Match Old Trim Colors Restoration Decatur

To match old trim colors for a restoration in Decatur, Atlanta, OVO Painting leans on spectrophotometer technology and works within COA guidelines, Victorian and Craftsman trim included. Restoration color work has little in common with picking a fresh shade off the rack. Decades of sun and age fade, yellow, and drift the original trim paint, so a painter who just eyeballs "close enough" leaves you with trim that reads as patched instead of restored.

Your estimator lifts a chip sample from wherever the sun reaches least — frequently inside a closet or beneath a window sill, where the original tone has held on best. That sample is read by a spectrophotometer, an instrument that captures the exact color values and translates them onto today's Sherwin-Williams or Benjamin Moore formulations. What you end up with is a custom-mixed shade that tracks your historic trim as tightly as current paint technology permits.

In any home dating before 1978, lead-safe practices are mandated by the EPA rather than optional. On older houses OVO follows the full RRP (Renovation, Repair, and Painting) standard: sealed-off work areas, wet prep techniques, HEPA vacuuming, and safe disposal of debris. Protecting your household stays non-negotiable at every stage.

Should your Decatur home sit inside one of the city's protected historic districts, altering exterior colors may call for a COA — a Certificate of Appropriateness — granted by the local preservation commission. We have guided homeowners through that approval in the past and can steer you toward colors that honor your home's era while keeping the commission satisfied. Trim restoration is patient, exacting work, so your dedicated daily project manager watches over every stage, from the color read to the final coat. We have completed 250+ homes across Atlanta with a 5.0 Google rating across 135+ reviews, and each job carries flat-rate pricing plus a 5 to 10-year written warranty.