would paint White, BM Ivory Tusk, BM Stone Harbour, or BM Stone Hearth.

Sammie J,

The darkest sample is the same color as the front door and all exterior doors by our pool and garage doors. The lightest sample is the same color as the window frames. Do you think it will still be okay? Or do I need a “third” color?

Keep your selections classic in color.

Sloyder,

I like the BM Stone Hearth. That might be similar to this inspiration picture I’ve been looking at, but wasn’t sure if the color pallet would work with our stone veneer. The color I have that is closest to this is SW Urban Puddy, which is the lightest color in my picture.

Nice entry.

Would pick the lightest color from the stone pillars for your exterior walls.

Would choose the darkest color from the stone for the fascia and the trim boards around the window frames -- or just paint them black.

Would leave the actual window frames themselves the dark color they are.

I like the dark door but if you have a favorite bold color, then, after (but only after) the rest of the house is painted you might consider repainting your door that color.

Consider trimming the shrubs to just below the windowsill height during the appropriate time of year for trimming them. Some shrubs can be topped/cut flat while others require a slope cut to enable sunlight to reach all the places it needs to reach so do some research before cutting.

cyndie, I can’t make out the names of the color samples you hung up, but I like the lower right for the body and the upper left for the trim.

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I would look at the surrounding houses nature and chose a cooler that blend in with

I have samples of all the color swatches pictured.

In the picture from my original post: Urban Puddy is the bottom left color, Roadside is the bottom right color, Unpredictable Hue (very similar to Griffin) is the top right, and Elephant Ear is the top left.

IMO a color from the stone is the way to go

The river rock is such a misplaced material on the house, I would ignore it or stain it to mute it.

The river rock is complicating the paint choices Because of roof material. It’s a conflict

Completely agree about the river rock and the roof color. This is why I am having such a hard time. The river rock is in our pool area as well as pillars inside our home and on our fireplace. It is beautiful inside but is definitely making color choice options hard outside.

Sorry, cyndie. Your paint chips photo was not there (Houzz glitch ?? ) when I commented last night. I still like the two colors I liked in my comment though. Apparently , from your inspiration photo, you liked the lighter body color also. If the river rock is too much contrast after painting, as someone else mentioned, you can always white wash it with Romabio .

stucco over the river rock, or remove it.

While I appreciate the advice, I definitely will not be removing the river rock. We like the rock and it is throughout the outside and inside of our home.

Also, thank you for the suggestion about the rose bushes. They are out of hand and will be trimmed.

I like the combo of Roadside and Acacia Haze (from the photo of the chips.) I think that choosing warm colors that have a hint of green (or green -blue) will work best to pull the varied colors of the stone and roof together - and kind of calm them down.

The bushes will likely begin to grow thicker once trimmed.

Wouldn't want a stark white for the exterior.

I still like the almost/white stone -- like "stone" colored pants ... white but not stark white.

If you're not able to find that, then perhaps you might consider a white with a hint of gray and then use the gray from the stone that is also nearest the roof gray ( perhaps the upper left of those colors in your first pic just beneath the roof ) for the fascia and trim. That could bring the color(s) of the roof and stone and houses together.

Suezbell,

I will put those two colors together tomorrow to see how they look. Your thought is exactly what I’m looking for. Something to bring the stone and roof together where it doesn’t look like an afterthought.

I would go shoji white for the main color and the darker grey for the facia and trim. The rock has all the colors to tie them together. Don't cover them!!!

Lightest color for body, dark for trim just like Sammie said!!!

Miranda,

Thank you for the image with the color change. I appreciate the visual. The Soji white in person is really white. I painted the fascia just to see how it would look and it was too white. I painted over it with the Acia Haze. We also live in a Arizona with horse property so my husband doesn‘t want something too light where the dirt will show up. We are liking the Urban Puddy which is the bottom left in my original picture and the big board in the pictures I added. I put up the board I made of Roadside in the morning and post a picture.

The painter will pressure wash tomorrow, tape Tuesday, and start painting Thursday. Based on the comments it seems we should go with the Urban Puddy. Or does anyone have a specific color they’ve used and been happy with that is similar to what we‘re all visualizing?

I think the colors you picked will be perfect!

Hi Everyone! We finished painting our house. We went with Urban Puddy. However, now I am having trouble picking the fascia. Any suggestions? I’d like to mute the reds and bring more of the browns and grays out.

The new color looks great!

Thank you. Now I need to pick a fascia color.

I would either go dark or go light. Its all up to your personal taste. Exterior Painters

The colour farthest to the right is nice!

Some of the stones (in the close up posted Dec. 8) are a green-gray. I would look for something like that, or a brown-gray that has warm undertones. Or a lighter version of Urban Putty. You need a warm tone to go with the Urban Putty and the roof/rocks. Avoid any grays or browns that have pink/red/lavender, blue, or mauve-ish tones.

This is the pool area before the paint was complete.

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I would look at the surrounding buildings colors and nature colors at deferent season then I would look at paint color choices that work at the big picture contrast