Choosing the best color for your window or door is an art. When it’s done well, your house can be the gem of your neighborhood. When it’s done poorly, well, your windows and doors will color people’s attitudes – just not in the way you may have intended!
We interviewed James Martin of The Color People™ in Denver, Colorado to get his advice on how to choose colors for the outside of a house.
James has been instrumental in creating an industry specialty in color analysis and consulting. He’s written extensively on the subject of color. He’s consulted on residential and commercial projects — from single-family homes to high-rise buildings — in all fifty states and several foreign countries.
Basics …
Want your new windows to be easier to clean?
Several window manufacturers have included in their product line-ups a glass coating that aids your keeping the view from your windows as clean as possible.
This is unfortunately not a coating you can add to your old windows. It is however offered as standard or available equipment on certain windows and doors sold with Cardinal Glass Corp.’s NEAT™ exterior coating. For instance, Andersen Window & Door Company™ places it in their 400 and A series products as standard.
What does it do? It allows the glass surface to break down organic materials like dust to prohibit their bonding to the glass, and spread rain drops more widely to reduce spotting.
If you are the kind …
- Manufacturers:
- Andersen,
- Cardinal Glass Industries,
- Peachtree
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