Interior
The paint colours that make a small room look bigger
Pale is only half the answer. Light reflectance, undertone, the ceiling and the trim decide whether a small room opens up or closes in. Five colours that work.
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Blog
Exterior decisions, explained
Colour, roofing, curb appeal and the small choices that decide how a house reads from the street.
Curb appeal
Front door colour: how to choose one that works
A front door is 2% of the facade and most of the attention. The colour that works is decided by the walls and the roof, not by the swatch you liked on Pinterest.
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Colour
How many colours should a house exterior have?
Three, in roughly 70/25/5 — field, trim and accent. Here is what each one is for, the order to choose them in, and when a house genuinely needs fewer.
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Colour
North or south facing changes your exterior colour
The same paint looks warmer on one side of a street and colder on the other. Which way your facade points is the biggest variable nobody accounts for when choosing it.
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Colour
Why exterior paint colours never look like the swatch
A 5 cm chip in a hardware store and 120 m² of siding in direct sun are not the same colour. Here is what actually changes between them — and how to test before you commit.
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Curb appeal
The five cheapest changes that move curb appeal the most
Not every exterior upgrade costs the same per unit of visible difference. These five are the ones that pay back fastest — and four of them are a weekend.
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Materials
Your roof decides your facade, not the other way round
A roof is 30–40% of what people see from the street, and it is the surface you change least often. Choose it first and build the rest of the house around it.
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