Help! picking farmhouse exterior paint color?
redheadeddaughter
10 years ago
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graywings123
10 years agoLori A. Sawaya
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exterior paint colors for a 1903 victorian style farmhouse
Comments (2)Lwehling, can you post pics? If you've read many forum posts - you'll understand that as helpful as everyone wants to be, pictures speak a thousand words. A visual will help you to get great suggestions from forum members. Also... We just like to see other people's old houses. We're "peekers"... It goes with old house ownership. (We love them all.). :-)...See MoreHelp with small 1901 farmhouse cottage house exterior paint color
Comments (7)What an adorable house! I grew up with those white frame houses with black trim, & to me, they always looked stark & maybe institutional. & this is what I thought when I was too young to know those words! I think with a pure white background, you can use pure clear colors like red, which is a great "country" color for houses, or deep cool pastels, like the gray you have now or maybe a deeper gray. Hunter green is also a traditional color for farmhouse trim, & it would play off the white white beautifully. I'm a fan of Behr paints from Home Depot, but a lot depends on your climate; we have lots of summer & you may have lots of winter or lots of salt spray. This forum's participants have a vast pool of experience a great willingness to share, so I'm sure somebody will give you expert advice on brand & type....See More1930s farmhouse: seeking exterior paint color advice
Comments (9)Thank you, everyone, for your comments! I guess we should remove the porch railing! Most of the aluminum storm windows are missing panes so I was planning to replace them with white vinyl when we paint. The windows are an uncommon size, though, so I'm a little worried about the cost. There are only a few original windows, but the "new" ones are from the 70s, so they're all old. All the windows are wood and painted white-- and they're ALL drafty and in need of re-glazing, which is why we need the storm windows! I'm adding a better photo of the front porch-- and the chickens. The color I picked for the front door is close to the color of the sky. sheepla-- is there also no hand rail on the steps of your porch? I'd love to see a photo!...See MoreOld Farmhouse Exterior Paint Color - Help Please!!
Comments (10)Thanks for your ideas! Here are five samples we put up today. You may need to zoom in to differentiate. From left to right: *Hawthorne Yellow (BM) *Banana Cream (SW) *Weston Flax (BM) *Yellow Essence (C&K) *Oyster White (SW) Thoughts?? I'm leaning toward banana cream or weston flax I think ... As you can see we are in the middle of scrapping & priming so things look at little shabby! We are also still in the midst of finishing our front porch. Projects, projects! I love the idea of a blue door. How about shutters? Yellow house White trim Blue door ..... shutters??...See MoreOaktown
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