We’re painting but what should we do with these shingles? Please help!
Hello! We are painting our house SW Alabaster and I’m loving it! Our front door is stained Douglas Fir and I think it looks really pretty with the paint.
My question is what do we do with these messy, weathered shingles? Paint them Alabaster? If we restain them they would not match the front door as they are so much darker in many places ... is that a big deal? The plan is to leave the trim around windows Alabaster and perhaps paint gutters a color similar to roof or maybe Urban Bronze. We may add some stained wood under the garage soffit and front porch which would bring in more natural wood elements.
Part of me wants to just paint them because I think maintenance would be a lot simpler. I like the fresh look of the new paint. I just want to make sure the house looks balanced.
Thanks for your help!
Before:
During... I’m embarrassed it’s such a mess, but it is what it is. DIY ain’t always pretty!
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HeatherInOR
2 years agolast modified: 2 years agoRelated Discussions
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2 years agolast modified: 2 years ago@HALLETT & Co. thank you- I’m kind of leaning that direction as I’m looking at house pics online. The wood shingles on some look pretty busy and I prefer a little more understated. Getting rid of that board and batten in the bottom helped lessen the choppy feel a lot!
this one looks particularly busy because of shutters and posts but I can get a sense of what it might feel like.
This one has a similar roof line and I like the simplicity of it.
I will continue to clean the shingles- keeping an open mind.Thanks all for the help!
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Before and after. We are very happy with the results! In addition to the paint, we did a new door, said so long board and batten around the base and the corbels that were falling off, and bye bye to the decking. We also poured a larger porch area and added a brick patio to the front.Still need to get up on the ladder and get the last bit of blue tape off the window, but I was too excited not to post! One more coat coming to the shingles, too . We painted most of the house ourselves, hiring out only the tallest parts. Thanks to all for the advice and encouragement!
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