Help pick my house color
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2013-06-04 3:49 PM |
Champion 7347 SRQ, FL | Subject: Help pick my house color As many of you know by following the Money Pit thread that we're totally rebuilding our house. Going to keep the columns and window trim white (vinyl windows so no choice there). Looking for a nice body color that will not look so plain as the white. Problem is we need to paint NOW before the brick goes up (it's a LOT easier to do it now).
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2013-06-04 4:12 PM in reply to: TriRSquared |
Champion 10018 , Minnesota | Subject: RE: Help pick my house color It's really hard to NOT suggest yellow at this point. I actually like the combo. I might pick a slightly softer yellow, but not sunnier. Here's a nice yellow (really pale) with some brick trim: http://0.tqn.com/d/architecture/1/0/g/s/YellowPrairieFlickrRoaroftheFour.jpg Would you consider painting the brick? I have suggestions, but all are better with a painted brick. |
2013-06-04 4:32 PM in reply to: 0 |
Sensei Sin City | Subject: RE: Help pick my house color Can it be anything you want? No HOA restrictions? I think an olive green instead of yellow would be nice. Maybe a little lighter, like a split pea/exorcist vomit color... Those earth tones look good here - like a pine green, sandstone, or kahki... Different region though, but it still might work. Edited by Kido 2013-06-04 4:35 PM |
2013-06-04 4:45 PM in reply to: 0 |
Champion 7347 SRQ, FL | Subject: RE: Help pick my house color Originally posted by BikerGrrrl It's really hard to NOT suggest yellow at this point. I actually like the combo. I might pick a slightly softer yellow, but not sunnier. Here's a nice yellow (really pale) with some brick trim: http://0.tqn.com/d/architecture/1/0/g/s/YellowPrairieFlickrRoaroftheFour.jpg Would you consider painting the brick? I have suggestions, but all are better with a painted brick. Would not paint the brick. We like the brick colors. I'm not a huge fan of yellow. Sorry. Edited by TriRSquared 2013-06-04 4:55 PM |
2013-06-04 4:54 PM in reply to: Kido |
Champion 7347 SRQ, FL | Subject: RE: Help pick my house color Originally posted by Kido Can it be anything you want? No HOA restrictions? I think an olive green instead of yellow would be nice. Maybe a little lighter, like a split pea/exorcist vomit color... Those earth tones look good here - like a pine green, sandstone, or kahki... Different region though, but it still might work. Nope, no HOA. I could paint it orange if I wanted... I'm leaning towards mossy green as well. Maybe with black shutters (non functional). Keeping the white trim and columns. But I'm still looking for suggestions. |
2013-06-04 4:57 PM in reply to: TriRSquared |
Champion 10018 , Minnesota | Subject: RE: Help pick my house color Mossy green was going to be my next suggestion. The brick color is pretty limiting, unless you wanted to do outrageous. |
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2013-06-04 4:57 PM in reply to: TriRSquared |
Sensei Sin City | Subject: RE: Help pick my house color Originally posted by TriRSquared Originally posted by Kido Can it be anything you want? No HOA restrictions? I think an olive green instead of yellow would be nice. Maybe a little lighter, like a split pea/exorcist vomit color... Those earth tones look good here - like a pine green, sandstone, or kahki... Different region though, but it still might work. Nope, no HOA. I could paint it orange if I wanted... I'm leaning towards mossy green as well. Maybe with black shutters (non functional). Keeping the white trim and columns. But I'm still looking for suggestions. That's the direction I would go. Probably not a stark white for the trim. A cream or bone would be a bit nicer/softer but still look white against the rest of the house. |
2013-06-04 4:58 PM in reply to: TriRSquared |
Champion 34263 Chicago | Subject: RE: Help pick my house color Have you considered a lighter, maybe eggshell or off-white or light gray color for the house then a darker gray, perhaps for the trim? That would give it contrast and depth. Our neighbor growing up had that scheme and I always thought their house looked classy. |
2013-06-04 5:15 PM in reply to: mr2tony |
Elite 4564 Boise | Subject: RE: Help pick my house color |
2013-06-04 6:23 PM in reply to: TriRSquared |
Extreme Veteran 861 Northbridge, Massachusetts | Subject: RE: Help pick my house color I am purchasing a new home and we need to pick siding colors also. I like the following colors in the chart on the right of this page: http://www.certainteed.com/products/vinyl-siding/horizontal-siding/... Seagrass: third row, 5th from left - black shutter Flagstone: second row, first tile - maybe a dark blue shutter Savannah Wicker: third row, fourth tile - deep red shutter or black |
2013-06-04 7:54 PM in reply to: TriRSquared |
Expert 839 Central Mass | Subject: RE: Help pick my house color Hardie board. By the James Hardie corporation. White is perfect, but... Option 1: Yarmouth Oyster by California Paints http://www.californiapaints.com/content/color-details/Yarmouth-Oyst... Toss in their Cogsworth Cedar and Britches as accents (or take out the cedar/red because of the bricks). Option 2: Montpelier Peach by Valspar Olive Suade as an accent. Add shutters. |
