the 2nd one, I think. but not in white. I'd match the siding color or darker for your house.

oh, and I'd also do the carriage hardware on the door and larger lights

I like either of these door styles w/your house, but w/the added hardware in the first one

1.) Richards-Wilcox Echo Ridge,
I agree with Beth in a darker color matching the shutters or even darker

Thanks for the feedback! I already had another long thread almost entirely devoted to the colour and general style which is why I created this one. I had started out prefering darker garage door colours but people convinced me to go white (and I'll be cladding the garage trim in white aluminum and redoing the shutters and stuff).

I've thought about the hardware, but in general I'm not a huge fan of faux decorations (like my shutters that I'd remove if it weren't for my windows being disproportionately too small). I just like the clean look with no hardware :-) And I like the suggestion about larger lights, thanks!

your garage door is the first thing that's visible on your house. keeping it bright white means, "hey everyone, look at my garage door". paint it a softer gray that matches your stone or brick, so it's not like a giant beacon .

In fact, I love everything about this one for your house

see how much nicer the soft gray is?

this one more of a griege.

here are some other grays and styles. and if you want simple, do one like this

wrong shade of gray. tooo much blue in it.

below is a black or deep charcoal color

I actually like this style ^^^ WITH the hardware, but in a soft gray/cream color. this color is too Taupe/beige

I found this color gray. (had to photo shop two of them

what do you think of this color?

(you're redoing the driveway and landscaping too, yes?

Of the ones you posted, I prefer #2. However, I really like Beth's ideas, especially her 1st and 7th pics above.

Sorry, either Beth just changed her picture or I miscounted. It's not the 7th; it's the one where she says, "I found this color gray (had to photo shop two of them".

elaine, I removed a pic! lol.

you like this shade of gray?

Thanks for all the additional feedback! Eek -- my indecision combined with options is going to be the death of me! :P Yes, I'll be redoing the walkway, driveway, and landscaping, but probably not until next year (and I'll post here separately for that haha!)

My constraints at this point are that it has to be a Richards-Wilcox door (I did lots of reaseach and I like their quality, value, and that they're made locally). Another constraint is that I don't want to paint the door -- I want it to be a factory colour so that it's no maintenance.

With respect to colour, the Echo Ridge has very few options (due to the composite overlay that only comes in white and almond). With the Echo Ridge, I would pretty much have to have a white-on-white door to avoid the two-tone look.

I was looking around on the Richards-Wilcox site and stumbled across another model I did't notice before (Richards-Wilcox Grandview Recessed Smooth Ranch) . It's a shaker style, but horizontal rather than vertical.

There are a few things I like about this model:

• No composite overlay that could risk delimination/discolouration
• Likley cheaper (since no composite overlay)
• There's no seam in the middle of a large flat-panel surface
• More colour options

For your reference, my house brick seems to have a bit of a pinkish colour in it (not my favourite brick, but it is what it is haha!)

Anyways, I went through and tried on every colour in their palette for you to see haha! I will post them in a second (because Houzz doesn't seem to like large posts).

Yes, that's the one I meant!

It should match the gray of the siding.

Perfect!

White (with the three different window options)

Almond

Desert Tan

Sandstone

Bronze

Brown

Slate Grey

Black

Cafe

Walnut

Mocha

Auburn

FYI, I plan to pain the grey in the siding and shutters -- that's really easy to change :-)

I would suggest painting the garage door the same color as your siding so it is complimentary but not prominent. The style below is very attractive.

Paint your front door/screen and shutters a deep grey with a brown undertone (if that matches your roof) or the shade of grey that works best, as a roof is big part of the picture as well.

Thanks Beth! You certainly know your way around colours!!

FYI, I’m completely open to painting the shutters and the front door. The shutters are currently the color of the current garage door and it’s really easy to paint the shutters haha! It’s only the new garage door that I don’t want to paint — I want it to come in a factory color that I never have to worry about.

Of the ones your posted I think I like the Bronze and the Slate Grey the best.

Do you think I should consider the Bronze with Urbane Bronze shutters? Is it just me or does the Urbane Bronze have some green in it? Or should I consider Slate Gray that might tie into the gray roof more?

Thanks!!

I've actually painted w/ Urbane Bronze and it's just a deep bronze color.

Your best bet is to get a sample, paint a shutter or a piece of wood, and hold it next to the sample of the Bronze garage door color.

ditto the Slate Gray. see if they'll give you a sample chip of that shade and then take it to the paint store to get a contrasting match. For that one I'd go darker on the shutters. you don't want a big blob of taupe/gray. Something darker on the shutters, but in the same tonal family as the Slate Gray door, would be fine. We can find a front door color for you after you decide.

the other thing about that slate gray door, if for some reason you get it and it's not really the best fit, it's basically already primed so that you can repaint it in the Wrought Iron color.

