Gallery by room
Finished rooms, color named.
Every photo here is the day we handed the room back, with the swatch we used on it. Browse by the room you're thinking about.
Living rooms
The room that sets the color for the rest of the house. Mostly warm whites and gray-greens here. Palo Alto light is cool in the morning and gold at five.
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Linen Old Palo Alto
Beams, fireplace, French doors
Walls in Linen, beams and trim in Baylands Fog so the ceiling reads taller. Four days, lead-safe.
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Eucalyptus Midtown
The sage living room
Ceiling kept bright, walls in Eucalyptus eggshell. Two days.
Bedrooms
Where we'll talk you into a dark color. Matte on the walls, semi-gloss on the trim, and three coats so it's even at night.
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Baylands Blue Professorville
The navy bedroom
Walls in Baylands Blue matte, crown and base in Baylands Fog semi-gloss. Three days including the ceiling.
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Sand Hill College Terrace
Grasscloth feature wall
One wall in a linen-weave wallcovering, the other three in Sand Hill. Two days.
Kitchens & cabinets
Sprayed, not brushed. Doors go to the shop, boxes get sealed in and sprayed in place.
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Baylands Fog Barron Park
Oak to white
1998 honey oak, grain-filled, bonding primer, two coats of satin enamel. Five days.
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Baylands Fog Duveneck
Window trim and casings
Every window and door casing in the breakfast room, brushed by hand in semi-gloss with the walls taped and the floor sheeted.
Entries & doors
The highest return of anything on this page. A front door is one Saturday.
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Palo Alto Night Crescent Park
The front door
Stripped to bare wood, oil primer, three brushed coats of semi-gloss.
Exteriors
A week of prep for a day of color. Two coats of 100% acrylic over oil-primed bare wood.
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Eucalyptus Crescent Park
The sage craftsman
Body in Eucalyptus satin, trim in Linen semi-gloss, door in Palo Alto Night. Eight working days.
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Linen College Terrace
The 1912 bungalow
Lead-safe scrape and prime, Linen body, Palo Alto Night sashes. Six days.
Decks & fences
Brightened, sanded, oiled while the wood is thirsty.
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Cedar Greenmeadow
The redwood deck
Penetrating oil in Cedar on the deck, solid stain in Sand Hill on the fence. Two days plus cure.
Shopfronts
Early mornings so the door never locks. Elastomeric patch first on stucco.
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Arastradero California Avenue
The shopfront
Flat acrylic on the stucco, DTM satin on the lanterns and door frames. Two mornings.
Your room next
Start with a color walk.
Ninety minutes at the house, three colors, samples on the wall. Free when we paint the job.