Bungalow Exterior Paint Color Dilemma - But alas, Permastone.....

6 years ago

last modified: 6 years ago

Hello,

I have lived in my little bungalow for about 2 years. I'm working on the exterior and have enough budget to basically paint at this point. I recently installed the craftsman door and garage door and would like to paint those also. However, I am unsure what to do with the Formstone on the porch. I lean toward sage/gray green, burgundy and cream, rather than the existing yellow brick. Any thoughts or ideas appreciated!

Here is a close up of the Formstone on the porch:

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Celery. Visualization, Rendering images
6 years ago
I would paint brick and leave stones.
Salvage & Bloom thanked Celery. Visualization, Rendering images
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Beth H. :
6 years ago

any of these colors should work. I also like darker trim color options. any of the sage greens or the warm colors will work. you could also do a combo of 3 colors. leave the stone work as is, and work around it. bringing in some darker tones for contrast would look great. I suggest looking at pics of craftsman bungalows and other split level brick/stone exteriors, to get ideas. I would not paint everything one color. that will be disastrous. No pink/peach shades. no light gray, and the green should be a nice sage tone, not a mint green.

I like the one in the lower right corner, using the adobe red for the door
Salvage & Bloom thanked Beth H. :
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6 years ago
Beth, thank you so much - I believe you read my confused thoughts, but put them in an order that I could easily articulate to a designer. I love the color palettes you suggested and I do agree that painting the permastone would be a mistake. Thank you again for your help, I really appreciate It!