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Light Pink Brick House - Need color suggestions for Trim

5 years ago

I have a light pink brick 1960 ranch house, the trim on the eaves is currently white and I would like to change it but don't know what colors would work. I have read that a charcoal grey would help contrast the pink brick the best - Can you help me find the right color?

Also I don't know what to do with the front flower beds if i should leave the linear and close to the house itself or redesign and expand them more into the yard.

I would appreciate any suggestions.

Photo of house below,

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JudyG Designs
5 years ago
Suggest you take off all the shutters; paint the trim on eves darker than the roof.

Can’t quite figure out the front door, but if that’s a storm door, paint the front door the same color…. How about blue?

Big improvement would be to beef up the columns…square columns.
Alex Adams
Original Author
5 years ago
I agree, remove the shutters, I was thinking of Charcoal color for the eves.

I like the idea of a blue/grey door, it will be replaced at a later time with a new one.

What do you think about faux wood columns for the front porch? Are they good quality?
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Yardvaark
5 years ago
I'm fine with the shutters, but wish you had ones that fit. (They're too long.) Not a fan of the dark trim idea. The landscape needs to be redone. It is boring and a touch oppressive. If you want suggestions, move in closer with the camera, to about 1 1/2 car lengths from the house and take a series of slightly overlapping photos that pan from far left to far right, Include background space beyond each end of the house.
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emmarene9
5 years ago
I don't mind the white eaves. If you feel you must change then go a little darker than the roof.

I'd remove the shutters from the porch windows. They detract from the entrance.
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