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Exterior Color Question

6 years ago
last modified: 6 years ago

House exterior is totally done! New black roof and shutters changed from old green. Should we change the color of the gable vent to black as well? Our contractor doesn’t know if he can get one in black and I don’t want to paint it if he can’t, so thoughts on the look as is?


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  • 6 years ago

    I would leave the gable vent white. If you paint it black it will almost disappear.

    I also would change out the storm door and paint the front door an accent color - not black and not white.

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