entirely with the same profile if they are too far gone. (The window construction will be a separate post.) Once the lead paint is responsibly removed, you can see the beautiful quality heart pine. The first step to painting is a terrific primer.

Here's Martie...

Then paint color experimentation starts. We need to stay with the Duron Paint Preservation Palette as to color but we can use whatever type of paints we want as long as they are tinted the Duron colors. Look closely, there are a number of potential colors on the new balcony fascade.

The color below was too golden and even though the brick hadn't been cleaned yet, it was apparent the hue wasn't "just right"...

This color was making us think of Grey Poupon and not in a good way...

This was "just right". We decided to go two-tone with colors that coordinate with the brick, the roof and the stone and we have the lighter color as an accent and underneath the soffits to bring as much light in as possible. Wait until you see how it looks with the selection of tile that we have coming too! Magnifique!