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Help! What color should we paint our house?!

12 years ago
last modified: 12 years ago
We are finally having siding put up this week. What color paint should we use for the main house, trim and also front door? The siding will run horizontally and we will have shaker tile on the front middle section. Any suggestions dear friends?

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  • 12 years ago
    What are your initial thoughts on colour? Neutrals? Pastels?

    This pic is a more edgy colour combination idea. I love the dusty midnight blue and its contrast with the white trim.
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    pamhard5 thanked ambersarris
  • 12 years ago
    I agree with the midnight blue....I have a garden wall in that colour and I love it. Great with a crisp white....decide on the door after house is painted, maybe a turquoise. Now if you're more of a green person, we'll have to re-think this.
    pamhard5 thanked Jennifer
  • 12 years ago
    I may be missing something. What I am seeing is siding above brick. What color siding are you getting? That will narrrow your choices for the doors and trim. When you say what color should you paint the main house are you considering paintint the brick?
    pamhard5 thanked Jennifer Hogan
  • 12 years ago
    Thanks all for the quick responses! The suggestions are all great and help me with some new thoughts.

    I like blue but not sure this will work in our neighborhood. Love the one in the pic, ambersarris. Also, lol, we are in Alabama and since our brick is orange it would certainly say "AUBURN". Have to be careful about that here!

    Our siding is the Hardie type which is painted -not the kind that has a permanent color so we will not be painting the brick. It's hard to tell in pics but the brick is very orangey and the roof is a dark taupe/brown. Thanks Jennifer. I needed to clarify that.

    libradesigneye, thank you for all your input! I am grateful. I like the design detail suggestions. I will have to think about those. After we see the shaker tiles up I will be able to visualize better. And the color ideas/theory are good. I can translate to using with orange brick.

    We probably will go with a medium neutral (not too yellow or pink undertones) on the house with creme-white trim. The door and shutters maybe a dark brown or gray-brown. But we do need some pop with door color or detail. We've had this color which I have hated for 25 yrs! So I am scared to make a decision I will have to live with another!

    THANK YOU ALL FOR THE HELP!!
  • 12 years ago
    Pam why don't you take a moment and go to the Benjamin Moore visualizer and load up the front of your home the way it is right now and put in libradesigneye's colors just to get a feel for what it would look like. I think you will be surprised at how it looks with the brick you have on your home. The visualizer link can be found right on the BM site.
  • 12 years ago
    Thank you. That's a great idea. Don't know why I haven't done that before!
  • 12 years ago
    Another idea is to drive through your neighborhood and a couple of neighborhoods around you and look at the houses. When I painted mine I stole the color and some great detail from someone about a block away. Also make sure your house isn't the exact same as your neighbors.

    BTW - Thank you for clarifying.
    pamhard5 thanked Jennifer Hogan
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