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Help with paint colours! exterior townhome

Sherri McNaughton

4 years ago

We’re repainting the second floor window box, garage door, front doors and trim. I need help picking out colours and what to paint what! My painter suggested the window box, pillar and trim in white and garage and front doors a dark grey. I am leaning towards SW Urbane Bronze.
Will a stark white on the second level window stick out like crazy?

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Cheryl Smith
4 years ago
I would paint everything white except the entry door. Choose any color you like for that. I kind of like black, blue or a burgundy but yellow or lime green also looks nice on an entry. You want to draw the attention to it. The color it is now is kinda strange
Cheryl Smith
4 years ago
Since it is a town home what have others done that you like?
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How about jazzing up the landscaping? You could use a fabulous and well chosen tree (Crape myrtle? Japanese maple?) that matures at about 20-30 ft, with 3 seasons of interest, anchoring the right front corner -but placed appropriately distanced from the house- and a complimentary but smaller showpiece shrub or small tree on the left. Add a bit of landscaping deeper into your front yard and you might have the pizzazz you you’re looking for.
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Sherri McNaughton
Original Author
4 years ago
Thanks Cheryl! Never thought of doing everything white but the doors.
The neighbourhood is a mixture of some really awful colours and designs! Like hunter green and brown from the early 90’s

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