Exterior needs HELP

11 years ago

last modified: 11 years ago

We are wanting to update the exterior with some new siding or stone and not sure what colors to use. If anyone has ideas I would love to hear. If you have pictures that would really help me to visualize your ideas. The siding is an ugly washed out yellow and the brick is a very dark brown and red. We are thinking about changing the garage and front door.

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hayleydaniels
11 years ago
Start by painting the garage door to match the siding as a white garage door looks like it was installed last week.

Are you going to remove the brick and replace it with stone? That would be very expensive as it's going to be labor intensive not to mention the disposal costs of hauling the brick away! It will probably cost as much to take it to the dump as to put up new stone. The reason I say that is our neighbor redid his roof and couldn't afford to have the old shingled hauled away so there they sit in his driveway and front yard!

I like the yellow with the brick--the colors work nicely together. Another color that looks very nice with the reds and oranges in brick is olive green as it gives a nice contrast.
Paint Color SW 6424 Tansy Green from Sherwin-Williams · More Info
marissa terry
Original Author
11 years ago
What color would you paint the garage door? We were thinking about get a garage door with windows. Not sure about getting rid of the brick. I really like the green. Thanks for the ideas.
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marissa terry
Original Author
11 years ago
Would you change the shutter color?
hayleydaniels
11 years ago
We paint our garage door the same color as the siding so it blends in with the house. That's very common, and pulls the house together.

If I was going to go with a medium green for the siding, I'd paint the trim and shutters two shades darker.

A couple of things you might do is drive around the neighborhoods in your area looking at the homes. Focus on what you find attractive and what you don't care for. It's a good way to help you visualize what colors work together and what don't. Also go to various paint websites and go through their exterior section of homes again to get an idea of what colors look good together.

Here's the color range of the green above.

Paint Color SW 6422 Shagreen from Sherwin-Williams · More Info

SW 6423 Ryegrass · More Info

Paint Color SW 6424 Tansy Green from Sherwin-Williams · More Info

Paint Color SW 6426 Basque Green from Sherwin-Williams · More Info

Here's a link to Behr's exterior color gallery.

http://www.behr.com/consumer/inspiration/exterior

If you go to the paint colors, you can get to their color visualizer program where it says Visualize Color in a Room. It allows you to apply color to pictures including the exterior of homes to give you an idea of how a color will look on. It's remarkably true and a lot of fun if you like color.