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Help! Exterior paint suggestions needed!

11 years ago
We are having our 35 yr old Contemporary home painted. It is vertical cedar siding and we are having the soffits refinished to a natural light cedar. We have the brown trimmed windows.
We are having trouble picking a colour. We don't want anything too dark because all the windows will just blend in but we don't really like the cream colours. We like Adaptive Shade by Sherwin Williams but it has no "wow" factor and in our very sunny location it looks like grey when it's on the siding. (Our painters are using Sherwin Williams paint)
Any suggestions?? S.O.S. Please help!
(I like grey greens as well.)
Thanks!
Christina

Comments (32)

  • 11 years ago

    Have them do a match for Ben Moore Revere Pewter. Jet black (not matte, dull black) trim. Black garage door.

  • 11 years ago
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    How about going two toned. Go dark on the part to the right that juts out and the deck wrap/stilts and use a lighter color for the part that is sunken back in more/above the deck. If you really wanted to go bold you could do a fun color for that recessed part and/or your garage door.

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  • 11 years ago
    I like the stone, taupe colours, but might be too similar to what you have
  • 11 years ago
    Or a green like in first pic, Baltic sage. I like wool skein
  • 11 years ago
    Whoops here are pics
  • 11 years ago
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    I like the colours in the first combination for this Houzz article. Great on a contemporary house, you could do some colour blocking, lighter on the recessed parts and darker on the forward parts of your home. Love the green for a front door.

    [https://www.houzz.com/magazine/5-bright-palettes-for-front-doors-stsetivw-vs~3399560[(https://www.houzz.com/magazine/5-bright-palettes-for-front-doors-stsetivw-vs~3399560)

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  • 11 years ago
    Brandi Nash Hicks. I agree. I would like to go a shade darker than Adaptive Shade, but the next one down on the colour chart was too dark I thought. Any suggestions?
  • 11 years ago
    Bette P, what are the colours you put in the sample block you are showing? I like those.

    I like the idea of colour blocking too, everyone but just couldn't figure out where to put the light or dark colours.
  • 11 years ago
    Brandi Nash Hicks, do you know what colour is on that house? I can't find that photo.
  • 11 years ago

    You can almost always use one shade darker when dealing with the outside ..love the bright on the underside of the soffit leading to the door . .if you want to try that here . . .you need to move away from chartreuse with the gray greens .. wants to be on the yellow side of neon not the green side . . bette p's colors can be found if you follow the link that says more info

  • 11 years ago
    Libradesigneye, thank-you! I found the link to Bette P's colours. Would you recommend those colors as well?
  • 11 years ago

    I think a soft blue or the greens suggested by blenheim

  • PRO
    11 years ago

    A Darker gray like

    dragon's breath

    1547

  • 11 years ago

    I know you didnt ask but I would loose the shutters around the garage door. they are unrealistic and becomes too rustic vs modern look the rest of the house is. if its in your budget, consider a new garage door, just saw some cool ones on lowes in around the $1000 price range.

  • 11 years ago

    DEFINITELY go two tones. A bright door would be really nice looking even with a neutral background palette. The idea of a bright color on underside of the porch is also a great one. Depends on how bold you wish to be. Also, re-staining the wood (even the same) just to make it pop more strongly.

  • 11 years ago

    I agree with Brandi... use a dark color for the body of the house , that way you are playing up the beautiful natural wood color. The window trim is not something to play up. Add a natural tone wood fence or fascia to match. Paint the railing out dark also to disappear and add plants with bright green foliage ...your house will be a show stopper!


  • 11 years ago

    We are doing red cedar overhangs and Benjamin Moore cheyenne green with silver window casings - our house is on the modern side, and a ranch like yours. I picked the color by finding a building in the color I liked and then matching the swatches to it, and then painting a big piece of cardboard in the swatches closest to it, to find the one that really matches because I got all sorts of advice on Houzz about how different the colors look in a big block. Cheyenne green in our climate looks natural and light enough to stand out from the greenery around it. Maybe do a Sherman Williams color match if you like it.


  • 11 years ago

    I would do a color based on blue, be it slate blue, turquoise blue, or true blue. Or something based on green or yellow. You should use a wow-ish color! Super dark colors will just date the house.



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  • PRO
    11 years ago

    Fabulous house, I would do it dark for drama and interest. Deep charcoal black.

  • 11 years ago

    We just did ours in SW Quiver Tan. It is a tan/green/grey that looks fantastic. We have darker brown doors. Your windows will still stand out.

  • 11 years ago

    Valpro gray silt

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    Go with the colors Betty P put up, they are stunning........ I want to paint my house now, and I didn't 5 minutes ago.

  • 11 years ago

    Just about every photo idea submitted here has neutral/natural colors AND an accent color that takes away the BLAH. I agree you need a darker shade than what is already on your house, but add some kind of wow to balance the subtle...

  • 11 years ago

    With brown windows, have you considered a tan? Maybe adding shutters to match the soffit?

  • 11 years ago
    How about gray blues?
  • 11 years ago

    Use whatever shade in a Rhino Shield paint. A ceramic paint with a 25 year warranty, it's expensive but saves labor costs.

  • 11 years ago

    Also, The quiver tan we used is dark. SW has a 40% off sale going on. We used Duration exterior. I think it's a 25 yr paint.

  • 11 years ago

    This is the color we just finished painting our house. It looks a little blue in this pic but it's green with cream trim


  • 11 years ago

    llmblonde, when I was house hunting I hated every green house I saw before I even walked through the front door. "Too institutional" and "it's painted green because that color paint was cheapest." Seeing your house would have changed my mind. Very pretty.


  • 11 years ago
    I'm not certain of the color ,but if you find one you like and think it is too dark ,have you paint store lighten the formula by 25%
  • PRO
    11 years ago

    I think Brandi hit the color on the nail with her first suggestion.

    Go dark.