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exterior paint problem

7 years ago

I wanted a white house with white trim modern look. The house already had black accents with the garage and gutters. I had an inspiration photo, but I didn’t take into account the roof color and pitch.
I hate the yellow undertone in Greek Villa on the body. It has amber in the pigment. Alabaster, a popular color, actually has more so I went with the lighter one. The designer and painting company said it would be fine. Should have listened to my gut and gone with origami white. GV is fine in bright sun but looks so bad the evening or with cloud cover. I don’t think I can fix that since they already painted the entire body of the house. It will cost a lot more. They were supposed to do the front first and paint on days when I could stop by, but that isn't what happened. I came by after work and was so disappointed.
The house doesn’t have enough architectural interest for white body with white trim. Some people told me to do the trim black, but I think it will look bad or like I’m trying to hard. The new houses have windows that are actually black. Maybe I can do a flower window box under each window?
The pergola will be stained in a grey color. I don’t want anything warm to pull out the amber in the house paint. I was thinking of staining the front door ebony. Also landscaping in the back will help.
Thanks for suggestions! I’m so sad by how this turned out and am looking forward to a little more hope for the situation.

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