Desperate for help - need white exterior paint suggestion ASAP
I have been dealing with some issues that have caused me to be unable to concentrate on selecting exterior paint color for my house. I decided to engage my sister’s neighbor - she is a professional designer.
We had an appointment scheduled for today - but she sent me a text telling me that she had a family emergency (son had a terrible car wreck - taken to ER). As a mom, I completely understand that her son is WAY more important than what color I should paint the exterior of my house. However, I now am back to trying to figure this out myself.
I am willing to pay for help - but I don’t know how to get that done now that there is basically no time left.
I truly would appreciate any assistance/advice anyone is willing to share. I would love to find a professional on Houzz to engage for guidance.
My house faces east - lots of sun. I have some good shade trees in the back - but still receive some sun (many windows on back of house).
My storm windows are still up in this photo - unfortunately:
My house sits up high on a slope a bit back from the street - this photo was taken in the yard in order to get a better view. I replaced a cedar wood shake roof with a ”weathered wood” architectural shingle (looked the most similar) a few years ago. The shingles look more tan/brown in this photo than in real life.
This photo is more accurate - although it still shows more brown than I actually see. The roof is more visible in the backyard than any other elevation.
I have been thinking about a traditional white colonial with black shutters + maybe using a pop of color on the front door (and back doors?). I would like a white paint that won’t look ”blindingly white” with all the sun!
If someone has other suggestions, please let me know!
Thank you so much,
Dani
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dani_m08
last yearThis is one of the photos I have saved:
I am going to beef up my portico columns + want to add brick to it + my walkway.
@Lori A. Sawaya - I would love any help/advice - I tried to send you a message about engaging you 5-6 times - but it kept crashing.Related Discussions
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Comments (6)That is an attractive house. I like painted brick and there's a lot of it in my neighborhood. "Off-white" is a lot of range, though--some off-whites are grayish and others are creamish, for example. I like creamy better than cooler tones, but that's me. Some pretty painted brick houses in my neighborhood are: warm gray with white trim and charcoal shutters cream with sage/taupe-y trim and shutters sage green with black shutters and there's also an electric periwinkle blue with white trim and black shutters, but that's a controversial choice among my neighbors... I wanted a black garage door and the garage door guy said that around here (Kentucky) a black door won't stand up to the heat, as black absorbs more sunlight than other colors. So, you may want to find out if that's true where you are. Or even true at all--maybe he was wrong....See MoreWhite Paint Color Suggestions needed ASAP! Thank you!
Comments (8)To me, BM Decorator White is very stark (it reminds me of white poster board!), the Simply White is a true clean white without being stark, but compared to whites with more yellow/blue/gray/peach in them it would appear stark, so I also can see how people might call it stark if you held it up against those other whites. Can you paint a large enough spot on your house so that you can see it in all types of light from early morning to late evening? Also depending on where you have it on the house and what it faces it will reflect different light from greenery, even the sky. I have white white walls in my bathroom more along the lines of the decorator white so very stark and when it is late afternoon one of the walls in there looks very pale blue because of the way the sun hits during that time of day and the reflection of the sky if it's a bright sunny day. Kat :)...See MoreDesperately need help selecting exterior paint colour scheme
Comments (0)As you can see, the exterior of our house needs repainting. It is happening next week and seeing as though it is an expensive task that I have to live with for a long time, I would appreciate any advice/suggestions on colours. Because I like colorbond ocean blue and I do live at the beach, I was thinking of it for the roof gutters and I would like the house in a light/white colour. The colours I have considered are surfmist, white dune half, and white duck quarter (paint has to be dulux). I have absolutely no idea and I would really appreciate any advice or suggestions on the colours. My house is approx 20 years old with beige window frames, so should they be matched? The front door will be replaced eventually but not this minute. Thank you....See MoreI need exterior paint help ASAP please!!!!
Comments (6)I think black/charcoal trim will be too stark of a contrast. I would do the sage green that you posted above with the bottom "white" of your paint samples, which looks like the softest white...and closest to all of your inspirations....See Moredani_m08
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last yearlast modified: last yearI tried using SW Visualizer but unfortunately, the whites aren't very accurate and it's tough to highlight details. How do you feel about the look on the left? I beefed up the columns on the right, which I think is a good call. It sounds like you're wanting a lighter/brighter look. White trim will help a lot. If you know the current siding color, try a shade or two lighter on the paint swatch.
Here's white for comparison:
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last yearlast modified: last yearI like the combo that er sent you. the white trim and the light siding.
you want to do white on white w/black shutters?
what if you tried this? White trim, Whirlpool (or Adagio) on the siding, and Wrought Iron on your shutters/door?
These are my house colors. Behr Swiss Coffee is a nice white, but not blindingly so.
If you still want white on white,,,SW Alabaster
BM China White. pairs well w/brown accents
SW Shoji White (and it appears their is a light, warm gray trim color)
Maybe Accessable Beige
or try one of these
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last yearlast modified: last yearThe tree to the left of the front door, I can't tell what it is...a sugar maple? Investigate if it can be transplanted because it blocking a lot of the house.
Love these colors...nothing jarring, just soft and sophisticated with the shutters and front door the same color:
Repose Gray (siding), Alabaster White (trim), Dorian Gray (shutters/door)
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last year@er612 - your third photo ( the one of my house with adding black shutters + white trim) looks exactly like my house did before it was painted five years ago!
@Beth H. : - the house you posted that is painted SW Alabaster is the one I have saved - wish I could just throw a pretty limewashed looking brick on it like some of the photos you’ve posted over the years. i actually saw a photo of your house with Behr Swiss Coffee which is what led me to thinking about SW Alabaster.
@elcieg - it’s a Japanese Maple tree - it’s ”sad” right now. I redid all of hardscape + landscape in the front (and backyard) - and it didn’t like having its roots messed with - especially when I had the sprinkler system extended into the landscape beds when we hit a terrible hot spell during July. It was pruned back last year (quite a bit) - and recovered well fortunately. It should have never been allowed to grow as big as it did. So, I now have a plan with a tree professional who is helping me try to prune it back to a reasonable size for where it’s planted (my ex husband planted it there - I was worried about it back then).
I would love to transplant it somewhere if possible because it is a beautiful tree - I am looking into it.dani_m08
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last yearHave you considered no shutters? With the two roof lines, it would give a seamless look.
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last year@elcieg - I have thought about not replacing the shutters - a few people in our neighborhood have done that recently.
This one is about 3 houses down from my house:
@Beth H. :This is one of my neighbor’s - the body is the same shade as the color you suggested for the body of my house - just looks different in the afternoon since we have an eastern exposure (this photo makes it look more gray):
I’ve always wanted to rip off the shutters on their garage - after spending time on Houzz, I now know why!dani_m08
last yearlast modified: last yearThis is one of the houses in my neighborhood that I’ve always really liked (best one of the traditional colonial houses) - it’s ALWAYS been white w/ black shutters:
I actually almost bought it several years ago, but decided instead to have a vacation home in Colorado instead.
Maybe that’s why I want to go white w black shutters now?dani_m08
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