I would pick a darker charcoal tone to work into your driveway, or cobblestone path, or whatever hardscape you're thinking of. you do need some contrast and a bit of color.

if you do the darker, the peacock color door is actually very nice

I'd prob paint the porch posts darker too

Thanks!

I’m really trying to stick with an unpainted garage door — I like the durable and maintenance-free factory finish 🙂

If I ignore my roof shingles, I think I like the bronze better. Do you think the Bronze door and Urbane Bronze shutters work ok with the grey roof? If I don’t ignore the roof, then the Slate Grey becomes an option to consider.

And for sure, my porch pillar needs to be repainted anyways 🙂 Would I paint it the same colour as what the shutters end up being?

I haven’t decided what I’ll do for driveway and walkway yet. I’ll probably do stamped concrete or interlock stone. I prefer interlock, but it costs a lot more 😂

Thanks!

too hard to tell from the pic Bryan. get a sample of the urbane bronze, paint a shutter or two. or hold it up next to the Bronze painted garage door. maybe they have a sample one somewhere.

As long as the roof color isn't so far off, you'll be fine. Gray roofs usually go w/everything

OK, thanks Beth! This is all so hard to do while in a pandemic, since I can't even get to the showroom :P But it would certainly be easier with some colour samples. I'll see if Richards-Wilcox can send me some samples. I found this higher-resolution photo of the Richards-Wilcox colours:

slate gray and the bronze are pretty close. see if they will send you out physical sample chips.

Then you could go to SW or even a home depot and do a color match of whatever contrasting color you want for the shutters.

Thanks Beth -- I just sent an email to the garage door retailer asking if sample chips are available :)

where in Can are you?

I'm in the Guelph, ON area (about an hour west of Toronto)

Hi Beth (and others)!

Our COVID restrictions are easing a little and the Richards-Wilcox sales rep was able to bring me some colour samples today! The photos below show the different colours with my brick (and the colours look different in person than on the screen, as expected!). Based on the real-life samples, I think I still prefer the Bronze colour (and I actually like it more in person than I do on the screen!). What do you think? My garage door cladding will be cladded to match the door, and I will repaint my shutters.

Richards-Wilcox -- Bronze

Richards-Wilcox -- Cafe

Richards-Wilcox -- Bronze & Cafe

Richards-Wilcox -- Slate Grey, Bronze & Cafe

Thanks!

I also plan to redo my driveway and walkway with interlock, so that colour can be considered as well. Perhaps Techo-Bloc Blu 80 Chestnut Brown (Smooth) with a Chocolate Brown or Onyx Black border?

Example of Driveway Border Pattern (I haven't designed the driveway yet -- just an idea)

Techo-Bloc Blu 80 Colours

Techo-Bloc Blu 80 Chestnut Brown (Smooth Finish)

Techo-Bloc Blu 80 Chestnut Brown (Smooth Finish)

Techo-Bloc Chocolate Brown (Slate Finish)

Techo-Bloc Onyx Black (Smooth Finish)

Thanks!

That bronze garage door is going to be pretty! I am not familiar with the pavers but color wise I like the Techo-Bloc Blu 80 Chestnut Brown (Smooth Finish) not sure a contrasting border is a good idea may be pretty busy. I like the idea you had in the previous post of the pavers going to your front door. What are you doing for the entry door?

I did some googling for techno block I found this picture and it has a border and It doesn’t look busy at all I think this would look really nice! Excited to see the progress.

@likewhatyoudo,

Yeah, I think the contrasting border would look fine. In the plot diagram I posted, I simply threw in a pattern when I was doing the drawing -- that's not actually what the Techo-Bloc looks like haha! I actually drew in the border pattern based on what I saw in the Techo-Bloc catalog below (although it's not Chestnut Brown below):

The patio slab / pebble stone combo looks really cool, but that's not something that would be suitable for a front door entrance here in Canada where we get heavy snow that I need to clear with my snowblower haha!

I like the bronze, and I like the pavers w/that contrast border too. Going to look very nice when it's completed

Thanks Beth, you helped me a lot through this selection process, I really appreciate it! When I saw the Bronze next to my brick (compared to the White) I'm glad that you got me to change my mind! It looks really nice in person.

For the interlock, if I go with "Chestnut Brown" as the primary colour, would you recommend that the contrasting border be a brown colour like "Chocolate Brown", or a black/charcoal colour like "Onyx Black"? And should I contrast the texture (i.e. the main pavers in smooth, but the border in rouch/slate finish?)?

