Need help choosing paint - now!

HU-918119203

3 years ago

Hi all - getting some pressure from my painters to finally choose house colors. Got some great direction here previously so checking back in. My house is a charming little 1900 cottage (formerly an 1800s barn) and I'm looking for a color that is classic and works well for an antique. It's current a creamy white, but one that is a bit yellow/dingy. I'd ideally like something that will look good year-round, even in the gray New England winters. I've tried what seems like a million options, but gravitated towards soft blue but not cold grays and some creamy whites.

Thoughts? Including a photo of samples painted on the siding as well as some rough color visualizations. The borders on the actual siding and trim in the visualizations is Chantilly Lace, which I like but also mainly chose to get a clean contrast. Consdering painting the trim and body of the house the same color (I have wood windows and doors so they're getting painted anyway), which I think is a sophisticated look, but with an antique I felt that maybe a contrast would help draw attention to the original trim?

Front door will change, TBD based on other selections.

Options:

Samples (including Glacier White, which is very close to Swiss Coffee but I think I prefer SC)

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Comments (7)

ffpalms
3 years ago
I like these colors from Benjamin Moore. Your idea of adding contrast so that the trim stands out appeals to me. If White Dove pulls to yellow for you, Wickham Gray looks good to my eye on your mock-up.
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Lomo
3 years ago
Your choices aren’t even colors, and will provide no contrast. You need to go down the paint strip some.
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elcieg
3 years ago
last modified: 3 years ago
@Lomo ,white with it many undertones, is not a color? That's news to me and, I think, news to a lot of houzzers. Would you explain?
elcieg
3 years ago
last modified: 3 years ago
Cottage is adorable. Yes, we do have gray winters, especially if near the ocean. I'm lower Cape Cod...right at the bend of the arm going north to P-town.

I love white. Paint the window muntins (not the trim, leave that the white of the clapboard, try B.M. soft gloss for siding and do satin finish for trim) and door the same color.

This looks like a B.M. Historic color, Decatur Buff and a lovely warm color for brrrr winters.

Decatur Buff likes B.M Cloud White as a coordinate.
chispa
3 years ago
Siding: BM Nantucket Gray (on the exterior looks nothing like the paint chip)

Trim: BM Moonlight White

Door: Fine Paints of Europe - Hollandlac - lots of glossy bright colors to choose from. I would go with one of their deep reds.
Susie .
3 years ago
I am also a fan of Nantucket Gray. It’s lovely on the exterior.
HU-918119203
Original Author
3 years ago
Thanks all!

Chispa - Nantucket Gray reads too taupe/khaki/green to me. I want something fresher and cleaner. I should have made that clear in my original post. This is why I ruled out some of the warmer BM grays. I am definitely doing a glossy front door in a contrasting color - likely matching the darker blue/gray or green I intend to paint the garage.

Elcieg, interesting idea on the muntins. The mustard is not working for me personally, but looks cute on that house.

Lomo, In terms of these "not being colors," I did choose high LRVs but there is a very clear contrast with a pure white. If you have constructive suggestions, I'm all ears.