Before & After

Completed painted top to bottom

This 1960s house was overdue for a makeover. The old soffits were brown stain with peeling varnish. It would have been a massive job to strip them bare and start over. Instead we scraped all the peeling paint off and gave them a sanding, then painted them white in a modern style. We also filled in the white plywood panels above windows - which went out of style around the era of Archie Bunker. The new colour accents the red brick planters, a nice feature from the past we wanted to highlight. The house now looks warm, bright, inviting, and much more up-to-date.

Stained wood looks beautiful outside when brand new, but after it weathers a few years it's a tough job to restore. The colour coat (stain) is typically locked under the protective coat (clear varnish) so you can't go back to 're-stain" it. What do you? Clean it up as much as you can and apply a new coat of tinted clearcoat, such as SICO®. This will bond to the existing surface, bring some fresh colour into it, and give the wood more protection from the sun.

I'm so excited about this one: We took this 100+ year-old house which looked faded and drab and gave it a complete makeover. First was the carpenter work (see earlier post) and now the painting is completed. Here are the before and afters. I think it's stunning.

There was a lot of bad wood that needed replacing on this client's 100-year-old heritage home. So prior to paint work starting, our carpenter team went in and made short work of it. There's no point in painting bad wood if you can replace it first.

You can update the colours while protecting your house. Our computer savvy client James went online and posted the photo of his faded house to a colour selector App. (Benjamin Moore®) and created a much brighter, more up-to-date look. I think our client did a brilliant job! I hope he didn't raise his property value too much for the tax department.