Exterior Painting Portfolio

The owners of this beautiful ocean front property hired us to do a re-paint. The seaside weather can take a toll on a house. We did a great deal of sanding and scraping.

The colour scheme works well with the house so they kept it the same. The wood siding is a mid-tone grey accented with crisp white trim work and doors. We never tired of the incredible views while we were working.

This two story stucco house was ready for a re-paint. The owners didn’t want to change the colour scheme too much. The new main body colour was slightly darker and has less of a peach undertone. The new accent colour was also slightly darker than the original. The first photo below is of the original paint colours.

We did a complete repaint of this two story home. It didn’t receive a very thorough painting when it was first built. The siding and trim work had areas that were not fully coated with paint. The front and one side were badly in need of re-painting due to the harsh sunlight they receive. The original trim work and front porch rails and spindles were a subtle brown that appeared too washed out in comparison to the siding. The homeowners choose a bit darker brown for the trim to give more contrast, the house body was re-done in a colour similar to the original colour. We painted the front door and surrounding trim in an even darker brown to make it stand out. It looks great now that it’s all freshly painted.

This 7 year old home was about to be put up for sale. The exterior  condition wasn’t extremely bad, however some issues made it worth re-painting to be in top notch shape to sell. Some of the paint had faded. It was built at a time when the protocol for Hardie board was to caulk the butt joints. The caulking had failed in many of them, especially on the sunny side of the home.  Unfortunately the only option for houses built in this way is to re-caulk the joints. Newer Hardie board houses don’t have caulking in the butt joints, instead a small piece of metal flashing that sits behind the joint acts as protection from water infiltration. 

We re-painted in a similar colour for the body and trim work. We also put a coat of stain on the fence and arbour to have them looking their best too. We’re happy to say that the home sold in less than a week after being put on the market! We hope our paint job helped to make that happen!

The time had come for this Hardie Board siding house to have its first repainting since the time of the original build. Some of the siding had become worn looking and it lacked the luster it once had. The trim work was in need of more paint to help keep it protected and much of the caulking had begun to shrink and deteriorate.  

The original colour was blue with a creamy coloured trim. The owners picked a cheery green colour for the siding and we suggested using a crisp white for the trim work and doors. The front cedar shakes were recoated with a semi-transparent stain. The cedar shakes on the back of the house were unfortunately too far gone to re-stain. They had become very discoloured and had sections that were extremely faded. We went through a cleaning process and priming in order to prepare them for painting. They were painted with an accent colour that complimented the green siding. The house looks refreshed and the new colours look great.

This hardie board house was due for its first re-paint since it was built. The home owners liked the overall colour scheme, but wanted to change it up a little bit.

The front door had drastically faded and was not doing anything for curb appeal of the house. We added a pop of colour by painting it and the surrounding trim work in a rich blue colour.

The front entry decking was originally painted in a reddish brown colour. We spent a great deal of time sanding it down, it had a lot of flaking and peeling. We used a solid stain in a mid-tone grey that works much better with the colour scheme of the house and the blue front door.

In the photo below  you can also see the difference between the old and new body colour. It was originally a robin egg blue, we changed it to a slightly darker and more muted colour that has a green undertone.

The triangle gables were supposed to be a contrasting colour when they were originally painted, but they were not done with enough contrast. We used a colour several shades darker than the body so that the gables would be noticeably different. The trim was repainted with a creamy yellow similar to what it was originally.  

The wood posts on the front porch of the house were initially stained with the same brown used on the front door. Like the door they had become very faded and dried out. They had quite a few cracks. They were not structurally compromised, but didn’t look very nice. We filled the cracks and painted the posts in the same creamy yellow as the trim work to make them tie in with the rest of the house.

When hardie board siding houses were first built many of them had every piece of trim painted out in an accent colour. Owners and painters started to realize it looked overly busy. The trim surrounding things like electrical outlets and gas meters should be painted in the body colour to help them blend in. There’s no purpose in drawing attention to unattractive items on your house.

You can see on the far left of the photo below how the thin inner corner piece of trim is painted the same as the more significant corner trim beside it. In the center of the photo you can see how the inner corner piece has been painted out with the body colour to blend in. It’s a much nicer look. On the far right the plugin trim on the top is painted in the accent trim colour and below it you can see how it becomes less noticeable when it has been painted out with the body colour. 

The little garden shed couldn’t be left out. We painted it in the same colour scheme as the house.

The Hardie Board siding of this home was still in very good condition. It did not need to be re-painted at this time, but some of the trim work had become weathered and dull looking. We applied two coats of quality exterior paint to the fascia boards, window and door trims, pillars and all the other decorative trims that you can see in the light off-white colour. This has given the whole house a fresh, clean look.

A number of years ago we did some interior painting for the owner of this farm house. We were called back to do the full exterior, including the siding, wood soffits, fascia boards, trim work, decks and the matching garage. The work was well overdue. We had to do a lot of scraping and sanding to remove the peeling and flaking paint.

The owner wanted us to repaint with the same dark brown trim colour, but asked if we could tone down the yellow siding. The two photos below show the before and after colour of the siding. We used a colour that still has a warm golden undertone, but less yellow. 

It was a pleasure to work on such a peaceful property. We found three occupied bird nests. Two were in shrubs next to the house and one in the soffit on the garage. We had to do some modifications to how and when we painted so that we caused as little disturbance to hatchlings and their parents as possible.

We painted this house a number of years ago. The clients wanted to make sure it was in top shape in case they decide to sell in the near future. The back of the house and one side gets extreme sun exposure during the summer months and had become faded, had some flaking paint on the window sills and some of the caulking had shrunk and started to fail. The front of the house and the non-sun side were still in pretty good shape. It’s rare that we agree to do only one coat of paint, but since it was being re-painted in the exact same colours and same paint product it was all that was needed to refresh the house on the front and one non-sun faded side. On the back of the house and the sunny side of the house we applied two full coats of paint.

This modular home was well overdue for painting. The green hardie board siding had badly faded and some of the trim paint was flaking and peeling. Most of the caulking was extremely shrunk, cracked or gone altogether.

The owner was ready for a colour change. After looking at some of the elements on the house it was decided that the siding would be painted gray. We chose a warm gray to work well with the tones of the rock work and roof shingles and it also works with the slightly darker gutters and downspouts. A bright white was picked for the trim work, overhead garage door and other exterior doors so that it gave a sharp contrast with the gray body.

What a radical transformation, it looks like a new house!