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Help needed for 80’s exterior!

4 years ago

Just bought my home built in 85 with beautiful features but the current paint scheme is pretty bleh. It has stone elements so not sure what to do with paint colors, etc. Any suggestions? Thank you in advance!!

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  • 4 years ago

    Post a bigger pic. 2/3 of that t pic is empty space

  • 4 years ago

    Cool house! I kind of don’t mind the color and it looks like they did a nice job matching some of the tones in the stone, but am not sure why they didn’t keep the trim on the eaves the same color as the house. To me the biggest thing contributing to a ‘bleh’ feel is the tired roof— since you have so much of it you’ll want to really consider what your future roof color will be and how it will coordinate with the rest of the home. I’m also kind of wondering how a bright white would look for your house color. It would likely make it feel a little more updated, fit with the fairly modern architecture, and it looks like it could maybe work with your stone colors as well. But I’m more interested in hearing others’ thoughts as this would be a fun house to play around with!

  • 4 years ago

    Congrats! I so love this style of house.

    Yes, need closer pics, especially of the stone.

  • PRO
    4 years ago

    Beautiful house, congratulations!

    I think it would nice to see a contrasting colour for the stone but the picture is much to small to work with.

  • 4 years ago

    Thank you all for the comments. Hopefully these photos are better and I added one with closer view of the stone.

  • PRO
    4 years ago
    last modified: 4 years ago

    The photos are still too small so I worked with the largest one which is the garage door but not the best...

    Perhaps if you painted the siding a dark colour (ex. charcoal or another colour taken from the stone) with white windows and trim it would give some detail to make the house stand out.



    Or maybe a white with black trim would work but photos too small to see if that works or not.



  • 4 years ago

    Great suggestions! So sorry the photos are so small!

  • 4 years ago

    Great-looking house!

    Please no stark black and white.

    I’d pull a warm color from the stone, dark or light. This style house is meant to be organic and natural, to be cohesive with its surroundings.

    If you’re hiring a pro to paint, they can advise. You could also take close-up pics of the stone to a paint store for advice.

  • 4 years ago
    last modified: 4 years ago

    Great advice from Jinx. BTW, I love your house, very distinctive looking.

  • 4 years ago

    I also would say no stark black and white. I actually like the colors that are on there now, they go very well with the stone. I dont see a tired roof, like mentioned up above, but, I do see a roof, that needs to be cleaned. Its a beautiful house.

  • 4 years ago

    I think you need to find an app or someone here that is good with mocking up some color schemes. I do like the earthiness of the existing house color, but if you find a similar hue that’s a little more vibrant I think it would boost curb appeal. It looks like you took your closeup picture around sunset— the colors in that photo look dramatically different than all of your other photos— the other photos have light gray vibe but the closeup looks almost yellow-green. I kinda like the lighter green/green-yellow look which would be a fit for the period it was built

    Sidenote: your home has great mature landscaping. I would keep almost everything in the landscape with the exception of removing the bush I circled in red— too bulky and detracts from/hides some of your home’s character.

  • 4 years ago

    Great house! And all those windows!


    I agree with above comment re: the roof. Start there. It does look like its seen much better days, and the gray color doesn't work well with the stone. Coordinate the color of a new roof with the stone, and choose the paint from there. Warm tones are the way to go here, maybe a rich, warm dark brown for the roof (but there a lot of tones of brown shingles, you definitely need samples to put up against your house).