I restuccoed a historic home in Virginia. While I don't remember all of the element of the process, my installer specialized in historic properties. He put new stucco on the West Virginia Capitol building. He said we should expect 50 years out a stucco job before it fails. Our stucco was about 50 years old and was failing. So, it was time for a new façade. After removing the old stucco, the brick was exposed. The first scratch coat was applied to brick. A liquid adhesion product was then applied. A finial finish coat was troweled on. I believe it was acrylic. We then painted the stucco with an elastomeric paint. He said that there was no way to prevent stucco from forming microcracks. It wasn't possible. It was a function of the material. The elastomeric paint was much thicker than regular house paint. I seem to remember it being 9 mills thick. In contrast, regular house paint is 3 mills thick. This extra thick paint would expand and contract with the change of seasons and formed a protective coating. Hence the elasto in the name. The paint could be tinted any color you desired. We have sold the house and moved away. I drove past on Thanksgiving. The stucco and paint job look great. Follow the suggestions of the manufacturer. He knows what he is doing.

grover - he said gutters and post black, so they'll be painted I guess, but I'd paint them white if they lie against the house. Can't go wrong with a white house and black trim.

The arches become less of an issue once the shutters are removed. The yellow with the dark bronze windows is just not working for your lovely home. And the dark gutters should really be no darker than the roof color. What is the roof color because it has a red hue to it on my computer.

So we spent a good amount of time outside over dinner looking at paint swatches and discussing many variables. We think we might have a solution but wanted some opinions. We want our home to "pop" in a good way when we're done. We have decided to not make the shutters and just hang the old plywood when a storm comes through. Tell us what you think and if celerygirl or anyone else can do a mock-up to show us what this would look like, we'd greatly appreciate it! BASE COLOR - SW 6186 Dried Thyme or SW 6187 Rosemary (concerned that Rosemary might be a little too dark. All walls and gutters in this color. TRIM COLOR - SW 7746 Rushing River - columns, garage door, trim ACCENT COLOR 1 - SW 2824 Renwick Golden Oak (or something else that looks like the cedar wood color) - main fence color (which will be sealed). Maybe also paint on the side gables??? We're still unsettled what to do with those side gables. The one on the front of the house (above the garage) is small, but the sides ones are pretty large. ACCENT COLOR 2 - SW 6994 Greenblack - front door and top lattice of the fence to tie it all in. Plus we plan to replace the coach lighting and it will be painted greenblack along with the rod iron wall plant hangers, patio furniture, etc. will all be refreshed with greenblack. Question - should the gutters look best the same as the wall or trim color? We'd like to have it not stand out. Is 4 colors too busy? Funny how we started off saying we would definitely keep the trim white and we decided to not stick with the white and as soon as I logged back on I read the suggestion from raee_gw zone 5b-6a Ohio. Thank you!