 Paint offers an enormous variety of color, texture and pattern to a house. Not only does it enhance and protect the exterior of the buildings in which we live and work, it transforms the way in which we see them so that even their structures can seem changed. Depending on how it is used, paint has the ability to make small structures appear larger and outsized ones less overwhelming, revitalize a tired and worn surface, or lend a brand-new house the look of mellowed age. Some plain little houses can be transformed, just by the creative and playful use of paint!  Colorful Townhomes in Wallingford Look at this fabulous row of colorful rainbow-painted townhomes in the 3400 block of Meridian. Fabulous! These are currently for sale starting at $400K  Contact Marlow@SeattleDreamHomes.com for availability Bright House for Sale!  4526 Thackeray Pl NE: Gorgeous renovated 1911 Crafstman 2 1/2 story home with elegant & spacious rooms- dining rm easily seats 20! Painstakingly restored, the clear fir millwork, paneled archways, lovely wainscoting runs throughout the home.The gleaming wood floors are intact as though it were built yesterday. Enormous entry with formal staircase to 2nd and 3rd flrs. Mstr suite w/9 skylights, clear fir flrs, exquisite tile work, custom details abound. Ktchn with amazing pantry & adjacent fam rm. 3 new decks with views. Email for availability: Marlow@SeattleDreamHomes.com  Two story, quintessential Victorian on Capitol Hill retains it's charm: high ceilings, millwork, covered front porch, wood floors & tall, wood, doublepane windows. Wood exterior and main floor laundry. Generous room sizes, formal dining rm & staircase. West-facing deck off big kitchen to level, hedged yard. 2 off-st parking spaces. 3 blks to B'way and one blk to Lowell Elementary. Updated systems, dry bsmt for storage, gas heat & supplemental wood stove. Zoned L3, upscale townhomes & bigger houses all around. $525,000 (This house just sold, but please email me about other interesting and colorful homes for sale: Marlow@SeattleDreamHomes.com ) Cool Colorful Ballard Danish Farmhouse in Ballard  6728 25th Ave. NW $529,000 Curb appeal & charm radiates from this barn-red Danish farmhouse complete w/ white-picket fence, apple trees & rocking chair front porch. Beautifully refinished hdwds throughout living area, formal dining & office nook plus bath w/claw-ft tub. Updated country kitchen opens to entertainment-sized backyard. Single French door leads up to 3 bdrms & a water closet. Email for availability: Marlow@SeattleDreamHomes.com Colorful Mt. Baker Home for Sale  3265 Mc Clintock Ave S Seattle 98144 $385,000 --Sold--
Gorgeous craftsman with owc galore and lots of light.High ceilings with crown mouldings, lots of built in cupboards and hardwood floors.The living room has a fireplace and a seperate dining room.The kitchen has lots of space to cook and entertain.There are two bedrooms upstairs and a third room that would be an ideal second bathroom.The owner is a professional painter and there are fab faux finishes throughout. There's lots of space to garden, off street parking and a garage. Marlow@SeattleDreamHomes.com Colorful Ballard Home for Sale  7358 14 Ave NW Seattle, WA 98117 -- SOLD-- Capitol Hill Painted House for Sale
Learn from the Greeks and CorbusierBy BETTY MERKEN Betty Merken Studios
There is a renaissance of exterior color in architecture. This is due, in part, to the design investigations of many contemporary architects, but it is also a reaction to the achromatic palettes we've accepted and lived with for decades. People are begging for color!
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Here's a colorfully painted house in Wallingford.
Over the past 5 1/2 years, the entire house was redone, the inside plaster walls restored, the period woodwork re-installed and the wood windows preserved. The exterior was stripped and repainted to brighten up the street and for contrast to the gray skies of Seattle. The crowning touch was the purchase and installation of a real antique ski lift chair salvaged from the Summit at Snoqualmie last year after a groomer collided with the counterbalance and left the old 1953 Thunderbird lift unusable.
I love this warm adobe house, at home in New Mexico or Arizona, but tucked in a cozy corner of West Queen Anne Hill, in the 2700 block of 11th W. Owned by Karen and Chuck Malody, this was their creation, and is still a work-in-progress. This is their second boldly colored home on QA.
This Queen Anne cottage in the 2500 block of 12th W. is owned by Lynn Rosskamp and Wilhelm Fitzpatrick. It had several inspirations, including J.R.R. Tolkein (Bilbo Baggin's door is painted green) and attracts a lot of attention in the neighborhood. The house was used as a brothel right after World War II, and is still considered somewhat of a "cathouse" now, as it is home to Lola, Pyxel, Hiro, Sumi and Satori, the owner's five cats. Lynn, an illustrator and greeting card designer, uses her kitties as inspiration for her artwork and greeting cards, and happily works in this colorful house in her home studio in the attic.
This is Susie and Ramon's house on 15th on Capitol Hill. This photo doesn't capture the drama of this big old Craftsman, but it really is quite stately in person. It was covered in horrible green asbestos shingles when they bought it. (They bought it because "they felt sorry for the house"!) Susie chose a light yellow for the body and a dramatic terra cotta for the top two floors, with white trim.
This is another ususual home on Queen Anne, owned by Kevin Schock and his wife. It's my understanding that it was just a plain little cottage and Kevin decided, when it needed to be resided, to do it in brightly painted plywood sheathing. I think I'll return in the Spring and take a better photo of this unique home.
