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Mid Century Modern Exterior Paint -- Help Please Thanks

2 years ago

Hello,

Many thanks in advance for any help you can provide!

I'm a few weeks out from painting the exterior of my midcentury modern home.

The overall goal is to restore -- NOT to remodel or try to be "on trend".

The front of the house is on a hill and faces SOUTH but doesn't get a ton of light

The rear of the house faces NORTH and is also open to EAST and WEST and gets a lot of light

I'm planning to go with a not too bright, warm white with a darker neutral for the fascia and trim

Right now, my top choice for the walls is Behr Swiss Coffee.

My top color choice for the fascia and trim is Behr Granite Boulder which is a medium gray neutral color (with some green) that is a few shades darker than the Swiss Coffee...

Please note that the double front entry door with the frosted glass will be swapped out for a single slab door with a window next to it. I am planning to paint the slab door in an accent color that will pop...

Also please note that I'm not a fan of the newer garage door with the cold blue-green-ish tint on the window panes, but it works and I'm guessing it wasn't cheap and so I'm gonna try to work with it

I would appreciate thoughts / suggestions on --
*Wall color choice (Behr Swiss Coffee?)

*Fascia boards / trim color choice (Behr Granite Boulder)*what color to paint the gutters / downspouts... ??

*Front slab door color choice (orange? yellow? robin's egg blue?)

Any other suggestions are welcome

Thanks in advance and Happy New Year ...

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Comments (6)

houssaon
2 years ago
Stunning home. I like your color choices. You can bring in some bright color with large ceramic pots.
mcmtrt
Original Author
2 years ago
Thanks for the kind words and the feedback
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Browns and beiges are devlishly difficult to do well. And even harder for us who are interpreting these colours on our screens. On my screen your roof is not at all orange-brown. I took a shot of it your roof, enlarged it and this is what I see. A pinkish brown that is pretty close to the rosy brown shown below it. The darker colours are a burgundy brown or wine brown. The blue beside it is the complementary colour to pinkish brown - opposite on the colour wheel. On my screen and to my eye, this looks better than an orange door. Even the bit of orange on the pavement at the bottom of your picture seems to clash with the roof. The blue could be lighter or darker or less saturated, but stay in the same general level of blueness vs going more green-blue or more purple-blue. https://www.color-name.com/rosy-brown.color https://www.farrow-ball.com/en-us/colour-by-nature/deep-reddish-brown You could do worse than get a professional colour consultant on this. Whatever you choose, I'd paint some big sample boards and look at it in different lights before you pick up the paint brush.
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Alicia
2 years ago
I like your color choices. I think an orange or robins egg blue would work well for the front door. Cool house.
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arakashi
2 years ago
What about a light army green? Swiss coffee and dark grey are definitely very ”on trend”
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arakashi
2 years ago

This is a vey light army green/beige with slightly darker greenish-brown trim on a mid century.
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Patricia Colwell Consulting
2 years ago
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IMo a colored fornt door would not be my choice ilove the garage doors and IMO I would look for a door that kind of mimics that in some way. IMO would be a door similar to this syle with the frosted glass . MCM was all about simple and I love your house so be acreful not to go too far out of the box.I would however go to work on that front landscaping . I agree to colored pots on the deckand I had that same FP in my other house and it was orange maybe think about adding the color there too.
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