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Show Paint Can Ruin or Make Home Handsome Paint can do much to make an ugly house beautiful and can absolutely ruin a house of the best style of architecture archi-tecture and make it grotesque and a thing to be pointed out and laughed at In the first place, there Is only a limited range of colors suitable for the painting of the exterior of houses. Brilliant colors are sure to conflict with some element of the surroundings as well as to be vulgar in their display. dis-play. On the other hand, many of the soft tints that are appropriate indoors in-doors do not bear the rough usage of weather. ' Window shades, shutters and trim add to the richness if they are painted a deeper, darker color than the body of the building. If the house itself is dark, these features should be done In a lighter shade of the same color or in a cream or light neutral tint. This Is a very simple way to get contrast and avoid monotony. Due regard should be had for the coloring of neighboring houses. Much good effect can be obtained with a little consideration in this direction instead of an indifference which tends to mar the whole outlook. The scheme of the house as viewed from the street should be one of quiet, well-selected colors, so that It may dwell in amity with Its neighbors and convey an Impression Im-pression of good breeding and domestic domes-tic refinement. It Is rare that a house should present pre-sent more than two colors, and there should be nothing facetious or faddish about their choice. |