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Need help choosing an exterior paint color

12 years ago
I am getting my home painted and I can't choose a color. Please help

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  • PRO
    12 years ago
    Here is one idea in a medium beige.

    Benjamin Moore Cape Hatteras Sand · More Info
    ktnphil thanked Dytecture
  • 12 years ago
    Get you mind around not 1 color for your house but a least 3. The paint stores all have brochures showing combos. Drive through newer neighborhood for inspiration.
    ktnphil thanked Kathleen Jamison
  • 12 years ago
    Denita, any suggestions for door and shutter colors
  • 12 years ago
    last modified: 12 years ago
    I would do the shutters in the trim color. If you are doing the colors I suggested, that would be in the Dakota Woods Green. Let me see what works with the front door.
    How about the brick red for your front door?
    Benjamin Moore Brick Red 2084-10 Ben Paint · More Info
  • PRO
    12 years ago
    last modified: 12 years ago
    I love Denita’s suggestions. I love her choice of red.

    I love Dy’s choice, too. This may be on the idea of the his medium beige.

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    I love the red door.
    Benjamin Moore Brick Red 2084-10 Ben Paint · More Info


    Either way you received two wonderful palettes.
  • PRO
    12 years ago
    How about a darker taupe, lighter taupe or a gray/green.
    ktnphil thanked Creative Visual Concepts, Kevin Strader
  • 12 years ago
    I like the gray green Kevin did of mock up of.

    I don't think the pink on your house is bad other than a bit dated. Sherwin Williams has a colored called Clay [think that's what it is] that is about the color of refried beans that would look nice with the brick. I painted a couple of the wall in my bedroom a similar color that I mixed from left over paint, and it's very warm and inviting.
    ktnphil thanked hayleydaniels
  • 12 years ago
    The contractor is telling me that he can not paint the gutters due to white paint. States that it helps gutters with rust. Are there any suggestions for paint colors with a white trim.
  • 12 years ago
    Looking at the photo you posted, I only see the downspout showing. Is that the only place you see the white? If so, easy fix, you can change out the downspout to a color that blends. Look at these downspout colors from various manufacturers (not expensive either)
    http://www.rdcaa.com/colors.html
  • 12 years ago
    I am having gutters added to the home
  • 12 years ago
    Oh? Then you can choose your gutter color. Do you prefer white gutters?
  • 12 years ago
    last modified: 12 years ago
    Here is an inspiration pick using white trim
    Additions & Renovations · More Info


    Here is another one using white trim (three photos) remember to hover. The second photo is a close up of the entry. The third photo shows an alternate view of the same house
    Ullswater · More Info

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  • 12 years ago
    I prefer to have the gutters to match the trim but contractor I am dealing with only have white gutters that can't be painted. I chose the colors that you suggested but not sure how the white trim would look with Gloucester sage.
  • 12 years ago
    I think it will look like your roof line is outlined in white: a little like the photos posted for Ullswater.
  • 10 years ago
    last modified: 10 years ago

    Nothing brightens like white, so I would suggest a soft, fresh white for the siding and trim and also for shutters on the front windows. I would leave the door as it is because the wood-tone blends with the brick. You might relocate the evergreen shrubs in front of the windows or pull them out to relocate in a curved shape across this part of the yard and still provide access to the windows. I also would suggest that you move the evergreen tree to the left of the left window where it still can serve as a windbreak. I would keep the deciduous tree where it is and enjoy it during the warm months. Then I would suggest you add some white-painted flower boxes to the two front windows so that you can enjoy colorful blooms in the warm months of the year.

  • 10 years ago

    I just looked at your photos again, and I noticed the rectangular space between the garage doors. Could you possibly have someone put matching brick in this area so that it would match the rectangular strip of brick on the left side of the left door? If not, perhaps painting just this section a brown that harmonizes with the brick would accentuate the architecture of your home very nicely and would contrast from the white siding and trim I suggested in my previous post.