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<br />a color, paint an area at
<br />the uuect looks different in each stage.
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<br />taught architectural histo-
<br />ed, by caterpillars, usually will survive
<br />ry and historic preserva-
<br />and continue growing. BougainviEsse
<br />`
<br />can stand the loss of a portion of then
<br />such factors as the roof col
<br />leaves.
<br />or, the direction the house
<br />• Control options for caterpillars in.
<br />faces, the amount of urna
<br />clude hand picking, spraying with soapy
<br />mentation and neighbor
<br />water or waiting for natural enemies to
<br />Photo by CAROL CLOUD BAILEY
<br />do the job.
<br />Fairly low -toxicity sprays are
<br />Bougainvillea Is a tough plant, but wind
<br />available in products containing the bac-
<br />and overwatering are typical causes of
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<br />damage. However, with the bougainvillea
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<br />and soon stop feeding and die as
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<br />poisons them
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<br />for food or incubators. Before reaching
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<br />for a spray to control an infestation, take
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<br />And find your shoulder to Light on,
<br />are moving slowly and look to be covered
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<br />Wasps do lay eggs inside caterpillars; the
<br />Today, tomorrow and beyond."
<br />wasp pupa look like silky rice grains at-
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<br />tached to the back of the worms — that
<br />the body, then the trim,
<br />caterpwar is history.
<br />Carol Cloud Caney
<br />PAINT "Color is a personal
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<br />Choosing the right exte
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<br />rior color can be daunting,
<br />Michigan University for
<br />Schweitzer said. "It's not
<br />demonstrate then -
<br />like painting a wall or buy
<br />vises homeowners to pick
<br />ing an ugly shut." if you
<br />personality. "
<br />choose wrong, "it's a very
<br />a color, paint an area at
<br />expensive mistake."
<br />Rose Bosley, manager of
<br />The alternative is for
<br />Plaza Paint
<br />you — and your neighbors
<br />"You have to get it big
<br />— to live with it for the es.
<br />enough to actually see the
<br />Lurked five to eight years
<br />with Ute towers on their
<br />the paint job will hold up,
<br />shrubs, or a cobblestone
<br />if it's othenvise done right
<br />driveway."
<br />Maybe that's why so
<br />Schweitzer, who has
<br />many people choose to
<br />taught architectural histo-
<br />Play it safe. According to
<br />ry and historic preserva-
<br />America's most popular
<br />of Toledo and Eastern
<br />exterior paint color (34 per.
<br />Michigan University for
<br />cent), followed by beige (28
<br />more than 25 years, ad
<br />percent), gray (15 percent),
<br />vises homeowners to pick
<br />blue (7 percent), green and
<br />the body color fust To test
<br />yellow (6 percent each).
<br />a color, paint an area at
<br />Chris Rodgers, owner of
<br />least 4 feet by 4 feet on a
<br />Simply the Best Cleaning
<br />piece of plywood.
<br />and Painting in Pain City,
<br />"You have to get it big
<br />often encounters clients
<br />enough to actually see the
<br />who are overwhelmed by
<br />color," he said.
<br />the hundreds of Colors
<br />Schweitzer, who works
<br />available.
<br />with clients across the
<br />"The last ming I want to
<br />country, said he uses a
<br />do is paint a house a color
<br />27 item checklist to came
<br />they don't like, and they
<br />up with possible colors for
<br />have to drive up to it every
<br />a home. The list includes
<br />day," he said. "If you gel it
<br />such factors as the roof col
<br />wrong, it can get ezpen
<br />or, the direction the house
<br />sive."
<br />faces, the amount of urna
<br />He brings in Rose Bos-
<br />mentation and neighbor
<br />ley, manager of Plaza
<br />ung houses in addition to
<br />Paint in Patin City, to help
<br />the style and age of the
<br />narrow the selection. Bos-
<br />home.
<br />ley has helped several
<br />Examples of his projects
<br />Treasure Coast home
<br />can be found on his Web
<br />owners select exterior
<br />paint colors that comple
<br />`Some clients
<br />ment each other, as well as
<br />the surrounding neighbor
<br />Choose colors to
<br />hood.
<br />"Color is
<br />coordinate with the
<br />a personal
<br />thing," Bosley said. "It's a
<br />dowels their
<br />way for homeowners to
<br />on
<br />demonstrate their person
<br />shrubs, Or a
<br />silly. You have to consider
<br />the body, then the trim,
<br />Cobblestone
<br />men the accent colors —
<br />Like doors and shorten.
<br />driveway:"
<br />My job is to make mese
<br />combinations of colors ap
<br />Robert Schweitzer,
<br />pealing."
<br />historic -color specialist
<br />She advises home
<br />owners note a few things
<br />before the head tto
<br />Y ou me
<br />paint store. How does it
<br />face the sun? Is it a
<br />wood frame home or con
<br />crate? Dam it have a barrel
<br />tile roof or a metal root?
<br />The answers will help de
<br />termine the best color and
<br />sheen of paint for the job.
<br />"You want the house to
<br />flow with the landscape"
<br />she said. "Some cUmis
<br />choose colors to coordinate
<br />site, www.historichouseco-
<br />lon.com. His client homes
<br />have been seen on the TV
<br />shows "Restore America"
<br />and "Curb Appeal"
<br />"People don't know how
<br />to get at what they like,"
<br />Schweitzer said. They ran
<br />recognize a house that
<br />looks awful, but can't look
<br />at a well-done job and say
<br />Why it looks so good.
<br />"One of the big problems
<br />is, they find a house they
<br />like and W to translate
<br />that to the colors of their
<br />house, and they aren't re-
<br />lated (m style) at all."
<br />Sometimes the trwsla
<br />ton gets garbled because
<br />or differs so much from
<br />one house to another. A
<br />deep pumpkin might look
<br />great on a house with only
<br />30 percent of the body col
<br />or showing on the front of
<br />the house. But cover 80
<br />percent of the front of the
<br />house in that color, and
<br />IT look like the world's
<br />biggest jack o'danlern.
<br />Take pictures of your
<br />house and study mem, he
<br />suggests. What percentage
<br />is the roof color, the body
<br />color, trim and accents?
<br />"Break down the pieces,"
<br />Schweitzer said.
<br />Just as you shouldn't
<br />trust a paint chip, he said,
<br />don't base color selections
<br />on an online color visualia
<br />tag Program. Although it's
<br />great fun to "repaint" a
<br />house with a nick of the
<br />mouse, the colors you see
<br />on your computer might
<br />not be true.
<br />Once the hard work of
<br />color selection is done —
<br />and before the fust drop of
<br />paint is applied — comes
<br />the even harder work of
<br />getting the surface ready
<br />for its transformation.
<br />"Make sure the prep
<br />work is done properly, m-
<br />pecially for older homes,"
<br />Bosley said. "Or the paint
<br />will peel right off."
<br />Scripps Howard News Service
<br />and The Toledo Runde contrib.
<br />uteri to this report.
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