SOS exterior colors
Bought this house last summer and have been working on the inside, now time to spruce up the exterior. I think the entire house needs to be painted, trying to convince the husband of this. At the very least the front and the trim will be painted. I like SW fawn brindle for the front clapboard, with a warm white trim for the entire house. My BIGGEST decision is whether to keep the shingles brown (wood-looking) on the remaining 3 sides with maybe a stain to blend the faded areas OR to paint the entire house the same color. After that I will also paint the decks but I don't need to finalize that color yet. We replaced most windows and the window trim won't change (old windows without trim will be trimmed out eventually with the same basic trim) and above the garage those windows look funny but I don't know what to do about them. I don't love shutters but I suppose we could on the front? The roof is staying..... :( ....I need a lot of help. please.
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Comments (39)I'm with those who like the house color. It's mine, in fact. Regarding the garage doors, those are the trouble spot in the typical home. Ideally, the garage would be detached and hidden, your chauffeur would drop you off and then make the car disappear too. These days, instead of hiding garages discretely hidden behind hedges, we have big, klunky utilitarian garage doors trying to grab attention from what should be a compelling and delightful front entry. So, my recommendation is to not try to punch up the garage door in any way. THAT's not where you want people to look. Your painter had the right idea, but still went the wrong way in painting it the typical bright look-at-me white. I'd take the house color itself a shade or two two darker and paint the garage doors that color. It's so nice that you do love the front door color, which is lovely with the gray. I agree with Bronwynsmom, though, that more contrast would fix the washed-out effect you're seeing from the street. Just look to something else to add more. Flowers are ephemeral, so not so great to depend on even in the warm seasons and gone entirely in winter. How about establishing more permanent energy with a pair of large, decorative, winter-hardy pots? They could hold flowers in summer, seasonal decor in winter. Yellows-oranges-reds are across the color wheel from blue, and the complement would really make the door area pop. If that's too colorful for your tastes, you could add contrast in a quieter manner by going dark against the relatively pale colors, black, very deep green, eggplant, or...?...See MoreHouse exterior is just so "blah" ...
Comments (10)darker garage door would work. something this dark or a tad lighter. I like the row of glass at the top I like this door too. what do you think about painting your front door a lighter color? the shrubs under the windows on the right need pruning. Love the colored pots idea. maybe even a mustard or red would work too. or,,instead of those hedges, try something like this under the window Planting some flowers after the tree comes out, in that bare patch, would also work. Iceberg rose bushes?...See MoreHelp me pick an exterior color please! So hard...!
Comments (9)I have to say that I would not paint your brick nor would I use any blue. I would change the green to a shade of gray found in the stone. I would change the aluminum storm door to an all glass one, and then if the budget allows, take out those overtrimmed bushes ( all of them), and get new landscaping. If you get a professional landscaping plan you can implement it over time. Maybe Dig Doug's Designs or Yardvark will stop by with some ideas....See MoreHow to approach painting an exterior door two different colors?
Comments (10)Thanks for reply, sorry I'm still a little confused. Probably I'm not explaining it right. Let me try again. So the exterior color of the door is brown and the inside is white. So there's two door jambs, 1 holds the hinges and 1 holds the strike plate (and then the top section that connects the 2), and then there's 2 sides of the door, 1 swings into my condo and one is next to the hinges. What colors would you paint those 4 things?...See More
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last monthThis is a better representation of the color, especially this side it is pretty faded and purply, so I need to "tone it" with stain, but I do like the natural wood look. I am not sure about doing the front clapboard because that would have to be true paint (not stain) so It would look different and maybe not so natural? I don't know. I'm still very up in the air.
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last monthThe roof color is driving the bus. I like how the back looks, a lot, so bring the brown around to the front,
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