Exterior Update 90s Southwest/Mediterranean Stucco House Pink Tile
Hello everybody. Im in charge of refreshing the family house built in Fountain Hills, Arizona in the late 90s. I want to give the house a more modern look and am tired of the all pink theme. I dont want to spend the money to paint the tile roof so trying to figure out what color combo works best. I also wanted to smooth the chunky stucco but got a quote at $13k to redo stucco...not thanks. I like crisp white but think the roof edge and maybe the popouts could have an accent color? Want to change up look of garage doors as well. Maybe stone overlay on front courtyard wall? Im down to a time crunch so need some ideas asap! This is all new to me
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3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoIt’s hard to see the roof color — is it exactly the same pink as the stucco color?
I would not do an all-over dark color in the Arizona desert.
The Behr site has a lot of stucco color combos, but the roof colors aren’t as pink as yours.
This is Vanilla Mocha:
Sandstone Beige:
Spanish Sand:
Antique White
Dove Gray:
This is a good-looking scheme, white with tan, and using wood garage doors:
This is a similar house for sale in your town — notice how the accent colors are a very subtle lighter color than the body of the house.
Showing this one for the wall only, not house color … just painting it for now. You could always add stone later.
I don’t know if any of these are helpful, I just can’t tell what the roof color is. But in looking at real estate listings in the area, there are lots of similar ones. Maybe peruse them, and neighboring towns, to see if any catch your eye. And do searches online for ’stucco house colors’ etc, for lots of ideas. Your painter should be the best resource, as they’ll be experienced with stucco and color schemes common in your desert area.Related Discussions
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Comments (22)MSH2000, I know how hard it is to choose colors especially for first time home buyers and builders such as my wife and I. A year ago our builder gave us the daunting task of choosing the main exterior color and trim and personally I found it the hardest part of the entire home building process. The mechanical, architectural, and systems aspects seemed easier to me- just read a lot and the answers are there; but house colors forget it! We also have a red roof such as yours and this makes color choices a little more restrictive. Our first color choice was bold and bright, and after the house was painted I knew we might have not made the "best" choice given our neighborhood. So we changed it. My wife and I promised ourselves that we will be true to ourselves and neither of us are scared of colors- thus the red roof, bronze windows- colors you don't find in our neighborhood. Everyone went for the pastels, washed out sandy light colored roofs, and the pastel Key West look. Well, our house is Mediterranean themed, not Key West so we both felt our house should not be a replica of everyone elses in the neighborhood, but it had to fit in. My advice, and something I wish I had done PRIOR to letting my painter put one brush stroke on my home, is for you to get a sample jar of the paints you are planning to go with and try it on the house our on poster board and see how it all blends together. We told our builder that we wanted to change colors and I wanted to provide the painter with my own paint. (in other words- not contractor paint) They obliged and I went with California Paints flat velvet base. The main color is "Wooly Thyme" and trim color is "chic magnet". See for yourself how it turned out in the link below. Keep in mind the original color was almost school bus yellow, while it might have looked nice in another neighborhood it didn't jive with some of my neighbors as the President of the HOA let me know in a nice way. Again, we're not scared of colors but we wanted our house colors to have character and warmth and I think we were able to capture this with our colors. A few things I learned about colors and some suggestions. Lighter colors on a tall/large house will stand out much more than lighter colors on a less tall one story home such as yours, but keep in mind that with a red roof, light colors might make your roof look "top heavy". The trick might be to choose a lighter earth toned color that's a few shades lighter than the one we chose, but not so bright that it makes your home look top heavy. Also remember the quality of the paint itself makes a difference in terms of how close the color matches in terms of sheen/shade/luster to the swatch- at least that's what I'm finding out. Here is a link that might be useful: Andyk's build 08/19/07...See MoreSears Kit Home Exterior Restoration
Comments (44)@tangerinedoor You can see why I want to keep a lot of the historic elements of the exterior! The last owners picked the dark greys. I like how moody and cozy it makes the family room, but it reads so purple in our dining room that I’m going to paint it a nice greige. The bedroom is a Sherwin William historic arts and crafts color called Indian White. It’s really creamy and I guess does read a tad peach (I’m not a huge fan of that selection and I just made it two weeks ago!)!...See MorePaint exterior pop-outs a different color or not?
Comments (35)what if you brought in some terra cotta pots w/the jute/black mats/rug? maybe did a birdbath, southwestern style, in the middle ? suround it w/some native plants? so many cool ways to add some color right there. bubbling urn, terra cotta, lots of boulders/pebble rock, container plants, I'd prob do something like these rocks, the bubbling urn or a colorful birbath, some mexican pebble rock up aginst the cobble, a few plants in a some colored pots. or something simple like this with a little pathway, the bench, some solar lights or, a little bistro table chairs i'd layer something like this on top of the larger jute rug. how about a place to sit? love these two colors (the wood) w/the terra cotta, black and the aqua (and copper) (oh, but you don't like this color, right? w/the black and copper, I think it's a nice addition. use the cobalt if you prefer) a southwestern style bench up against that part of the wall (you could always do this bench in the color that you like. ) a sun on the wall behind it, a copper southwestern style door handle, and pots to match? maybe a southwestern door mat. These are just thrown together. you could pick better colors and styles. gave you the wood bench here w/the cobalt pot. love these colors...See MoreExterior color choices
Comments (28)If my screen is accurate I see pink in your pathway tiles. Your faded red clay roof colour is also a pink. The most pink of the colour schemes is #24. The others are too green-beige or too yellow, and I think will clash with your tile roof and pathway tiles. IMO these are the right shades for your house. When I chose a colour scheme, I assumed you must paint the body the first colour on the swatch or maybe there leeway as long as you stick to those colours? Does your friend have a suggestion for the body colour, based on your available selections?...See MoreRelated Professionals
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These are taupes, actually pretty grey with a lot of pink and brown. They don't look very grey applied to the house. I think too cold of a grey would make the roof look very pink.
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3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoThere is a great color in the B.M family, Ashland Slate and it will work with the roof. Do everything...stucco (don't spend money to smooth it out, just use a flat finish paint), trim, B.M. Soft Gloss finish, and garage door in a semi-gloss.
I can't find an image of a house with a pinkish roof, but the body of the house would look like this one:
Notice the wood accent...you could do for the courtyard wall.
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3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoWarm white, as in @palimpsest’s rendering. Please, no greys in the desert. Xeriscape plantings would be an asset.
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