Exterior color help

last year

After years of waiting, the time has finally come to do an exterior refresh. We will be replacing roof, fascia, and gutters. Roof area over the door will be standing seam metal. Current roof is a reddish brown, and gutters and shutters are muscat brown. I’m hoping to move away from brown and really like how our black porch railings look with the brick but worry that black gutters, black standing seam etc will be too stark, but also that if we go bronze it will feel too similar to what we have and wont feel fresh. I know the general school of thought is that gutters should match trim, but we dont like the look of dark fascia since it will be so thick, but keep coming back to dark gutters. I think i just need a fresh set of eyes! First pic is current house and second is a chatgpt creation that we like.

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Lyn Nielson
last year
although your AI rendering is attractive, I would forget the shutters.

they are merely decorative and don't fit your windows. Is Black or Bronze your only options?
HU-53772603
Original Author
last year
We haven’t gotten the standing seam roof colors yet, but the most common seams to be black, bronze or possibly dark grey, with similar gutters. Our gutters only have black or bronze, unless we did not coordinate with the roof. I know common wisdom is to match the gutters to the fascia, but in all the inspo pics i seem to be drawn to, the gutters are close to roof color.

For the shutters, so you just mean that they arent sized approprietly for the picture window? Or that the style/size of the second floor isn’t working? I think our house has always had shutters and the brick underneath looks very different, so I thinj we will be sticking with the look of shutters for now but open to changing them.
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apple_pie_order
last year
If you have the brick professionally soft-washed before finalizing your color choices, you may find the brick and trim lighten up quite a bit.

My compliments on your flowers.
tozmo1
last year
Chatgpt destroyed the most interesting architectural feature of you home. Sigh.

Hard to tell if the black will work without the stone around your door. Can you power wash the entire house without the shutters and then decide on color?