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Exterior Paint Trim Help!

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I need to get my gutters and downspouts replaced asap. I plan go get the fascia and soffit painted as well. This is a 1962 red/brown North facing brick ranch with very white vinyl windows. I’ve been putting it off as I’m having a difficult time deciding. I prefer a traditional style, but I’m not sure I want to keep the tan or go with all white. And I’m not painting the brick.

PLEASE help me with paint color ideas for fascia, soffit, and gutters. Thank you!




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  • PRO
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    Who removed the garage wall and doors?!

    No to tan.......use the white

    The shutters are too narrow

    and landscaping is needed as well.: )

    Front door as shutter color.....in a SOFT black.

    24aweki thanked JAN MOYER
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    with the red brick stick to white trim and gutters. Lose the shutters. New wood front door with a full or part glass either clear,or frosted. Add some height variation and vary the linear layout of the landscaping in front.

    24aweki thanked Valinta
  • PRO
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    Not sure what happened on the left but you are in real need of landscping and gutters are not desiggn elements so best when done to match the roof usually . In this case stick with the white get a new front door and lose the shutters they do not belong on double windows and will look silly big enough to be the right size . Landscpaing is what is needed not paint color for any of the stuff except the front door

    24aweki thanked Patricia Colwell Consulting
  • PRO
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    Crisp white will go well with your brick and roof.

    24aweki thanked Norwood Architects
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    White, white & white, and remove the shutters entirely.

    24aweki thanked millworkman
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    I agree all white trim and soffits. Paint the siding in the carport white also.

    Black and white with brick is nice and crisp -so a black/charcoal front door and a couple of large black flowerpots as an accent.

    A white fence off to the side the height of the trash cans to hide them.

    24aweki thanked tracefloyd
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    @Patricia Colwell Consulting @Valinta @Norwood Architects

    Thank you!!! For the porch posts… what about the natural wood look? I’d like to add some features to soften the vinyl and not duplicate my neighbors house. I’m workong on landscape! Any white paint suggestions? I thought about shoji white but might be too creamy? If I did replace the shutters, any suggestions? Thank for for the feedback!

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    If you are not painting the brick facade, then stay with the white of the windows for trim. No shutters....why? because they don't fit the windows, they don't work with the style of the house; because the shutters are vinyl (shiver, shudder).


    I like the black being suggested. If you want to take a different path try one of these colors from Ben Moore, in a semigloss finish, because the brick is a flat finish







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    No shutters. They don’t belong on double windows.

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    You could consider a simple rain chain in place of the downspout. If the posts were clad in wood, a rain chain would not block the wood like the downspout.



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    “They don’t belong on double windows.”

    Right, or your triple window.

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    I agree, lose that tan. It doesnt go with the roof, nor the brick, or anything else that I can see. White trim, will look the nicest on your house.

  • PRO
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    Since the windows are white, I'd go white trim with front door and shutters in black.

    The columns look skimpy, enlarge them, and work on the landscaping.