1964 Boxy Moderne Style, Pacifica, California

After New Colors

There was not really that much wrong with this house to begin with,perhaps because I had worked with the owner back in 2000

to transform his bland box structure into something much more eye appealing. As the owner noted, the time had come for a change

and an upgrade to the property.  The idea for this project was that no house has to be bland and lifeless just because it's not a highly

detailed Victorian! The simplest of homes can, with some thought, a willing owner, and some creative use of paint take on a whole new life. 

My thought was to use two body colors [a soft grayed yellow and a yellow green] with a dark red brown trim to tie the parts together. Highlights were where we found them, on the garage and front doors.  There we employed a bright clay with the yellow [garage door] and the green on the front door. Usually white vinyl windows are hard to work with, but in this case they added a splash of additional color.

Rear of the house

The design is so simple that just coloring the doors in different colors adds to the charm of this facade.

Owner’s comments:

"Wow - it looks so different... we are very happy with the results and we are getting a lot of people driving by REALLY slow to gawk ..."

I personally think gawking is worth the effort!
Mel Condos

Pacifica, California

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