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Paint Design Dilemma Exterior

Trim. column, shutter and garage door color?

last year

HELP ! We are having trouble deciding on a trim and shutter color also columns and garage door will be painted . This home will also have a new front door. The storm door will be removed . There is no room in the budget for painted brick or painted rooof. Thanks !

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decoenthusiaste
last year
Your home on putting it on the market? I would match all the painted trim to the lightest colored brick which looks to be more of a creamy white.. Open all the windows on the top of the garage door (usually its just a panel that can be removed,) do away with the storm door and vestigial shutters. Add wider trim around the windows. pay to have the stump removed and get after the landscaping. You can choose a color for the front door afterward, but it may need to be updated with a new one if it is a builder's special.
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Polina Kohno Interior Designer
last year

Nice house, do you live here?

I would recommend you to bring color at the garage door. White trim and columns looks safe (1), however they lack contrast in my opinion. Brick goes well with blue and green, turqoise (2). Brown color would be a safe option too, because it is just another shade of red (3,4).

White color is the safest - you can repaint it easily.
HU-198829814 thanked Polina Kohno Interior Designer
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Patricia Colwell Consulting
last year
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IMO the red shutters do nothing to enhace the house and are the wrong choice for those windows. I certainly would not paint the brick no matter what. IMO your best bang for the $ is landscaping and maybe a nice color for the new door and garage door I would leave the posts as is they almost blend into the brick which is ideal in this case .If in the budget a garage door with windows to match the house would be great . Maybe a nice grayed green since that ia nice complelent to all the red then maybe keep the shutters and do them theat same green
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HU-198829814
Original Author
last year
thanks so much !

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