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2013-06-04 9:26 PM in reply to: TriRSquared |
Elite 3972 Reno | Subject: RE: Help pick my house color I like this kind of thread! and even all the suggestions! i think with such a classic looking home, it is hard to go "wrong". Looking at the brick clooseup photo, I think the neutral dusty greens would accent the variations well. How about "britches"?http://www.californiapaints.com/content/color-details/Britches/1198.aspxMy house is brick with about 5 colors ranging from a terra cotta to a burnt red. We decided to go blue, and I thought that would be like a deep navy with a blue gray. With my Caribbean husband's influence, we have trim that is periwinkle and deep deep royal blue. It has grown on me, and whenever someone comments, I say, "this was the compromise color" in such a deadpan way that they shut up. |
2013-06-05 12:22 AM in reply to: 0 |
Master 2380 Beijing | Subject: RE: Help pick my house color We used certainteed concrete siding and it has been GREAT. We have darker brick with a light green siding, and matching shutters with black "hardware" (not installed in this pic). We're happy with it. Edited by moondawg14 2013-06-05 12:24 AM |
2013-06-05 9:42 AM in reply to: moondawg14 |
2013-06-05 12:15 PM in reply to: TriRSquared |
Master 1366 PNW | Subject: RE: Help pick my house color I like that ivory/cream and brown combo and I think it would look great with your roof color as well. We did a similar color in our living room at our previous house where we had a huge brick wall as our wood-stove surround. It turned out great (cream walls, white trim, brown couches)! I think it is a very classic color combo that doesn't get 'stale' or look dated over time. |
2013-06-05 3:14 PM in reply to: TriRSquared |
2013-06-05 8:06 PM in reply to: BikerGrrrl |
Master 2380 Beijing | Subject: RE: Help pick my house color Originally posted by BikerGrrrl Isn't that yellow? If that's showing up as yellow, you might need to adjust the color temperature (and the tint) on your monitor. It's ivory. |
2013-06-06 12:30 PM in reply to: BikerGrrrl |
2013-06-06 3:34 PM in reply to: 0 |
Extreme Veteran 392 Raleigh | Subject: RE: Help pick my house color Originally posted by TriRSquared Thanks for all the suggestions. Seems like we're all leaning towards similar ideas. A friend sent this one and we really like it.
I am a Registered Landscape Architect with 22 years experience in the design field. This photo/ house look awesome but I want to ask/ point out a couple of things. 1) brick - your choice and the photo are two different ranges of brick color and different mortar colors. the photo has white pointing and leans more to a white ash color in the brick - yours has gray pointing and leans on the orange/ red to black range. The house in the photo looks great because of the white trim and cream are picking up the "white" color range in the brick - which at the moment you do not have. 2) will you be changing the shingles on the house or will they stay that "barky brown" color? If you change them out go with a more charcoal gray color. 3) based on brick color chosen, I would do the following and stay in a warm earth tone range: - do a lighter pointing on the brick [this will lighten the color range of the brick] - all trim should be white or at the very least lighter than the base color of the house ALWAYS!!! If you don't... the trim work will "outline" your house. - the main color should be in a light to med tone of warm gray [think light reddish gray]. I like the cream but I think it will be too "yellow" next to the brick wall sample. I suggest paint 2'x2' pieces of plywood the colors you like and put them next to the sample wall to see if you like the colors together. - underside/ ceiling's on balcony and portico can be either white or a dark brown [color to match darker range of brick] like the photo. - remove existing guardrail on the balcony and do similar to the photo - run the guardrail panels between the columns and not in front. [I like the top rail being dk. brown so that it matches the underside of the balcony ceilings] and the remainder of the guardrail white. - remove the dividers on the inside of the windows so you only see the outer frame work of the two halves of the window - shutter should match either shingles [charcoal color] or underside ceilings [dk brown] P.S. I tend to stay in the Historic Color section of Benjamin Moore paints. P.S.S. If you wanted to get funky do all of the dk brown noted above in a VERY dark green [just a couple of shades lighter than black] Edited by bullyboy 2013-06-06 3:45 PM (litchfield_gray.jpg) Attachments ---------------- litchfield_gray.jpg (1KB - 22 downloads) |
2013-06-06 3:52 PM in reply to: bullyboy |
Extreme Veteran 392 Raleigh | Subject: RE: Help pick my house color |
2013-06-07 11:41 AM in reply to: bullyboy |
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