Exterior New Look -- need opinions on color, please
I am updating the look of this house with a bit of a cedar "magnolia style" touches. My time and money is limited, and will do more in a year or two.
1. Replacing the door with a fiberglass (shaker panel - 1/4 lights -3 at top.) I am removing screen door.
-----was thinking a turquoise or a color that stands out for nice accent. ????
2. I am installing 2 6x6" cedar columns "rough cut - red western cedar" and using probably a nearly translucent stain - keeping it light to medium similar to the natural look. The columns will be relocated to be on each end of the gable roof. So column on the right side is about in the right spot, and the one on the left will be moved about 8 ft to the left (in cedar). Is keeping the cedar a light natural color the best approach -- I could go a bit darker to a medium tone to stand out more against the brick?
3. Finally I am adding cedar shutters -(will custom build them and they will match the posts.
Will the cedar and the orangy brick look too similar ? Any suggestions for short-term and a long-term color scheme? Longer-term might mean doing a German schmear to the brick -- not sure. Also, would probably paint the trim (facia) in a year or so. This is a 1964 yr built home in San Antonio, TX.
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Coffee Dude
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2 years agoAnother thought? make the shutters more colorful to tie in with the new door color? I have done a few stain projects that make something look old - blending the colors -- i dont even know what that is called, but it looks good on my barn doors.
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2 years agoI like the stain of the cedar. Any one of the blues looks great and all of the green, except four for some reason. I think five is my first choice, then three. Can you wait until the cedar and the shutters are done. It is going to depend on them.
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