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Exterior house paint dilemma

2 years ago

After a few repairs, we are in need of new paint. I have never liked the roof and stacked stone colors since I am not a fan of the tan, orange-brownish colors, but will have to work with it.
I am thinking of using SW Shoji White for siding, Urbane Bronze for trim, and Black Magic for the shutters and front door. I would love to avoid using beige, tan, yellow, orange colors and instead try to have a more modern and fresh look.
I just cannot make up my mind on if I should use the siding or the trim color for the following:
Fascia
Garage door
Porch posts
Porch stairs
Side gate
Windows by the porch
Thank you for your help!!

Comments (12)

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  • 2 years ago

    Take several new photos and upload them to the SW paint color visualizer. It would be best to do this after trimming the shrubs and moving the car out of the driveway.


    Are there gutters or just a fascia board?


    The house would look more up to date without the shutters. If you like them, paint them the same color as the front door.

    Grace Kim thanked apple_pie_order
  • 2 years ago
    last modified: 2 years ago

    Sounds fantastic but I would skip on the Urbane Bronze. You have a dark brown fascia already and it only adds to the browns...no more browns. Your black/white is the way to go.

    Can you clad the posts to beef them up a little?

    Here is a rough render, not a Visualizer, just my drawing software and color select tool. Shoji sidng,

    and I added black...

    fascia/gutters,

    shutters,

    posts,

    window trim,

    garage door,

    front door,

    house numbers,

    light fixture.

    Gray porch/steps.



    I like the dark gate... looks like a nice wood stain.

    The mailbox would fit to the left of the door and painted to blend in.

    Grace Kim thanked tracefloyd
  • 2 years ago

    I would choose a sage green color, like SW Dried Thyme. White and bronze is too stark for the style and setting. Keep the tones of the roof and brick the same level with the siding color choice.


    Grace Kim thanked Lyn Nielson
  • 2 years ago
    last modified: 2 years ago

    Here is the green on green house proposed above^^. Brown or green fascias shown.





    oops i forgot to render the fence on this last one.

  • 2 years ago
    last modified: 2 years ago

    You want to make the house look sleek. Take off the shutters; paint the entire house, B&B siding, brick, siding all one off white color.





    Guessing this white may be:



    Paint the garage door a warm brown.



    Grace Kim thanked elcieg
  • 2 years ago
    last modified: 2 years ago

    It appears to be stucco, not board and batten. Here is White Down with Silhouette



  • 2 years ago
    last modified: 2 years ago

    Thanks, Trace....I thought part of the front was batten. So ignore and I will clean my glasses.


  • 2 years ago

    Oh wow, cool. My pleasure.

  • 2 years ago
    last modified: 2 years ago

    The proposal by Lyn for Green on Green is nice. Very soothing. I don't think she meant to paint the stone as I rendered. Not a good idea...if it were wood siding, sure.

    I was researching her colors and found her site. Benjamin Moore Sage Mountain and Aegean Olive are the colors actually.



    Here is my rendering done with Sage Mountain and Aegen Olive-- but with white trim.

    Benjamin Moore recommended coordinating colors. Lovely feeling.



    • Sage Mountain -body color
    • Aegean Olive -both doors
    • China White -trim
    • Stone House -porch steps
    • Black -light
    • White -numbers