Color for Painting Exterior Accent Brick
Lori
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Painting Exterior (including brick) of my house . . . help!
Comments (4)What a nice looking home! A few suggestions...that bush on the right of the picture is too large and too close to the house so you'd probably have to remove it to paint anyway. Keep plantings away from the house for water drainage reasons as well as aesthetics as the plants get bigger. The shutters on the house are too small....either remove or replace. To look right, shutters have to look like they actually work....when shut, just cover the window. I like the brick and would try to work with it. However, if you choose to paint the brick then consider eliminating the wall sconces and replacing with a pendant in your lovely arched porch. It will highlight the porch and the front door so much more. (I think the brick would be too hard to patch well unless painted.) It's hard to see what's going on with the front door...does that have sidelights? If not, I'd consider replacing it with a door that does....more glass and jewelry will really make that entry way a total wow! My preference is not for blue. Blue is a hard color to get right on the exterior. (Neighbors really flubbed it with their house which is now port-a-pot blue!) But it can be done if it has enough gray in it. You might go to the Certainteed website where they have a colorview area where you can select a home similar to yours and paint it different colors to see what you might like. Sherwin Williams has a color visualizer on their website that allows you to upload your own photo and try on paint colors. Benjamin Moore has their color gallery where you can select the color of your brick and then it will recommend color combos. For example if I select BM silver crest it recommends slate blue or red river clay along with the dark gray like your roof color. Here is a link that might be useful: Silvercrest...See MorePainting Brick Accents
Comments (3)IMO that would work, a new door would really be nice without the steel bars for sure. A nice sage green qite dark would work, some landscaping will bring huge curb appeal...See MorePlease help! Not sure how to pick exterior paint to accent brick
Comments (10)I think a mid-tone greenish grey or other color taken from the brick would be great. Whatever you choose, paint your garage door the same color. If you use a light color for the trim, paint the downspouts to match the brick. If you use a darker color for the trim, you can use that same color on the downspouts. I would paint the front door a light color, so you have some contrast to the dark brick, and since it is recessed into the alcove....See Moreexterior brick painting colour suggestions
Comments (7)I would message the company and ask if they ship to Canada you want to try something darker? I do this on the shutters and trim. you could also stick w/a creamy white for other trim. try the dark on the fascia and the shutters. see how you like it. keep the eaves underneath the white color, and the inner trim around the windows in the white, but I'd do the garage door, downspouts and other in the darker shade. For the front door, pick an actual color in the blues or greens. or even black. black w/the darker trim tones would look great. why don't you grab some samples of some of these darker hues and paint one of the shutters so you can see? These should give you enough to go on....See MoreUser
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