"Blond" brick! Need help with paint color for exterior!
I'm having the hardest time finding a new paint color for our exterior. Our brick is a "blond" color and our roof is brownish red with a little gray to it. Neither of those elements are changing. The garage doors must be painted the siding color. The paint next to the brick is Foggy Day by SW, but I'm doubting now if it will match both the brick and roof. It seems too "blue" to me. Would a more neutral gray that matches the brick mortal be best? We'd prefer to stay away from beige and peachy tones like the house is currently. I've done ALL the color visualizers and I just can't figure this one out lol!
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chloebud
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Comments (7)It is definitely a home created in stages, and this is reflected in the frontages. It needs something to bring it all together. The dark brown colour is not lifting it at all. The siding isn’t a ‘bad’ colour, in and of itself. This leads me to suggest a white to lift the frontages and to tie together. Paint all the trim white, including the trim on the windows in the brick wall. An option would be to remove the shutters from these windows or if not removed, paint them white too. Go for a white front door. Bulk up the verandah posts to a square post, and again, white. This scheme should be repeated across the back to unify the rear view. Agree give the brick a good wash. If the brick continues to look disconnected to the siding, consider a change to the surface - render perhaps? Or paint? in the same tone as the siding to unify the frontages....See More
ahkloch
7 months agoahkloch
7 months agoahkloch
7 months agoWe were able to match the mortar color pretty well and ended up with Coventry Gray. It's not too warm, and not too "blue" or "purple" which was how some of our other test colors ended up. It's also lighter so it doesn't fight with the awkward brick and roof colors, like @la_la Girl mentioned! This visualizer pic seems pretty awful lol, in real life it's a nice match to all the elements. Thank you all for your help!
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