Desperately need suggestions for exterior house color
Hello! I’m having a terrible time trying to decide on exterior colors for our new build in the PNW. The house is a craftsman style rambler, 2760 sq ft I’ve attached a rendering of the home. Our roofing color is black, white gutters and white windows so I know I want to stick with white trim. I don’t think painting the whole house white would look good on our style of home. I’ve thought about painting the house a dark greyish blue. I also dont know if I want to paint the gable shakes a different color than the main body. And if I do should I paint the gables a lighter or darker color? Should I keep the garage doors white to match the trim? Or paint them the same color as the body? Or if we do a lighter color on the gables should we paint the garage doors to match the gables? I’m imagining a medium grey body, lighter grey gables, garage doors matching the gables and white trim/white porch posts.
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PROPPF.
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