Exterior paint for a tudor revival?
Hello, I would love some advice on exterior paint for this house. Built in 1938, is it tudor revival? The red/brown roof is in good shape, so I need to work with it, as well as the white vinyl windows. Thoughts? What to do with the lower section? Same as the shingles? The big one: would you paint the brick?
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houssaon
2 years agoI wonder if the turret was added later. I would not call it Tudor, although someone was trying to make it that style.
I think green would also work, but a deep gray green like Benjamin Moore's Caldwell Green, a historical color. Paint the foundation the same color. I think the trim should be light since the windows are white.
I would paint the planter box the trim color. Or remove it, which would enable you to develop a more varied foundation planting scheme.
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elcieg
2 years agolast modified: 2 years ago
Because it is a smaller home, I suggest one color for everything, turret, foundation and paint the trim white.Because of the color of the roof, I would choose B.M. Cement Gray because of the undertone.
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2 years agoHere are some colors that you might like.
Java is a brown that would go well with your roof. It would be a good color for the fascia.
I like Navajo because it is a warm white.
Lancaster is great, too.
I can see these colors on the siding. One of them might work if you do white on the siding and want to do a color on the foundation.
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