Orginally the half timbers would be brown on white plaster... Lovely house!

Thanks for the reply, roarah. And thank you for the compliment. I do know it should be brown and white but am afraid too much contrast will make the house look busy and won't work with the stone facade. If you have any specific colors to try, I'd love to hear what they are.

Such a pretty home!! If you don't want contrast, here are a few examples I found with a creamy paint and taupey-gray trim.

It could be a lot worse and it's cool that they tried something different but yeah. It doesn't work. If you want to get all authenticky, check out some of the historical guidelines on "appropriate" paint colors. Something local would be best since your stone is not seen in every Tudor neighborhood. Remember to not get too serious. Tudors are supposed to be fun and whimsical--or at least they're more fun when they are! :)

I Googled 'Tudor Home Exteriors', trying to find some where the stone or brick is a similar color to yours. But anything we show here that may appeal to you, you could take to a good paint store, and they could help you come up with equivalents.

Ohhh, I love Pal's mockup!! I love the contrast.

The problem with the existing is that it is very cold, and in that sense is very high contrast to the house. When I first looked at the photo, I didn't think it was real, I thought the grey and white parts were super imposed.

Any two variations of the stone color that contrasted enough with each other would work, really.

Thanks to everyone; I really appreciate the suggestions. Palimpsest--You are so correct. The blue/grey is too cold and does look superimposed. They made similar choices in every room in the house; going for bright-white trim and grey walls with violet undertones. It's really unsympathetic to the style of the house. So far, we've repainted 5 of the interior rooms, 4 more to go.

I love your stone! If I had your house I'd take a dark shade from the stone, and considering the roof color, use a brown for the timbers and a natural stucco color as in Pal's example. Remember the that the sun can fade or wash out the paint when you pick your colors...

There are many Tudor style homes here (Kansas City area) and I see so many variations. A lot homes with stone do the timbers in a lighter tone than the stucco and they look great too, more French Country IMO. Your present colors don't suit the stone or the roof - but you have so much potential!!! Good luck!

I really like pal's mock up a lot. I would go with that. We used to live in a neighborhood with many Tudors. They never looked right to me with anything but the timbers in brown and the rest in white or off-white to pale beige.

I love the paint on stratfordroad's house. I have to say the gray and white paint on that beautiful home almost made me want to cry in pain! HA! It just looks like they primed it and then never finished painting. I'd love to see the AFTER photos when it's finished. I'm sure it will look like a new home.

Cool house. Tudors are very "taste specific" and in many parts of the country they are not as popular as they once were; hence people choosing untraditional schemes.

If you liked the graphic high contrast of the traditional scheme, you probably wouldn't be asking. So if you are trying to go with a "fresher" look, I would take photos of your stone and color match the lightest and second lightest color you have on the house stonework. I'd then use those two. You are marrying it to the stone, and staying true the concept of "dark" timber on light stucco, but just muting it a bit.

@StratfordRoad. Your house is GORGEOUS. Thank you for your help.

@MtnRdRedux Very good suggestion. I do love high contrast tudors and my neighbor has a great black and white revival that looks amazing but I don't see the strong contrast on our house just because the stone is so light in tone. Most of the tudors around us have either dark brick or dark stone.

arkansas girl The paint does look like primer or garage floor epoxy. My personal breaking point was when I realized that the color of the house is the exact same grey color as our Hefty yard waste bin.

Yes choose something that plays nicely with the stone and the roof. Good advice above. Very nice home!

Does anyone have any go-to paint colors to try, in any brand? I like this house, which is apparently in Farrow & Ball's Mouse's Back and Stony Ground.

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Gorgeous! Love this colour combination!