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Help with choosing a paint color

8 years ago
last modified: 8 years ago

Help! I'm stuck on making a decision. I'm updating a 1970s A-frame lakehouse and cannot decide which way to go with exterior color. The house has a metal roof and the interior floors have a ton of oak wood and trim. Leaning towards a medium gray with crisp white trim and shutters--something like Benjamin Moore's Revere Pewter---but also thinking about maybe a slate bluish-gray, something maybe like BM Quiet Moments? I'm not a huge blue fan so I would definitely want something that had both gray and blue...but gray seems almost a bit too popular lately as everyone seems to be doing it.


For the door, would love to do something like a dark metallic charcoal gray. I also like the idea of a white exterior with a gray trim to make it kind of modern farmhouse, but am afraid the white will be too high maintenance. Only thing I know for sure is that I want to get rid of the yellow-ish tan it is now. The other issue I have is that the deck also needs to be refinished. And if I go gray, do I go dark gray on the deck, or darker golder-brown cedar because the interior floors are a golden brown tone? Thanks for all opinions!




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