Help!!! Need advice on good trim colors for Alabaster white exterior
Hi! We are painting our house and chose Alabaster for the body of the house but are having trouble picking colors for the trim and the skirt. We live in Charleston and the skirt gets very moldy due to the climate. Any advice is appreciated! Below is a picture of the current colors.
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Comments (3)I like Alabaster. Used quite a bit of it. Never used Westhighland. It dos not really matter how many people use or don't use any colour. What matters is if you like it. If it makes you feel good when you look at your home. That is the great thing about colour and all the colour books that are out there. It gives everyone several 1000's of colours to choose from. Who would want everyones house on the block to be the same or very similar colours. That wouldn't make too many people happy most likely. Both colours are similar and in my honest opinion you probably would not know the difference between the two with the variance of sun amounts that you will get at different times of the day on certain areas and sides. The colours will slightly change often with the lighting during the day you could always but a quart of each and put two coats of colour on some trim that is close together to see the difference and what you prefer. Then make your selection and you can even use up the quart for first coat on trim as the second coat will cover the other colour in one (if you are using high quality paint). Spend the extra money on top lines of paint. It is well worth it for so many reasons....See MoreNeed advice on paint colors for the brick (Alabaster?) and trim color.
Comments (13)That's what happens when it's not painted properly. It's a different story when brick is painted with the proper prep and product. With that said, the look you have right now is a look people work really hard to achieve. The flaking paint on brick might just be serendipity. Check out the Romabio IG feed and you'll see what I mean. You could leave it as is and the more that flakes off, may be the better. https://www.instagram.com/romabiopaints/...See MoreColor advice needed on new construction exterior trim and siding
Comments (1)With the windows and garage doors I would probably go with the same color for the fascia and gutters. I think white siding would look too stark in the gable ends. Something in the taupe family to bridge the dark trim/windows and the lighter brick would look nice. If you're interested in seeing some virtual finishes on your house check out my web site, Creative Visual Concepts....See MoreExterior Color with Alabaster White and shutters
Comments (15)Pillars alabaster too :) And it's your home, choose whatever color you'd like! My neighbor has the witest of whites on his exterior and on a sunny day we need sunglasses to look in that direction! Ours is RAL9010 (european) and even that is quite white, but doable....See More
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Ignore the blues!!! From left to right the whites are Oyster White, White Duck & Alabaster (all SW). Im afraid White Duck is too creamy.
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last yearHow about rethinking your plan? Here is a inspirational photo and a color palette as example. I am OK with your shutters because they look like they could be functional and they provide vehicle for accent color. I would paint body BM Tarrytown green or similar color and shutters complimentary orange/rusty red for accent. I suggest you look on Houzz for pictures you like that are inspirational to you and post in a new Ideabook here on Houzz. You only have 2 Ideabooks now so it would help us “see” what you like and envision. Great house in great setting.
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