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Roof + painting MCM Ranch

Haleigh Hatfield

9 months ago

Hi all,

We are doing some home renovations and we need a new roof along and need to paint the siding on our home. We do not wish to paint the brick. We want to keep with the MCM type theme and we both really love the atomic era.

My question is, what color roof and what would you paint the exterior or the house?? The brick is a warm-neutral. Yellows and oranges but nothing super saturated. It makes it hard.

We are doing a metal roof, not shingles. So it’ll all be one color. There are a couple of textured options but I don’t know if we should go lighter for the roof or darker for the roof. I kinda liked the taupe and we both kinda liked the textured charcoal but idk if the charcoal would lean too cool. I also liked a deep burgundy but feel it wouldn’t work with the general vibe we are going for.

Thanks!

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cat_ky
9 months ago
I would go with a charcoal roof. Pick paint, once the roof is done. This is not exactly what is called a MCM house. Its a fairly ordinary ranch house, and I wouldnt try to make it something its not. It is a very nice house. It has gorgeous brick. Once you get the new roof, then pick one of the lighter colors in that brick, for the sided part of the house. The roof color right now, and the paint color are all wrong together, but, it is possible that the paint color will look a lot better with the right color roof, so there isnt so much color clashing.
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Haleigh Hatfield
Original Author
9 months ago
Yeah see I don’t really like the charcoal siding with it. It doesn’t flow with the brick. But the roof looks nice maybe with just a better color siding
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Siding is taupe or warm gray, or shade of brown all go good with brick.
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Haleigh Hatfield
Original Author
9 months ago
We decided on a dark-neutral brown roof and thinking a clay/terra cotta color for the siding and an off white/cream for the details. We decided against the metal roof, which also gave us better color options for the shingles.

House is west facing, so little sun in the morning and by late afternoon we get heavy sun. So picking a color that works for both will be difficult. We will likely use several samples.
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