Need serious advice with all this stone. Any advice on exterior paint?
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Airless tips--exterior paint advice needed
Comments (1)I would guess that most painters do worry about overspray landing anywhere it's not supposed to....at least I hope that they do. Covering brick and stone is difficult because tape does not stick well to it and even if you do get it covered there is a chance that the force of the sprayer can blow the tape right off again. One thing you can try is a paint shield instead of plastic but that often requires a second man up high with the spray guy....you can't hold a shield and spray and hold onto the ladder yourself. Really though, this sounds like something that would go a lot faster if you did it by hand rolling out of a bucket. I would look at the prep involved and probably decide pretty quick that it's just not worth it. Besides, anytime you spray wood, it has to be backbrushed/backrolled so that the paint penetrates the wood....when you just spray it and leave it most of the paint just sits on top of the wood. So ultimately all the sprayer is doing is getting the material on the surface....you still have to work it into the wood pores somehow, so how much time is the sprayer actually saving?...See MoreAny advice would be appreciated! Exterior paint / Stone porch
Comments (46)Grover any chance you can show me what it would look like with no railing and pulling the left side of the steps a bit more to the left (towards the end of the window) i was just looking at greige color schemes and I’m feeling super over whelmed. looks like a darker warm brown with a light grey compliments and contrasts with each (went through your color schemes) so now im thinking... the silver traverntine for the top of the steps and the top of the porch with a more brown stack stone color for the pillar, and light post? Or should I reverse it? Make a darker slate for the top of the porch/steps and a lighter grey with warm tones for the stack stone? God... I’m going crazy...See MoreExterior paint and detail advice needed
Comments (16)@hallettco The idea that shutters must meet in the middle when closed is personal taste. Functionally, they were necessary in colonial houses to keep out storms, so they had to meet in the middle. However, we long ago moved past the 19th century and have storm windows to serve that function. For decades now, there has been a decorative style of shutters not meeting in the middle, the same way new Cape Cod homes don't have the same proportions as historic Cape Cods, the same way new "Tudors" come in completely un-Tudorlike colors. Current Doric columns aren't cigar-shaped and painted in gaudy colors like those in ancient Greece. Y'all would probably be aghast at what they looked like. In short, there is categorically no need for verisimilitude when it comes to a decorative choice like shutters. They are about style and taste, which are individual preferences and current fashion. ****** All this is to say, feel free to keep the shutters! They add to your house IMO, and are entirely consistent with neo-Colonial. If you take them off, there'll be too much space around the window in the middle IMO. Your house was designed to have them....See MoreNeed Exterior House Paint and Overall Style Advice
Comments (5)I actually like the front door you have, much better than the door you picked. The existing one, fits the style of the house much better. All the doors you picked, while beautiful, lean more craftsman. Your house is not a craftsman style, it isnt mcm either, but, it leans more mcm than it it does craftsman. The garage doors dont appear to be just right either. The windows could have been longer, but, not quite as high, and no grids in them. Sorry, because, you did say, they were already ordered, and I dont know if its too late to change them out....See Moreemmarene9
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