Nostalgic for the Fifties and Sixties - Beyond Tiki

S stuff-o-rama Tiki Socialite Central Coast of California Joined: Nov 20, 2003 Posts: 757	S stuff-o-rama Posted posted on Thu, Sep 29, 2005 11:42 PM To bring it back to the original direction, I have been looking everywhere for 50's paint colors. My Mom's house needs repainting and the neighbors have all started restoring their 50's tract homes in the original paint colors. Unfortunately, the previous owners painted our house a nasty two tone brown and we want to change the color but make it different from the others. One neighbor has the "Tropic Green" with "Bay Leaf" trim, the other has "Surf" with "Mellow Ivory" trim. We have the original blueprints from the house but exterior paint color isn't specified. These chips give me an idea of what direction to go in! I seriously have been looking for 3 months now, all I could find was an old flyer from Sherman Williams and it wasn't much help. Kind of a tribute to the 50's paint scheme rather than actual color. Thanks for posting these Sabu! Also, on a side note, she purchased this house in 1975 for $22,000. It was appraised for $545,000 last month. Doesn't seem possible.

To bring it back to the original direction, I have been looking everywhere for 50's paint colors. My Mom's house needs repainting and the neighbors have all started restoring their 50's tract homes in the original paint colors. Unfortunately, the previous owners painted our house a nasty two tone brown and we want to change the color but make it different from the others. One neighbor has the "Tropic Green" with "Bay Leaf" trim, the other has "Surf" with "Mellow Ivory" trim. We have the original blueprints from the house but exterior paint color isn't specified. These chips give me an idea of what direction to go in! I seriously have been looking for 3 months now, all I could find was an old flyer from Sherman Williams and it wasn't much help. Kind of a tribute to the 50's paint scheme rather than actual color. Thanks for posting these Sabu!

Also, on a side note, she purchased this house in 1975 for $22,000. It was appraised for $545,000 last month. Doesn't seem possible.

Post #189781 by stuff-o-rama on Thu, Sep 29, 2005 11:42 PM