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Color choices needed !

9 years ago
Paint scheme suggestions? I'm a bit lost? Help!
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  • PRO
    9 years ago
    wow! That really is a beauty of a place. I would paint the facade pure white and paint all the trims and your door in a dark navy blue, these colours will go very well with the Grey roof and your stone/brick chimneys. The white will definitely give it a face-lift and the navy blue adds a sense of elegance to the facade and is very much in trend at the moment, it is also a timeless colour so will not have to change the colour for a long time until a new coat of paint is needed.

    Comments (27)

    • 9 years ago

      Try editing your photo to rotate it. Then start a new post.

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    • 9 years ago

      NO. Don't start a new post. Don't EVER start a new post. apple_pie, what are you thinking?

    • 9 years ago

      Here is your house rotated:


    • 9 years ago

      Thank you for the rotation groveraxle - what would we do without you?

      .............waiting to see your color choices for this classic historical home.

      I'm bothered by the delicate metal front porch railings - need more visual weight there and of course landscaping.

      I might go dark on the body of the house with something like Ashley Gray HC 87 and paint all the trim white. Front door Buxton Blue HC 149 would be a pleasing contrast.


    • 9 years ago
      That's a thought, the railings are custom made for the home and drilled into the brick. From this angle I understand your comment. Landscaping will be completed after painting, the clapboard are being repaired before painting also.


      I someone mentioned yellow buttery, with white trim. I'm think of installing trim above the windows to add some deep and dental molding at the top of the front of the house.
    • 9 years ago
      What do you think for my house?
    • 9 years ago

      adding dental molding is a great idea.


    • 9 years ago

      Ack. So many windows, so little time. I wasn't going to do this house because there's so much detail, but it's such a great house, I guess I have to. Give me a little time; there are dogs to be pilled and walked first. ;-)

    • 9 years ago

    • 9 years ago

      Here's a white with a lighter fresher green. I'll come back at this later. Now I really do have to pill and walk the beasts.

      (P.S. Just cleaning up the rough spots is going to do wonders here.)

    • 9 years ago

      A few more iterations. If there's anything in particular you want to see, Bob, let me know. Now that I have all the windows and trim taped off, it just takes a second to paint.





    • 9 years ago
      Wow that's great... how about a buttery yellow with white trim and a brick red door.
    • 9 years ago

      Your wish is my command.


    • PRO
      9 years ago

      Paint and a little landscaping and your place will be transformed. With all that green grass a contrast of color would be inviting.

    • PRO
      9 years ago

      Get a few inspirations before you make final paint selection. Enjoy the process.

    • 9 years ago

      Bob Mars, I very much like the wall for the house you posted as, "what do you think about my house".

    • 9 years ago
      Wow, I can't believe the support, thank you all very much. The blue is a fav !
    • 9 years ago
      But the yellow is great too.....

      Ok now, on to moldings over the window and dental for the roof line!
    • 9 years ago

      Blue and white with dentil molding and top trim on the windows:


    • 9 years ago
      Your amazing! Thank You
    • 9 years ago
      Groveraxle

      Tx Y. One last request

      Clapboard: Yellow
      Windows Trim/Dental: White
      Front Door and shutters: That Bluish Grey Color

      Thanks Again: I think that will do it!
    • 9 years ago

      My fave is white with navy trim.....or navy with white trim....and I love the railings too; leave them as they are!

      Navy with white; my fave or even deep charcoal with white

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      So pretty and fresh; just not sure how color would work in the winter with snow all around; bizarre?

      Crisp Architects · More Info

      Heavy cream with navy trim; very elegant

      Fall Style · More Info

      White with navy; just remove the wings....lol.

      Traditional Exterior · More Info
      Some inspiration perhaps and visualiations.

    • 9 years ago

      Much nice with the window detail added by Groveraxle.

    • 9 years ago

      wtg groveraxle - the blue/white with dentil molding finishes the house perfectly.

    • 9 years ago

      Yellow, white, and blue:


    • 9 years ago

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