Queen Anne home with tower

Before - This lovely Victorian Queen Anne style house had enormous visual possibilities. The roof dormers, the tower, and the variety of shingle siding types called for a period color scheme.

After - This house is transformed back in time with colors from the late 19th century.  The differences in siding type and the distinction between the window sash and the trim are now fully realized. The colors were selected from a historic period paint brochure and translated into modern over-the-counter paint colors. The scheme is simply made up of three greens and two reds.

Dormers - white blobs on a black roof in the before picture, they are now part of the entire color scheme of the house and present a pleasing and exciting focal point. The Victorians loved to highlight their roofs with dormers and colored slates with patterns.

Copyright 1997-2006: Robert Schweitzer.  Revised October 19, 2006