Julie I assume you have no color restrictions. What don’t you like about the current look? How is Mark?

I think the roof color on Flo’s example inspo picture would be beautiful with the top color of your chimneys, as well as the cobblestone in your driveway. I think that ,with your interiors, colors on the cooler side like gray - but a warm gray, would work . Notice how the color of the pots in that photo play nicely with the roof.

… If keeping your columns and trim white, then a warm gray backdrop would be a nice contrast to highlight all the architectural detail your house has.

…If wanting to incorporate a much darker color, this is a nice one.

Someone posted a house similar to yours and the white used was SW Ballet white. You may want to look at that. I agree with Flo that a light color seems right for your house.

Gorgeous house Julie!

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Hard to tell from photo but you seem to have some stonework near front entrance? Perhaps you could paint the pillars the same colour as the stone work & then a white on the main body of the house with black accents - like this picture. The white, taupes & black work well together with the grey roof. Link to inspiration house below the pic. Another gorgeous house

https://www.ridgelineconstructiongroup.com/portfolio/downtown-greenville-residence-ii/

🤔 The rug in the great room of the house Allana sent is the same as your family room rug, Julie. Maybe it’s a sign, haha 🤷‍♀️😉.

Allana and I are on the same wavelength here. Great example Allana. Hoping everything is Ok with Mark. Julie, are you guys ok? Been quiet.

Great suggestions keep um coming! I am leaning light for sure..the roof will be Black.

Love this color combo but you don’t have shutters so I don’t know where it would be incorporated. Love a black roof. Told DH next time our roof gets hailed out we are going black!

Thanks Kjoy…Anew Gray is what we painted inside! Snowbound has been suggested so it is on my list. Flo and Nicci..yes love that combination you both posted. Flo all is well just have been busy getting things done around here now that things are normal again..Mark is doing great..thank goodness!

The house is two toned right now with a very light creamy yellow and a light taupe…white trim..windows and pillars

Here are some photos of the back of the house you can see the two colors…was thinking still want two light colors.

So happy to hear your break from Houzz was due to phone trouble. Easy fix—kind of! Even happier to hear Mark is doing great. That’s the most important thing! If you go black roof which is classic look for your home, I would do all one offwhite for the body and use a complimentary trim and gutter color. But not true black. Let the architecture and natural light create the variations. It will give a bigger impact. Good luck on all counts! 🍀

So you are wanting to keep the two tone look with two colors?

I think so…but very subtle

This house used the BM color “ Stone” at the top and then just created a lighter version for the other parts. Not suggesting this color, but maybe you could use this principle in that you could find a color you like then just go one or two shades lighter on the strip for just a subtle difference.

I think the most important thing to consider is the red brick and gray/taupe stone on your house. You need a color that works well with both. The stone will probably be easy to work with but that red brick can be kind of bossy. Here is an example of both stone and red brick on a home. They decided to paint the red brick. And went with Pashmina BM because it brought out the cream in the stone.

A few color combos for consideration. I know you used Shoji inside in TX.

Thanks Molly really like those colors together.

More shots of the house and stone

I like this color combination. It is hard to find examples of two tone homes where whole sections of the house are different colors without one of the colors being a lot darker. Is your thought to do the entire sections two different colors (like now ) and leaving the trim white ? Would you be open to one body color and just trim being different , as Flo suggested ? I agree with her about keeping the body one color. Either way , I like these colors below with a black roof.

I'd do a warm white, taupe and clean white for trim and pillars. I am not a huge fan of the yellow undertones with your stone. I also would consider doing a romo bio wash on the red brick.

Because your home is so grand and your landscape is so gorgeous a white home with a black roof could be quite stunning

Love the white. Very stately.

Kjoy thank you so much…it does look beautiful but we have an all White House across the street and another about 4 houses down…and the front of the house with the big white pillars….we might feel like we are living in the WHITE HOUSE.:))

Haha. No one wants to live in the WHITE HOUSE right now 😉

Lol

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Lol. That's due to the inhabitants, not the color .................................: ( : (

Julie could you go white if you accent with taupe? KJoys white is bright but what if you took it to a warm white so it presents itself more subtly?

The mock-up of your house in white is compelling. With the trim a soft taupe as @niccdhg suggested, it will look stately. Which it is already.

“Too white” won’t be right so a soft white is needed.

White is hard to work with in photoshop. It hardly ever looks right. Did the best I could. Gives an idea at least 🤷‍♀️

What kjoys mockup up did for me was that it showed i like one dominant color vs having two colors as it is now.  Another thought is to have a fabric awning perhaps over the window at the patio?

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Put this color palette board together for your consideration. Sherwin Williams color of the year reminded me of your brick chimneys. The black roof would be an easy addition or even a dark gray would be nice and then would flow with your interior color palette of blacks, whites and neutrals.

I hope in time, you get assured that one color on the body is best. A subtle two tone might look like you messed up and more distinct can look choppy. I really believe one tone is going to make this house look even bigger and even more beautiful.

Agree on the idea of doing one tone. With the brick chimneys you’re probably not going to want to wash the lower brick. I like the colourway Flo suggests here; I think the white is too stark.

I’ll also vote on staying with one body color on your home. Our last house had a central portion that was shake style and the outside wings were board and batten. I chose to paint the shake portion a coordinating color and in about 3 years we were hiring painters to make the entire home one color. I was much happier with it after that!

I can’t find a photo on my iPad of the home with the original 2 tone but one of these photos shows the light taupe that was on the central portion before they started covering it with the brown.

Good example Vanessa. Like it with one color too.

Thanks for all the paint suggestions..saving colors and ideas…won’t be until spring so loads of time to figure it all out! Nora I ordered the Uttermost Horse! So excited the size seemed so perfect and of course the neutral color. It was in stock so hope to get it soon…I will post photos when it gets here, Thanks for thinking of me…crazy I check uttermost all the time..and for some reason I totally missed it…

Oh Julie, I’m so excited for you. He is really stunning. Can hardly wait to see him in your home.

Great find Nora!!

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One additional thought on two colors. If you decide to go that route, paint the sections that are most forward the light tone and the sections that set back sone the darker tones. Dark colors recede visual so this strategy will provide dimension and might help get you subtle look without looking like you couldn’t match colors.

*some not sone. Dang keyboard! 🧑🏻‍🎨

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I think the bottom right combo is great. And you know, in strong exterior light, colors look one to two levels lighter. I love those eyebrow curved areas on your home. A English Cottage look.

It will be interesting to see what they look like on the house this spring. I’m assuming you will test it out before going ahead with the whole house.

Lower right is both elegant and fits your house style.

I also love the lower right color combo.