How To
Color Schemes for Avenues Victorians in Salt Lake City
How multi-color period schemes work on Salt Lake City's Avenues Victorians, which elements take which color, and why more colors cost more to apply well.
Notes
Notes on painting in this valley.
Shorter pieces on the things that come up locally: what a given neighborhood's housing stock needs, how the seasons shape scheduling, and the local rules that touch a paint project.
Local
Why Winter Is Interior Painting Season in Salt Lake City
How Salt Lake City's cold nights and winter inversions shut down exterior painting from November to March, and why winter suits interior work far better.
Local
Sugar House Bungalows: The Real Exterior Paint Scope
The brick bungalows of Sugar House share a predictable paint scope: porch, fascia, soffits, and window trim, with the masonry itself left completely alone.
Local
HOA Paint Color Approval in the Salt Lake Valley
Many Salt Lake Valley subdivisions review exterior colors before painting. How the process runs, how long it takes, and how to avoid a repaint dispute.
Local
Mid-Century Ramblers: The Eaves Are Bigger Than You Think
Millcreek and Holladay brick ramblers hide more paintable surface than their footprint suggests. Why wide roof overhangs drive the quote on these homes.
Process
Pre-Listing Paint Before a Spring Salt Lake Listing
Which painting scopes move the needle before listing a Salt Lake City home, which ones do not pay back, and how to sequence a short exterior season well.
How To
Why West-Facing Walls Fail First in Salt Lake City
West and south elevations fade and chalk years before the rest of the house. What altitude and afternoon heat do to a paint film, and the earliest signs of it.
Process
What an Exterior Repaint Looks Like From Inside the House
What changes around a Salt Lake City house during an exterior repaint, why it looks worse before it looks better, and the short list a homeowner handles.
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