diff --git a/pytiled_parser/properties.py b/pytiled_parser/properties.py
index 4507f75..9e198af 100644
--- a/pytiled_parser/properties.py
+++ b/pytiled_parser/properties.py
@@ -3,11 +3,23 @@ from typing import Dict, List, NamedTuple, Optional, Union
 
 from .common_types import Color
 
-
 Property = Union[int, float, Path, str, bool, Color]
-
+class 
 
 RawProperties = List[Dict[str, Property]]
 
 
 Properties = Dict[str, Property]
+
+
+def cast(raw: RawProperties) -> Dict[str, Property]:
+    final: Properties = {}
+    for prop in raw:
+        value = prop["value"]
+        if prop["type"] == "file":
+            value = Path(str(value))
+        elif prop["type"] == "color":
+            value = Color(str(value))
+        final[str(prop["name"])] = value
+
+    return final
diff --git a/pytiled_parser/tiled_object.py b/pytiled_parser/tiled_object.py
index a3c1e4e..5b8f530 100644
--- a/pytiled_parser/tiled_object.py
+++ b/pytiled_parser/tiled_object.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from typing import Callable, Dict, List, Mapping, Optional, Union
 import attr
 from typing_extensions import TypedDict
 
-from . import properties
+from . import properties as properties_
 from .common_types import Color, OrderedPair, Size
 from .template import Template
 
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class TiledObject:
     name: Optional[str] = None
     type: Optional[str] = None
 
-    properties: properties.Properties = {}
+    properties: properties_.Properties = {}
     template: Optional[Template] = None
 
 
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ class RawTiledObject(TypedDict):
     visible: bool
     name: str
     type: str
-    properties: properties.RawProperties
+    properties: properties_.RawProperties
     template: Template
     ellipse: bool
     point: bool
@@ -224,10 +224,7 @@ def _get_common_attributes(raw_tiled_object: RawTiledObject) -> TiledObject:
         common_attributes.type = raw_tiled_object["type"]
 
     if raw_tiled_object.get("properties"):
-        for prop in raw_tiled_object["properties"]:
-            name = str(prop["name"])
-            value = prop["value"]
-            common_attributes.properties[name] = prop["value"]
+        common_attributes.properties = properties_.cast(raw_tiled_object["properties"])
 
     if raw_tiled_object.get("template"):
         raise NotImplementedError