Ideas on trim color for a white house - besides black or baby blue
6 years ago
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So excited - painted my house black! Trim?
Comments (43)Well they started doing the trim in the cream and we all looked at it and shook our heads. Just not working. Decided it's either got to be a real contrast or stick with white. And since I'm not willing to commit to a colour at this point, white it is. Still leaves me the option of painting the door any colour I want (I could even change it yearly!) or adding colour to the front window frames. roarah, thanks for the link to the cursive letters. I'm going to measure and see if they'll fit on the window trim. Also found the vinyl ones on etsy, but I'm not sure how reliable they are. kmcg, I like that churlish green too. It seems similar to the gold I chose for the accent strip. I don't have it on my F&B colour sheet. I wonder if it's new. They finished the 2nd coat today and started on the trim so they should be done in another day or two. I'll post pix of the finished product. I have to admit I feel as if I've let down the side a bit by going with the safe white. Will really have to find something jazzy for that door....See MoreBlack window trim? Just painted my house white (from mustard yellow)
Comments (17)Wow, it really looks great! I know you just got rid of yellow on your house but have you considered a yellow door? It could be a homage to the old color and be a really great modern pop. Here's a mock-up of black window trim. I'm not a fan of the extreme contrast here. Not sure I like it as much as say, black windows. Your windows look like they are in good condition and don't need replacing, so that doesn't seem like a viable option....See MoreWhat modern colors to paint this Baby Blue house?
Comments (114)@cda1028... I'm not sure what your issue is, but I've been doing LTR and STRs for a very long time. I have been extremely successful, people pay me to consult on getting their STR business started. I have rented to celebrities, top politicians and my rentals have been used to film movies, TV shows and commercials in. Bottom line...I know what I'm doing. I never said I was not going to address the landscaping nor the inside. I came unto to Houzz as I know it attracts the top professionals in the Design arena. The thread I started was merely about getting the advice from others about EXTERIOR PAINT colors.. I know where my strengths and weaknesses lay. Picking paint colors has always been one of my weaknesses and as my Designer is on maternity leave for the next 6 months, I thought I'd pop on here see if I can get the opinions of some other professionals and even others who are good at this sort of thing. Knowing how to run a business does not make me a Designer. Everyone here has been EXTREMELY helpful. The reason I'm not revealing the exact location is because I know there are many people online who are "unbalanced". Some people feel comfortable putting their locations online, some do not. I fall into the latter category. After reading your very "aggressive" message to me, once again I feel that I've made the correct decision. Best of luck with your rental and no need to feel like I am competition to you... as I am 100% sure you are no competition to me....See MoreHelp integrating secondary trim color into home w/ black accents
Comments (11)@Lyn Nielson It does sound busy, which is why I'm curious about it. Yes, we have a double-height space in the living room/kitchen/office with ~18' walls of windows. All of the doors are in a lower ceilinged hallway, with the exception of one in the master bedroom going to the bath. Yes, we've already purchased the grey flooring, it's not a wood look, it looks like stone. We were hoping to go with a porcelain tile that looks a bit like cold rolled steel, but due to the budget getting out of hand, we opted to nix the tile and go with LVT for the time being, with the intent to replace it after 10-20 years with tile once our bank balance has recovered a bit and the floor has gotten trashed. We aren't enthusiastic about it, but it's one of the few that neither of us hated, and it's inexpensive. With the amount of additional wood in the house, we aren't worried about the house feeling cold. The combo of the ceiling and a few walls of hickory ply built-ins should bring plenty of warmth to the space....See MoreRelated Professionals
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