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exterior color and shutters

4 years ago

Hi Houzz community,

Would love your thoughts on a couple of design questions:

  1. Yay or nay on exterior shutters? We have one set of shutters on our house - and while we don’t love them and they serve no practical use, we’re worried the front would look odd without them (due to the large blank space that would be created if we were to remove them- especially to the right of the window). What are folks thoughts on whether this house would look ok without shutters?

  2. We also want to update the house exterior with a modern feel. We’re thinking about painting the brick white. I think we’d then need to paint the siding to match the white. I feel like we need to maybe paint the window trims (and the shutters if we keep them) and maybe even the garage a different color to add some contrast. Maybe black or a dark gray?

We are in California and going for a modern/contemporary look. The colors in the photo are a bit off, but our house is currently a beige-ish color.

Thanks in advance!

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