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Help! with House colors

2 years ago

I’m in the process of building a house. I have colors for siding in mind but it’s hard to envision it on the house. Does anyone have a program they recommend so I can add color to my drawings .
Siding I’m planning natural slate board and Batten on the front, white trim. yellow door, and the stone would be light greys mixture.

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  • PRO
    2 years ago
    last modified: 2 years ago

    The siding variation make the drawings look like two different houses. The design needs some re-thinking before color selection.

  • 2 years ago

    The front will be board and batten, with stone, then remaining will be siding.
    What are your suggestions ?

  • PRO
    2 years ago

    Use all the same cladding for a nice cohesive look. Right now you have three different ones, and it makes the house look choppy. Using the two only on the front makes it look like a facade.

  • PRO
    2 years ago

    Treat all sides of the house the same as if they all face the road and be seen. Do not let one daughter go to the ball while the other three adopted daughters stay home and scrub floors.

  • 2 years ago

    This is the look I was kinda going for! I originally had stone, board and batten and horizontal siding, all on the front, but too me it looked too much…

  • PRO
    2 years ago

    One siding for main body, maybe a different material for the gables. Three sidings is a current trim that screams early 2000s. Obviously if you love the look it’s fine

  • 2 years ago

    Do the whole house (all sides) in one siding.

  • PRO
    2 years ago

    I’m in the process of building a house


    Where are you in that process? What's complete? Have windows been ordered?

  • 2 years ago

    Nothing ordered yet, ground breaking next month .

  • PRO
    2 years ago

    What would you do to fix this if it faced the street?


  • PRO
    2 years ago

    I'd use lap siding everywhere.

    If you want stone. apply it to the foundation, and have the floor structure placed inside the foundation instead of sitting on top.

    Reconsider the windows. I've shown a simple 2 over 2 which looks better when the size changes. Also think about how the windows will look from the inside. I've made these windows taller to look better both inside and out.

    Think about the details, and apply them equally around the house. Your side elevation looks like a different house. I added a frieze (trim at the top of the wall under the eave).

    The roof on the bump out on the stone wall does not seem integrated into the wall behind it. Consider removing the return and lowering the bump out roof.

    Is there a 2nd floor?





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  • 2 years ago

    No idea, but open to suggestions .

    Originally I was going to do on on front , stone on the two bump outs,
    Then mixture of vertical and horizontal siding and shaker at the peaks, but thought it was too much.

    The stone will be on the bump outs and along the bottom below windows .

  • PRO
    2 years ago

    Can you just skip the stone and put that money into things that actually affect the livability of the house like larger windows?

  • 2 years ago

    Here is the layout with window dimensions.

  • 2 years ago

    No 2nd floor! I’m open to any and all suggestions .

  • 2 years ago

    Most paint company websites let you upload a picture and fiddle around with the color.

  • PRO
    2 years ago

    Nothing ordered yet, ground breaking next month .


    Then probably not much, if anything you can do to the structure.


    Suggest you place furniture in all the rooms, especially the living area.

    Focus on the details. Don't assume your builder will do it -- most will not.

  • 2 years ago

    PPF- Anyway possible to discuss these details, you mentioned you made the windows larger, they are already 36x60, what size do you recommend. My drafter wasnt very helpful when it came to details, for record it will be 9' flat ceilings.

  • 2 years ago

    I would highly recommend rotating your island 90 degrees. Right now, your couch would likely only sit 6-7' from the fireplace, assuming you have a couch facing the fireplace. Rotating the island will give you more room to push the couch further back from the fireplace. It also makes use of a lot of empty space in your kitchen area.