Exterior Painting in Williamsburg 11211
Once again, ancient Greeks and Romans are credited with a clever invention that we continue to embrace today. Originally, the cornice, jutting out from and running horizontally to the roofline at the top of a building, would direct water away from striddling down the façade, protecting the exterior structural materials. Shortly thereafter, it became as much a decorative architectural component as a functional one.
Designs ran right through all the architectural styles, and we think this one is akin to an 18th century dentil cornice. Though the molding is not flat, it sports the evenly spaced, rectangular blocks that define the dentil style. Priming and prepping here included not only the way high up dentil cornice at the top, but also the trim and secondary cornice above the first floor.
For the lower one, we had to do some creative repair, installing anchors and screws to reattach wood to the molding between it and the brick. We rented a sweet cherry picker and positioned ourselves safely for reaching everything. Once prepped, repaired and primed, we painted this rich dark green, Benjamin Moore’s Waller Green, to accent the old brick. The building stands, once again, handsome and refined on a street corner in Brooklyn.
