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Please help! I can't decide on exterior house colours.

5 years ago

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We will be putting a garage at the end of our driveway next month. I can't decide what roof, trim and garage door colour to go with for the garage. I think that I am going to use brown siding for the garage that matches the shakes on the side of the house. We will also be getting new doors for the front and side of the house but aren't sure if they should match the garage door colour.

I am contemplating changing the gutter and roof colour on our house as well to make sure that it matches the garage, but our windows are new. My house currently has chocolate brown gutters, off white soffit and a sienna brown roof. I thought about going with a black roof and white gutters on the garage, but our gutters and roof are fairly new on the house. I want our exterior to look the best it possibly can but I am not sure how to make that happen without spending all of my money! Any suggestions would be very much appreciated. Thank you.

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cat_ky
5 years ago
Rachel, use the same roofing on your garage as the house. If you dont blend your new garage into what you have on the house, its not going to look like it belongs with your house on your property. Try to have siding, and roofing, and windows, all as close to the house as your can.
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Anna (6B/7A in MD)
5 years ago
^^^what she said.
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