Before You Paint! See Your House with New Colors

Check out the variety of projects shown in the range of Designer Color Palettes / DCP™ Galleries below.

Designer Color Palettes™

Our Unique Service

DCP™  is A New Way to See Your Home or Commercial Building Before it’s Painted.

Check out the new Color Profile Quesionnaire, included at the bottom of this page!

Your Invitation to Explore...

I’ve been asked to share a few examples of how the Designer Color Palettes™ program works.

Whether you are a designer, architect, color consultant, or the property owner you can now see for yourself how your own home or  commercial building will look with new colors…Before you buy any paint at all.

You can also enjoy this service even if you have already selected your own colors and just want to see how it will look, to confirm your choices.

Simple to complex, we make it possible! Check out this example of an HOA project for 126 homes!

Collaboration is Key

Most of these projects go through an extensive process that can include anywhere from five to 20 interations.

This can include changing up a body color or two, to even making a small color change on any section of a building, including architectural details.

It’s not a generic “plug-and-play automation,” but the process is collaborative and customized. Communication is an important part of it.

To give you the most accurate rendition possible, addressing the details is a specialty.

A Few Unique Features of Designer Color Palettes (DCP™)

  • We call it “DCP” for short!
  • Use the colors you select, or ask for my help or simply feedback on your choices
  • You’ll receive your color views in .pdf or .jpg with your final colors noted for each area.
  • Use the best images you take of your preferred views of the project
  • Do you have some awkward looking areas? We can even make some visual improvements and photo corrections to unavoidable nuisances like
        • Make some minor “repairs” on buildings
        • Remove some trees
        • Remove cars
        • Remove some other unsightly elements that interfere with your best view.

New Color Design for a Victorian Home in Indiana

It’s always interesting to compare the digital visions of new colors on the original photos with the actual photos of final color applied. One aspect of this home is the architectural detail you can see, like the inlay millwork, finials, and other details. I don’t promise exact replicas, considering the usual digital vs actual, but I—and clients—am always happy to see results like this! It’s not the first or only time for such results.

"Before:" Side view of original reference image. Before painting: Indiana victorian. This is the image I worked with using the DCP process, to show new colors.

Before painting: Indiana victorian. This is the image I worked with using the DCP process, to show new colors.

Before painting: One of the images I worked with to create new color schemes.

Before painting: Another image of this house, as reference for new colors.

New colors done! Compare with the digital view.

DCP view: Indiana Victorian: NEW: Proposed / approved color palette: DIGITAL IMAGE VIEW.

New colors, front entry.

A Dramatic"Before-and-After" View in Maryland

Using the “Before” photo provided by the client, we made digital repairs to the building as partof the color design process. Gallery view at right shows some details of the client’s final color selections. I did create a few different color versions for them.

MD house with old colors

Silver Spring, MD_ BEFORE digital repair and new colors

new colors house in MD

SilverSpring MD_with new colors, Front View from Street

SilverSpring MD_with new colors, Front View from Street

Silver Spring, MD_ Front Entry Detail_New Colors after DCP process

New colors. Note subtle accent for steps and lattice.

Silver Spring, MD_Straight-on ENTRY FRONT - AFTER

Silver Spring, MD_ BEFORE digital repair and new colors

Inspired Color Concepts for a Contemporary Style California Home

Simple and neutral to stronger with more depth and contrast…many possibilities are present. This process makes it inspirational.

Original Colors, side view.

Rich neutral tones relate well to surrounding natural materials. Another view of same house with DCP options.

A view of same house with different DCP options.

Another new concept: Front view, stronger colors applied using my DesignerColorPalettes service.

Another view of same house with DCP options. Colors reflect the surroundings.

Original Colors, side view.

Three Versions of Color Ideas for a California Wine-Country Estate

Front View – one of three

1 of 3 new exterior color options: digital image. Back view.

2nd of 3 new exterior color options: digital image. Back view.

3rd of 3 new exterior color options: digital image. Back view.

Wine Country Estate-Front View

A Large House in PA with Many Versions of Colors

The owners asked to see many versions on the pathway to their final color selections. Can you spot some of the subtle differences?

Large house lots of detail - Before Original Photo: Large house with lots of detail – Before painting.
I was sent this image to work with, for the new colors developed that you see in the gallery at the right.

Actual Photo with new colors: side view - Large house with many unique architectural features. We went through about 12 different iterations to arrive at the nuances in the areas shown here.

FINAL COLORS PAINTED: Actual Photo with new colors: Large house with many unique architectural features. We went through about 12 different iterations to arrive at the nuances in the areas shown here.

DCP-One of the many versions of color palettes we explored together.

DCP-Trying out some different looks! It's so exciting to be in this process.

Remember, it is NOT YET PAINTED. These are part of the process. It's an Exploration.

Large house - not yet painted - another view with detail modified.

DCP-Another idea

DCP-Large house - testing another color combination.

DCP-Large House - the details make a difference.

More color ideas. Subtle changes, and strong changes. It's a great way to view them!

Original Photo: Large house with lots of detail - Before painting.

New Possibilities for a "Transitional" Colonial Home

The original color was blue, but the owners were interested in seeing alternate blues in addition to other colors. Note: the fence rails and deck also received color attention. Cornerboards on the building show here in different color styles also.

Original image I worked with for creating new color schemes.

Original color. Note wood railings in this image. Ideas for color changes of these elements were also applied in the examples.

Large Co-Housing Condo Buildings in Cambridge, MA

The group of condo owners asked for two very different color schemes, one of which being similar, but not identical, to what they already had.

Cambridge Co-Housing - original image Cambridge Co-Housing – original image
I used this image as the starting point for the color schemes you see at right.

Avoid Frustration + Enjoy the Process

Think about it—selecting colors is personal!

  • You love the new body color but want to see it with a variation in different trim or other “accent” colors. That’s a whole new look, and you can see it with DCP™.
  • How many times have you agonized over color selections? Even for a smaller building, the exterior projects are big ones!
  • Whether you are “local” or “Long-Distance,” I really love this process. Clients love it, also.
  • From simple style to a lot of detail; from cottage to castle…each project enjoys the same process and level of attention.

You Probably Have Questions About this Unique Service, so Let's Connect!

Please use the form below to Contact me with any questions you have about this process, whether with your own color selections or for a consultation with me either on-site or long-distance. Condo associations and HOA groups are a specialty. 

Real estate professionals can benefit from the added “curb appeal” along with the added qualities provided with professional consultation for interior appeal.

Color and Design Profile - Exterior or Interior
Receipt of your initial payment by Venmo (Barbara-Jacobs-17) will be followed by a review of the information you provide here, in addition to the photos you send. I know it might look like a lot to do, but the more information can provide about your house, the better we can help you. Just complete whatever works for you at this time. After we receive your questionnaire, we can schedule our introductory long-distance visit. Facetime, or even zoom, are helpful. Being able to "walk around your house" with you is not essential, but important and very useful. There is no charge for this initial 15-minute call. You can always add more information via email. Followup via email will be used.
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