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Watch Casey and Jamie Davis matching colors by eye or brushing their signature Lime Wash across stucco by hand, and you’re reminded of the way painters have adorned walls for generations. The California-born brothers have continued that tradition, bringing a craftsman’s spirit to the highly pigmented, eco-friendly products they’ve been making in Los Angeles for nearly two decades.

The seeds of what would become Portola Paints & Glazes were planted in 1998, when Casey, then a high school senior, and the boys’ father, contractor Jim Davis, drove to LAX to pick

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