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Painting the Victorian's Exterior
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" You're doing a nice job here -- you start at the top and come on down. Not necessarily in this type application what we wanted it was dark here well we'll. Angle places we get underneath it shutters and all the -- to -- it like that exactly now I -- Wonder about these these stain itself not to have to worry about overspray and drifting that. Well no we've got itself -- down just a little bit and what happens is this is going to saturate directly into the woods. After that our second coat of finish coat will lay on top and provide the final protection but we really want to get it right into the wood -- wood feel that nation what kind of a standard we use. We need to know Watergate being -- product. Do I fit right yeah all right yes your breath you tell -- the things right here in this. Very a lot of I'm playing with a great thing prayer and they got like our viewers particularly drove from Martha vineyard. It was Jerry Miller our faith in golf and that you get an idea how we --"
" I don't know I don't really like yellow houses with."
" Well Bob a lot of people do. In fact the victorians -- yell out. And everything in the oak her family from the yellows into the ground this house has a little brown to the F that your does. The green takes a great accent and it's always used in this type of color combination for Victorian lovely green now select the green roof shingles isn't that nice most people think that -- a -- for Victorian -- cash -- and -- are acceptable the so that's some other alternative --"
" Well what do you think us."
" Well Bob here we've got a traditional Victorian scheme gone astray and I think. Who opener of the green in the white are beautiful for a -- Victorian architecture -- but boy then pilots are stands out as really fighting -- might say it's clashing."
" Well I'm told this is the most often photographed house on all of Martha's Vineyard."
" That's exactly right effect -- called the wooden Ballantine to make that appropriate yeah who is is the color scheme Victorian. No not at all. That it's more of the colors that are quite appropriate for the campground and the seaside summer time almost cotton candy or ice cream colors --"
" Well let's see we can't find that it's really right for our let's."
" Bob these next three houses make it very interesting story who have. Here we have one very Victorian and again that OK that your not so fond -- to yellow but the brown and the green as well very Victorian that's a great town -- little house like this. This softens those colors somewhat the green is very nice and I like this rose -- in contrast yeah. It if you said picking green house I wouldn't have thought. Like us nice and what about this idea like this one not Victorian at all. But it's certainly shows those ice cream colors that we saw earlier. Quite appropriate for the campground yeah --"
" Colors individually like I'm not sure that the combination is as Victorian as I want to go that this I think is more in keeping with. Do you have any chance that -- take a look at some callers here that I green is is. A pleasant green is not a solid done but it's it's a nice."
" We're -- some things that are very nice in here we could do for a body collar of the body of the house and then for the trim. But I only accent that how about this cottage pink would be very well you know that are windows or Burgundy and that would be a nice combination pinks and Burgundy and greens and and then what about our verge board and other details like that the white lace concert that's right we want to keep that Lacey look something like this corner chicken that's very light light Woodbury letter grades."
" Let's go to work on that all right Gerri thanks for your column certainly spot."
" I'll tell you -- these little details are really going to make a difference here it's looking so good. -- now we're making a change from a shingle love to have clapboard all right -- you have to make any change no not at all will spray the exact same way that we get."
" Can bring the shingles. Anything including spring underneath profit flooring gets all the -- and right underneath all the way up OK -- very fluent. Very easy. Very simple so the same model. Exactly the same thing that -- from -- of the things everything everything and again for water base paint. It has defend itself right directly into the wood for the first gulf and the second probably right. On top infantry training monopoly. -- pretty different snap. An absolute. Now. You are using. And brush stroked over here I noticed that meant he would -- and from there with the brush right near his footing on the first of Carol who coast -- first thing the primer base coat and the second being the finish coat. Went phrase and that was like and -- hear me asking hopefuls come and cover right over the first coat second coat will any over mystery thriller that will finish it off yeah and -- be a finished product accumulate stuff like and they flush and I finished drove -- on the trim yes. -- you -- do that would. With a machine -- fishing captain Harris and then you put them along for a long personal philosophy float later on and then flew. Wonderful."