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Help with exterior coloring selections

2 years ago

We are in the process of selecting the exterior coloring for our home and looking to do a light cream siding. What color would you do the fascia - same as the siding (light cream) or white?

Here are some additonal details that may be helpful:

Waiting on stone samples to arrive (which will be in the cream/beige tones).
Windows will be white Andersen 400's with grilles.
Lap siding in LP Smart Side - either a SW White Duck shade or SW Alabaster color.
Home is NW facing on a wooded lot.
Garage doors are side entrance and will be white.
Example of home color scheme we love:

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Celery. Visualization, Rendering images
2 years ago
I would go with white for fascia.
A L0108 thanked Celery. Visualization, Rendering images
Kelly
2 years ago
This is really pretty but I would do slightly higher contrast between the white shades, dipping towards a beige to make the architectural details pop more from afar
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A L0108
Original Author
2 years ago
@Kelly - thank you! Just to make sure I understand your reco - you'd do white for fascia and then a slightly darker cream/beige for the siding?
A L0108
Original Author
2 years ago
@Celery. Visualization, Rendering images - thank you for your feedback! Thoughts on going with white for fascia? Helps thinks stand out versus all one "blob" ;)?
A L0108
Original Author
2 years ago
Any other thoughts on siding and fascia color? Here’s the exterior front rendering of the home for reference. I’m struggling between having the fascia and window trim be the same color as siding or having it be a white when house is light cream (white duck).

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