Home Improvement Hilarity: More From the Rogue's Gallery

I have been looking at a lot of homes lately while shopping with clients.  Sometimes the things I see are just too hilarious for me not to photograph and share.

Ever wonder why your knees and nose hurt every time you go downstairs?

 
When your red brick just isn't red enough, you can always paint it redder.  There, that's better.

Want black trim on your stove?  Spray paint does the trick...sort of.  NOTE: Spray paint is not heat tolerant.

This is really an oddity.  The home grown mini-fireplace surrounded in bookshelf-esque masonry work.  Interesting....

I am not sure if this massive gaudy light fixture was put in the back entrance hall to hide it from everyone or if this was a special place in the home.  The jury is still out.

That's all for now...

Restoring Old Homes: Picking Historic Paint Colors

One of the great challenges in restoring old homes is trying to pick the right colors.  When choosing exterior colors, consideration needs to be given to the age and style of the home, surrounding neighborhood, ect.  On the interior, the style of the home will typically demand a certain palette.

The home that I am restoring with my business partner finally has the paint finished both interior and exterior. Here is a sneak peak.

This is an awkward view of the back of the home.  Nevertheless, it looks dignified and refreshed.  We removed the old industrial looking shingles, scraped, primed and painted this with a "Cayenne" color from the Eddie Bauer Bungalow color palette at Lowe's.  The trim is "Vanilla Bean".

For the interior, I have found that my tried and trued colors are real winners in the market place.  These colors will look familiar to you if you have been watching our restoration videos.

  The trim is painted "Canoe" from the same collection at Lowe's.  We use a glossy or semi-gloss finish.  It gives the paint the look and feel of wood without all the tedious and expensive stripping.  The base is "Pecan" from the palette.

I joke that the objective is to make the home look edible.  If you start salivating when you walk in the room than you have done a good job.

You can check out more paint colors online here.

Happy rehabbing!

Posted by Jeremy Peterson
Ogden, Utah Real Estate Broker
Mountain Real Estate Companies
801-390-1480