The dash can be colour coordinated with the exterior paint job, along with the air vents and gear stick.

Wooden doors need regular maintenance; they can be sanded down, primed and finished with a hardwearing exterior paint.

Attend to flaking exterior paint, leaking windows and anything that gives the merest hint of damp.

Pay attention when exterior paint starts to get puffy.

Of 20 exterior paint color combinations, 14 were totally new.