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| Remember
the front door |
| As mentioned in the Seller
Handbook, your front door is an important feature to spruce up, as this
is where newcomers wait and consider your home. Red is a tried and true
welcoming colour for the front door, and works particularly well toned down
to a maroon, where the colour is less agitating. Bold green squares in the
panel work might also be considered. Red and green, being complimentary,
harmonize.
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| This is exactly what you want people to think
that they are entering a grand spacious dwelling (rather than purple decore,
which is too obviously regal). Set the whole effect off with a golden touch,
say a brass house number and letter box.
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 This of course is only
one particular colour scheme. The main thing is to be consistent and to
harmonize. Whichever colour scheme that you choose, look carefully to see
how it harmonizes with the rest of the house. If the rest of the house has
no maroon, you will need maroon touches elsewhere, in say an entrance flowerpot
or the maroon door won't 'sit' well with the rest of the house. |
| You should carry this
important point of colours fitting together to the total environment. This
can turn liabilities into assets. If your neighbours is a drab red brick,
maroon touches on you house will help to harmonize the whole streetscape.
Ultimately with the 'position position position' maxim it is the streetscape
that sells the house. |
| If it is your house that
is drab red brick, a small amount of cheap white paint will work wonders.
Use the highlighting ability of white on the window pains, on the fascia
board and around the door and your brick work will now look clean and smart.
In fact apart from black, white is about the only thing that will sit well
with red brick. Because red is such a strong colour, its complementary green
tends to disappear into that big red canvas if just painted on in small
amounts.
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| The other major way spot
colour can be used to cheaply enhance the look of your home is by its absence.
The neutral mood of natural browns and particularly grey can be used to
hide ugly feature. Unsightly pipe work on the outside of houses could be
painted a background grey, rather than the common but disastrous matching
colour of the house trimmings. The bright paint that this trim colour often
is, makes the messy pipework stand out even from afar. Conversely the painting the general
house colour on pipe work often shows up dirt.
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