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need help deciding house color

12 years ago
We are painting our house and have no idea what colors we should use. We will be painting everything except for the brick & gutters. The only thing we can decide is to trim the windows and front door in white. Please give suggestions! We need it!

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  • 12 years ago
    I guess I should have said that the roof and bricks stay the same...we are only painting the wood and doors
  • PRO
    12 years ago
    More and more companies are offering web based visualization programs to help homeowners choose paint colors for the interior and exterior.

    If you go to Benjamin Moore site via this link you can try it out. http://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/for-your-home/personal-color-viewer?action=category&page=/en-us/photos/exterior

    By using these types of tools you can try out different color variations before buying any paint and get an idea if you like a color combination.
  • 12 years ago
    A warm gray suggestion:
    Family Residence, Renovation Project, Exterior Rear · More Info
  • PRO
    12 years ago
    Could you post a close up of the brick showing its colors?
  • 12 years ago
    I'd paint it the color of your grout, including the garage door. Charcoal blue door.
  • 12 years ago
    These photos show a green gray called Nantucket Gray by Benjamin Moore. I think it would look nice with your brown brick and roof. Consider framing your windows (maybe even wide enough to connect the lower three) and painting the frames white like the trim. Be sure to paint the garage doors the same as the body of the house and frame them in white. Give the front door a pop of color, maybe paprika, yellow, or bright red, and paint sidelights white. Change raingutters to white, too.
  • PRO
    12 years ago
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  • 12 years ago
    Hmmm... Interesting, ppf. Not sure I like it now that I see it. Is that too much white? Can you change the color of the house and garage, please? That brown garage door is really throwing me.
  • 12 years ago
    last modified: 12 years ago
    What about going in a more contemporary direction - painting the siding and garage door in BM Briarwood to get an effect this one. However the front door should be an MCM door in the burnt orange family IMO. Or wood door.
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    Couple of front doors below for your consideration
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    This one is for door style and not color (vertical light in door)
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    Thinking this color (not style)
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  • 12 years ago
    If you choose something close to the brick color it will unify the design to make it look bigger. Doesn't have to be brown but with those bricks and roof it should be something with a warm brownish tone not a grey.
    Think ochre yellow, tan, terra cotta or even a mossy green if you want the contrast of a cooler color. Add contrast of a brighter color on the door. Use plants to brighten things with bolder colors and let the siding color blend into the brick colors for a neutral backdrop.
    You can use those computer paint programs or just sketch with colored pencils to try combinations but you still need big samples tried on cardboard or the siding to really see how it will look in daylight with your brick.
  • PRO
    12 years ago
    last modified: 12 years ago
    Entire house should be garage door color. I could not get the color tool to make everything look the same.

    Ideas for entry door?
  • 12 years ago
    I like the Briarwood Denita put up. Seems like it has just enough brown in it to go with roof/bricks, and enough contrast with a white trim. I would paint all the downspouts the body color, not the white trim color. And while I know colored doors are all the rage, I just painted my door white, and am pretty happy about it. Looks great with colored pots, and pops out plenty from afar. Put a door knocker on it, and if the mood strikes, use the knocker to tie on Christmas wreath or bouquets of other seasonal things, like a sheaf of wheat with orange ribbon in fall.
  • 12 years ago
    Entire house including garage doors should match tan in brick, trim white, front door--Williamsburg blue