Exterior house selections
Nad T
5 years ago
Exterior help! Adding on a garage (photos of original house and house with addition below). Would love your thoughts on exterior finish (?paint brick ?paint stucco ?siding) and color selection. Windows will be white!
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mayhemingway
5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoNad T
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Comments (12)Your home is just fine. I like the color on it now but I think a different color on the trim and garage doors than bright white would make it work better with the roof. I have a neighbor with a red metal roof which looks great with her stone siding which is shades of golden yellow, amber, tan & cream. It is raining now or I would go grab a picture. I'll try later....See MoreExterior Color Selection for New Farmhouse Style Home - Help Needed!
Comments (10)Coming from Chicago, IMO there is nothing worse than a house that has a muddy off color in the dead of winter against all that dirty snow Light Mist and Pearl Gray are meh! Select a color that has some real contrast to the Arctic White trim....See MoreExterior house color selections
Comments (11)I love the blue house with black roof and white trim idea. It looks charming, which is all that matters. Being "in the woods" doesn't mean your house has to blend in. Someone else on Houzz asked about the blue house in the woods look and I shared a photo my former house, which was BM River Blue. They used a similar color and it looks beautiful. Here is our former barn, in the woods, in the winter....See Moremayhemingway
5 years agoI'd stick with white and brick actually! Here's and example of a beautiful home that isn't so different from what you have:
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