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| Chateau Frontenac, Quebec City, Canada |
Originally built by the Canadian Pacific Railways beginning in 1892 as a
marketing tool to promote travel on the rail, Canada's Chateau Frontenac
was modeled after France's Loire Valley chateaus.
If you are considering a historical, rustic feel for the inside of your home, you might find the brick colors of the Chateau Frontenac inspiring. Reclaimed brick walls are pretty popular in home decor today, often seen in gentrified urban buildings. But if bricking is too expensive (and it can be!), the perfect color of paint might be another way to create that feeling.
The reds and oranges of the hotel's exterior brick are striking. Glenboig, Scotland was known around the world in the late 19th century for the area's refractory fireclay brick, a dense brick with little porosity and high light reflectivity. The bricks get their orange and red hues from the mineral content of the clay, as well as the temperature and length of time in the fire oven.
Warm brick colors from Benjamin Moore:
If you are considering a historical, rustic feel for the inside of your home, you might find the brick colors of the Chateau Frontenac inspiring. Reclaimed brick walls are pretty popular in home decor today, often seen in gentrified urban buildings. But if bricking is too expensive (and it can be!), the perfect color of paint might be another way to create that feeling.
The reds and oranges of the hotel's exterior brick are striking. Glenboig, Scotland was known around the world in the late 19th century for the area's refractory fireclay brick, a dense brick with little porosity and high light reflectivity. The bricks get their orange and red hues from the mineral content of the clay, as well as the temperature and length of time in the fire oven.
Warm brick colors from Benjamin Moore:
For an orange hue that is muted:
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| buttered yam AF-230 Source: Benjamin Moore |
A classic deep red/ orange:
| georgian brick HC-50 Source: Benjamin Moore |
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