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You first task is to decide on a colour scheme. Remember your house should be seen as part of an environment and, in most case, colours should blend with surrounding properties. However, colour conformity is not so important in a street where the houses are of differing architecture – and a row of uniform terraced cottages can be given individuality by dramatic colour contrasts. In general though, unless you have a true fair for colour and design, it is best to choose a more conventional scheme: white, grey or beige are traditional choices for walls; if you want to add a splash of colour, save it for the woodwork which is not too difficult to repaint should you tire of the effect.

Apart from using colour, you can also enhance the appearance of a house by adding timber or plastic cladding, installing new windows and window shutters etc. But be careful: certain forms of improvement which are attractive from the extra protection they offer can detract from the character of the house. Dramatic changes may require planning permission so check with your local planning department before buying materials for new features.

Ideally, exterior decorating should be started and completed between spring and autumn because frost, rain and snow are likely to have a detrimental effect on new paint. On showery days, when it is likely to rain, check wether there is any repair or preparatory work you can do, or any enclosed areas (like a porch) you can paint. Alternatively you could beat the elements by removing a garden gate or side entrance door and painting it indoors or in the garage.

Hot sun is uncomfortable to work in and soon makes you tired. It also causes paint to blister and the glare can make it impossible for you to see which areas have been painted. Always follow the sun; as soon as it has moved, leaving wall in the shade, conditions will be ideal and you should start work in this area.

Windy days also cause problems: stripping paint with a blowtorch becomes difficult since the heat of the flame is dissipated before it can soften the paint. And once you start painting, dust will be blown onto the surface; all you can do is let the paint harden, rub down and start again.

Other factors to be taken into account are your painting skill and working speed and the amount of time available. If both time and skill are limited, it might be wiser to consider a four-year decorating cycle. In the case of a semi-detached house, for example, each of the three elevations could be tackled on a yearly basis with the fourth year left for painting fences or making general repairs. You might prefer to tackle all the walls one year, windows and doors in the second year and gutters and downpipes in the third. In this way the paint work will remain in good condition and you will not a heavy workload at any one time.

Work out how much time you have available and make a plan of operation. First decide how many elevations you will tackle in the first year or wether you prefer to paint only the woodwork, leaving walls to next year, and so on. Then consider the repairs which are needed before you begin decorating and plan to complete these well in advance. If part of a wall has to be re-rendered, you must allow sufficient time for it to dry before painting. Rotten timber might involve considerable remedial work or replacement. Gutters might
need to be repaired or replaced and brickwork repointed.

Estimate the sort of equipment and amount of materials you require. If you need to hire ladders or scaffolds, reserve them well in advance to make sure they will be available when you want them.

When working out your timetable remember, if you are completing the decorating in one year, the walls should be tackled first and the woodwork left until later in the summer when the sun will have dried it out.

Choosing exterior paint becomes more difficult because the walls, fences, or roofs are often exposed to outside weather and climate. Error in choosing colors, would get worse the exterior appearance of the house. The process of painting will be in vain. In addition to weather-related, the selection of exterior paint must also consider aesthetics. You certainly do not want your house facade appear unattractive because of choosing paint colors, right? If the problem is paint your home exterior paint already dull, do repainting will be a good solution.

New wall paint (which was less than one month) is different from the old wall painting. New walls are still filled with pores that can suck the paint. Therefore, to save the paint, you should just coat the walls with water-base sealer or base solvent of good quality. Once coated, the surface of the wall will become more smooth, flat, and ready for painting. Before painting, you should pay attention to humidity of the wall that results from the mixture of basic ingredients you used. Instead the old walls, especially the often painted, the pores already closed, sometimes making the new paint does not stick and looked bloated. So you have to clean it up first before the paint.

The first time you paint the house it can prevent peeling paint in the future. Do the whole process of painting it right, including choosing the appropriate paint. In addition, although using a special paint exterior, you  should stick with base paint so the finishing paint eventually applied properly. Before giving the basic paint, the walls must be completely dry and clean. Paint the walls with one color should be done in a single work. Before the paint polished surface of the wall around, you should not stop in order to keep similar colors.

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Minimalist trends, currently most favored people. Color flirtation was not so emphasized. In fact, tend to be very minimal with only two color choices. Black and white color can be used as an alternative choice for interior home among the many colors available. However you should carefully because it is not easy to integrate these two colors. Although it looks very standard, black and white can be played to make the beauty of the room. However, accuracy in placement and composition will affect the mood there. Because to combine the two colors is not as easy as expected. The biggest fear is the emergence of boredom. Since, only with two colors, it will enable the emergence of a sense of monotony is very large.

Black and white dominance can provide its own appeal. But, the main feature would be very dependent on how the application performed. When you see the essence of these two colors, black and white color is a proportion. In general, these two colors are contrasting. Both are neutral colors that are always appropriate to combine, both for fashion and interior. Black and white are basic colors that are assertive.

If you want to avoid the boredom, residents should include other elements that can make a variation. For example a display, flower vase, or painting. The existence of additional accents can turn the atmosphere. Moreover, the addition of motifs on the sofa or carpet can be a trick that could make those two colors do not look innocent. Residents can also enter the color gradations such as gray,  cool gray or warm  gray,  to overcome hard impression that arise.

Building area is also an impact on the existing color. The pattern and size of black and white color must be considered, depending on the little big-owned housing. If the room is not too large, the density pattern of black and white color should be not too small. For, if the size of his black and white is too small, like a chessboard, will give the impression of a narrow room.