Need help with trim, shutter and front door color selection
We started painting the trim boards with existing color and plan on painting the shutter and front door with deep brown. But After painting the trims on front of the house, we feel it looks boring and ugly. Please help.
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apple_pie_order
5 years ago
Denita
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Need help picking shutter, garage door and front door colors!!
Comments (6)This is a recommended color from SW for Mindful Gray…homburg gray. I would do this on the shutters and the garage doors and leave the wood door as is. The two middle windows shouldn’t have shutters as the won’t fit appropriately, but you are not painting the siding and the darker outlines of the shutters will show if you don’t replace what was there. Personally, would like the house with out shutters and would probably paint the siding and garage doors and have no shutters at all....See MoreNeed help with window trim color, shutters, and garage door color
Comments (19)If you make the other changes as suggested, I don't think you'll feel the need to paint the brick. There's no sense creating a maintenance issue where there is none now. The house has the potential to be very handsome. Some pretty pots with flowers on either side of your door will add some color as well. Don't forget that nothing looks pretty this time of year when trees are bare and lawns are brown....See MoreNeed help choosing front door and shutter color
Comments (4)Not knowing the exact shade of your peach/tan, I am showing you how a brown trim and several door & shutters colors might look. Notice that a color will look slightly different when paired with other colors. I recommend you use an online virtual paint program that most paint manufacturers have to compare and narrow your preferences....See Moreneed help with changing front door, shutter and possibly pillar colors
Comments (11)I would go with a medium to dark blue, or a bronze (like Urbane Bronze), or a "weathered wood" type gray that is compatible with your roof - also agree that charcoal would work. Personally, I am more of a fan of bringing a color, whether blue, green, or something else, Be sure to bring swatches, and then samples, to be sure your color is one that works well with the brick and roof. I would say paint the shutters, pillars, and the siding over the portico with the darker, more neutral color, then give the front door (and all of the trim around it) a more "pop" color - which doesn't have to be anything terrible different , perhaps just a few shades lighter/more stand out than the new trim color. (Example, if you chose Urbane Bronze, you could do your door in a compatible, slightly grayish blue). I would encourage you to paint the garage doors in a tone that blends them into the brick more - you want your entry area to be the eyecatcher, not the garage! I know that it is a "rule" that shutters should be sized to look functional, but I don't always agree - in our contemporary architecture, when the window usually lacks attractive framing (like brick mold, for example) and you don't want them to disappear visually, or you need to balance another element (like huge garage doors) shutters can do that - like jewelry. I think that is the case here, and I would not remove them. If you did decide to remove, then paint the window frames in a darker color . I would like to see those painted keystones unpainted or repainted to blend in with the brick also.....See MoreArasakumar Subramani
5 years ago
Bev
5 years agoIs the paint color an off white (cream)? If so, you color options are basically endless, depending what color your roof is or if you have any brick or stone on the house. When choosing paint colors for my house a couple of years ago, I kept in mind the color of stone on the front of my house, the brick on my chimney color, and my green roof. I then went to Behr's website and played with color combinations and found something that both my husband and I agreed on. With the color of your house in mind and what looks like a dark roof, maybe black, there are so many color combinations you could go with. Here are some photos for inspiration:
South Perimeter Way Residence · More InfoI absolutely love the colors on this house. More importantly--What colors do you and your family love? Next is a photo of my house since I could not find any other photos that would suit your house on Houzz. I chose paints from Behr Marquee and the house color is Taupe Tease, trim is Superior Blue (my husband's favorite color), and the doors are Fire Cracker Red (my favorite color):
All 3 colors work well together and work with the roof, brick, and stone colors as well. I also chose colors that no one else had in our neighborhood.
Denita
5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoDenita
5 years agoI like the red door that Bev shows you on her house. It really is a nice color and is bright enough to come out of the shadows.
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groveraxle
5 years ago
houssaon
5 years agoArasakumar Subramani
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