Heydt Designs

There’s nothing quite like a fresh coat of white paint to give a house exterior new life. White is a versatile color that works well for almost any architectural style. But with so many options on the market, choosing the right shade of white for your exterior can be a challenge. We asked 10 pros to share the white paint colors they used for the exteriors of these recent projects. Check out their picks and let us know which one might brighten up your house in the future. 1.

Do you sometimes feel as though you’re losing the battle to keep your home as organized as you would like? As Benjamin Franklin so pithily put it, death and taxes are the only certainties in the world. But Ben forgot about housework. It’s repetitive, physical, relentless and (I can hear my mother here) thankless, and that will probably never change. But maybe the remedy for housework-generated malaise lies in an attitude shift.