The new 30-page FRESH Home Exterior Colors guide is now
available free online to help homeowners select the perfect colors for
the exterior of the home. Written by national color expert Kate Smith of
Sensational Color, the free downloadable tool is designed to make it
easy for people to choose color palates that complement the exterior of
the home.
"Enhancing homes with exterior colors is one of
the hottest trends in the marketplace right now," says Smith, CMG, CfYH
and a career color trend forecaster. "This step-by-step tutorial
provides guidance and tips on understanding your home's exterior
features and playing off of them with color accents. The easy-to-read
flow of this guide explores how to evaluate which colors should be used
on the main features of a home exterior -- including the roof, siding,
windows, door and trim."
The comprehensive and colorful online piece was a
collaborative effort of Smith and several building product
manufacturers, including DaVinci Roofscapes(R), Simonton Windows(R),
Therma-Tru(R) and Fypon(R). The free color guide is located on each
company's web site, plus on the
http://www.sensationalcolor.com/colorforyourhome/ Web site developed by
Smith.
"We're looking at 'top down' color for the home
in this booklet," says Smith. "To understand the colors that work best
on a home's exterior, I encourage people to use the FRESH approach,
which stands for Fixed features, Regional colors, Environment and
surroundings, Style of the home, and Have-to-use colors."
As an example of using the FRESH approach, Smith
recently coached homeowners in Arizona to work from the "top down" when
selecting new colors and products for a ranch-style home. "After
discovering the reddish tint to the stone around the property I first
suggested a Sedona blend of colors found in Bellaforte(R) polymer
roofing tiles," says Smith. "This combination of colors includes shades
of medium and dark terracotta mixed in with light and dark clay tones to
create an earthy color that works perfectly on many homes.
"The earthy colors played well with the region and the environment, so I next recommended an off-white painted
siding with bronze frames on Decorum(R) by Simonton vinyl windows.
Then, to move further down the home, I recommended both the
Therma-Tru(R) Classic-Craft(R) Canvas Collection(TM) entry door and some
of the Fypon(R) trim pieces around the home (including the shutters and
louvers) be painted a burnt mocha color.
These colors all combine visually to create an exterior scheme that
suits the warm desert environmental setting and the style of this home."
The FRESH Home Exterior Color guide features professional exterior color
guidance, advice and tips, along with full-color pictures and links.
The free online booklet can be found at www.sensationalcolor.com,
http://www.davinciroofscapes.com/color-studio.php, www.simonton.com,
http://www.thermatru.com/products/entry/stain/index.aspx and
http://www.fypon.com/design/.
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