Thanks!

So now that we have the Bronze door colour down, I still need to decide on the window style. I'll be getting frosted glass (for privacy) but should I add grilles (somewhat consistent with the windows on my house)? The grilles would be an aluminum grid inside the thermopane (rather than a cheap insert just stuck on the window). What do you think -- grilles or no grilles? And if I get grilles, should they be Bronze to match the door, or white to match the other windows in my house? If I go without grilles, I can pay a little extra to increase the windows from 24" high to 28" high (but perhaps that would cause my 45-angles to block the corners of the windows):

No Grilles (28")

No Grilles (24")

Grilles in Bronze

Grilles in White

Thanks!

I think I like no grilles. your brick has veining, the shutters, the grids on the windows, it's all 'busy'. I just think adding more 'movement' is redundant.

and I think the chestnut w/the chocolate would be just enough contrast

Thanks Beth!

I was 50/50 between grilles and no grilles, so your option will put me into the no-grille decision :-) Do you have an opinion on the 24" vs 28" windows?

Also, I got a picture of the aluminum cladding that they use when installing a Bronze Richards-Wilcox door. The picture below shows the cladding with a Richards-Wilcox door -- it's pretty close I think!

And thanks for your thoughts on the "Chocolate Brown" driveway trim. Would it be weird to use a "rough" chocolate brown border paver when the primary "Chestnut Brown" driveway pavers are smooth? Or should I just go with a smooth border paver?

hmmm, unsure about the rough/smooth. I think you could do either look w/the chocolate.

I like the looks of the smooth finish better than the slate finish.

I think I like the 28" windows. seems better suited . but again, they're close and it's only 4"

OK thanks! I like the smooth as well (it's a little more contemporary, which is my taste), which is why I want my primary pavers to be smooth. All of the pavers come in both slate and smooth, so I could just as easy do the Chocolate Brown in smooth as well. Smooth also happens to be 25% cheaper which is a bonus haha!

I also prefer the 28" windows, but my only concerns is that the 45-degree corners on my garage might block the corners of the outer window. I'll see what the R-W sales rep says about that :-)

Thanks!!

Just to confirm, even with the larger 28" windows, do you think no-grille is the way to go? There are fewer (and larger) panes with this window size as shown below:

28" Window -- No Grilles

28" Window -- 8 Panes

28" Window -- 4 Panes

This is what the grilles look like with this window size:

Ont the 24" window there is also this option that I didn't notice before:

24" Window -- Prairie

Thanks!

I like the 24 inch no grills because I would be concerned about the clipped corners covering part of the larger windows.

the 4 pane option is nice too. in the 28. the prairie doesn't match your home.

I like smaller panes in the garage door--they coordinate with the smaller panes in the rest of your house. The garage door up there with no windows? Looks kind of fortress-y. I like a medium, blending with the house color. I don't think the white or black looks best.

Hi everyone,

I just wanted to report back with the final results! I ended up going with:

• Make = Richards-Wilcox
• Model = Grandview (i.e. larger windows)
• Profile = Recessed Smooth Ranch
• Colour = Bronze
• Window Style = 4-Pane
• Window Type = Satin/Frosted (it's completely private)

The "Grandview" has larger windows, but because the top panel of the door is larger, the window is actually positioned further from the top of the door than if I got the smaller windows (so ironically, the larger windows help prevent clipping from the angled corners). The satin/frosted glass is really nice -- it's completely private (which was a concern of mine).

I can't really get a good picture because of my homemade dirt bin (another paver patio project in another Houzz thread :P) but I'm really happen with the results! Thanks @Beth H. : for convincing me that Bronze (rather than White) was the correct colour for my house -- my house no longer looks pink!

They still have to come back to clad the trim in matching bronze, and then I have to paint the shutters in Urbane Bronze. After that I can think about the front door colour and light fixtures. I think it will all pull together nicely :)

Thanks everyone for your suggestions!

Bryan, that looks great! perfect match. Glad to have been of help.

now just paint your shutters in the same (SW Urbane Bronze) and it will look perfect. (or, just remove the shutters like your neighbor did! )

Thanks Beth! I have a small metal colour sample of the garage door that I can bring to the paint store, and then they should be able to run it through their machine to come up with a really close colour match (which will likely be a variation of Urbane Bronze) :-)

I wish I was shutterless, but I'm afraid my windows are too small to pull off the shutters -- it would throw off the proportions :-( My neighbour's house never had shutters, so the builder installed larger windows.

Thanks!

Love the colour choice!