If your house sits back from the road, the view from the drive matters as much as the view up close, and the color consulting Eads homeowners get from us covers both.
Fallon Caldwell, trained under Maria Killam, meets you at your Eads house or by video from anywhere in the United States. She has you test large samples outside and in, then writes the color sheet our painters use.
- Exterior colors judged up close and from the road
- In person in Eads, virtual anywhere in the United States
- Fees start at $675.
What makes Eads different for color?
There's no town design board ruling on paint colors. Eads is an unincorporated community in eastern Shelby County, so if you live in a subdivision with an HOA, its rules are the ones to follow. If you don't, the choice is all yours, which is freeing and a little daunting.
How do colors read from a long driveway?
Usually lighter and grayer than they look up close. If your house sits back from the road, you see it from far away more often than up close, and at that distance fine contrast disappears and a trim color that pops at the front door can vanish from the end of the drive. Trees, grass and open sky tint what you see too, so a gray that looked neutral on the chip can turn cold.
So Fallon judges exterior samples twice: once at arm's length, and once from wherever you actually see the house, which is usually the road or the end of the driveway.
What's included in a color consultation?
You get a visit or a video call, a handful of colors to try, and time to test them. We can provide samples, and for an exterior that can mean boards you can walk away from and judge at a distance. The finished color sheet lists each surface with its brand, color, code and sheen, so our crew or any painter can work from it.
Who picks your colors?
Fallon Caldwell does. She owns the company with Bart and leads our color consulting. She trained under Maria Killam, whose approach starts with undertones, so she reads the roof, stone and brick before she suggests a body color.
And since she belongs to the company doing the work, the crew that shows up is working from her sheet, not from a guess.
"Thank you Caldwell Painting for your wonderful color consulting!!! You all are truly experts in this field, and I highly recommend your services to any/all considering hiring you."
J. and A. M.
Is a visit better than video for an Eads house?
For an exterior, yes. Book in person so Fallon can stand where you'll be looking from. Video works well for interiors, cabinets and smaller projects anywhere in the United States, and you still get the same written color sheet. Our main color consulting page compares the two.
Exterior, interior and cabinets
Outside, Fallon sets body, trim and accent colors that hold up at a distance, and our exterior painting crews stick to her sheet. Inside, she builds a plan around your floors, stone and window light for our interior painting crews, and kitchen colors get checked against the counters before our cabinet painting shop gets the doors. Our painters in Eads page covers the painting side.
The process, step by step
- Send photos, including one taken from the road or the end of the drive.
- Fallon visits or meets you by video.
- She narrows the options.
- You test samples up close and at a distance.
- Fallon writes the color sheet.
- Our crew paints it, or yours does.
Common questions about color consulting in Eads
Does anyone have to approve paint colors on an Eads house?
There's no town government in Eads to do it, since Eads is an unincorporated community. If you're in a subdivision with an HOA, read its rules; approval there is the HOA's call. Send us the rules with your photos and Fallon will pick within them.
Why does my exterior color look different from the road?
Distance and surroundings. From far away, colors tend to look lighter and grayer, and small differences between body and trim fade out. Trees, grass and sky tint what you see as well. Fallon tests samples from where you actually view the house, so the color you approve is the one you'll see every day.
Will Fallon come out to Eads in person?
Yes. In person consults are available in Eads, and video consults work anywhere in the United States. For an exterior, in person is the better choice, because judging color at a distance is hard to do from photos, and Fallon wants to stand where you'll be looking from.
What does a color consultation in Eads cost?
Fees start at $675. A visit to your Eads house and a video consult start at the same place. Let us know what's on your list when you book, whether it's the whole exterior or a couple of rooms, and we'll go over what's involved before the consult.
How long does the whole thing take?
The consult itself usually runs about 2 hours. An exterior plus a full interior can take weeks of back and forth while samples go up and come down. The color sheet follows within a week or two, depending on how in depth the project is.
Send us the view from the road
A photo from where you usually see the house tells Fallon more than you'd think. Add a few close shots and the rooms on your list.