Some people inherit their houses’ personalities and accept them as is. I tend to give them a makeover with some white paint.
I’ve now taken two brick homes, one a nondescript gray and the other a supposedly sacred Old Chicago blend, and turned them bright, confident white. The purists gasped, clutched their pearls over that Old Chicago brick, insisting it was too revered to cover. In my opinion, that mottled mix of orange, yellow, gray, and brown is no competition for a clean coat of white.
Now, you don’t even have to be president to live in a white house. What you need is paint and a little courage. It can give a house a fresh start, whether the house is mid-century modern or Texas farmhouse or suburban one-story…