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Roof color with dark brown cedar shake siding

6 years ago

Hello!

We are building a new home that will have dark brown cedar shake siding and white trim. We are trying to decide on roof color. We will be using Owens Corning Duration shingles for the roof and have narrowed it down to Williamsburg Gray, Estate Gray and Black Onyx.

Any suggestions?

Thank you!

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Virgil Carter Fine Art

6 years ago

Hard to go wrong with a black roof, especially with dark brown siding.

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PPF.
6 years ago
Take a finished piece of trim and siding and match to the shingles.
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tatts
6 years ago
Yeah. If you want it to look like the House of the Seven Gables, put black shingles on a dark brown house. Don't do black or gray.

Here's the question--with such nice siding, how about a metal roof? It may be a bit more, but it would look dandy with cedar siding.
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bluedot16
Original Author
6 years ago
Thanks, everyone! Unfortunately, a metal roof is not in our budget, so we have to stick to architectural shingles.
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Anglophilia
6 years ago
What a shame you can't put a cider shake roof on your house. It would look SO much better.
bluedot16
Original Author
6 years ago
Yes, I love a cedar shake roof! Not in our budget, unfortunately.
ILoveRed
6 years ago
Are you limited to those three choices? What about GAF Camelot 2 in Aged Oak? It's not as expensive metal but less expensive than Camelot and is very textured.

https://www.gaf.com/Residential_Roofing/Shingles/Camelot/Camelot_Aged_Oak.jpg
ILoveRed
6 years ago
We are using dark cedar siding as well. Hoping it's not too dark and crossing my fingers. Cabot's Burnt Hickory.
bluedot16
Original Author
6 years ago
Thank you! And good luck with your house.

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