Help updating exterior house paint colours from 90's heritage look
We have an older house that is part brick, part weatherboard & we renovated it 18 years ago & painted it heritage colours. So we have fixed things to deal with like a Colorbond 'rivergum' room (similar to today's pale eucalypt), heritage red gutters & dreaded primrose aluminium windows, although there are a couple of timber windows from the old section of the house. The house was painted cream (don't know the exact colour name) & the posts we did in Dulux 'Lanolin'. Out the back we have powdercoated 'sandbank' posts which we can't change either but we could work with. We would like to paint the house a much deeper colour, maybe in the beigey grey tones & verandah posts/trims etc in a lighter colour. However, when we start looking at beigey grey colours, we're worried about the roof looking wrong with it & we're worried the pesky primrose aluminium windows will look more yellow than ever. But we don't want to accommodate those windows either. Would love to hear from someone who has overcome their primrose windows & managed to blend them successfully into a new updated decor!
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Comments (13)So good to have everyone's input...thinking at this stage,to try to colour match the 'paperbark'coloured pergola roof with the main part of the roof .then a mid grey, in tone with domino(or even just domino) for fascias and barges. Our bricks have black highlights, so should work well. Then, a lightish grey like Surfmist under eaves(as suggested). And finally keeping domino posts.I did also like the look of the photos and the Magnolia house with timber features....See MoreUgliest 90’s facade - update help!
Comments (6)I like the idea of your mid to dark grey colour scheme, particularly as there's a hit of grey in your bricks. And the plan for decking over entry will make for a beautiful warm entry; I love the mix of materials. I take your meaning about potential decking extending out from entry along house front and around to the back entertainment patio as possibly looking strange. But, IF you plan to also deck the entertaining patio, I don't think it would look strange having the perimeter decking narrow. But I should ask, how narrow would it be? Just as an example, we have continuous decking along the north, east and west sides of our house. The narrowest path, which is about 10 metres long, is only 92 cms wide and leads from laundry room door to master suite decking with a see-thru gate delineating the two areas....See MoreModerinsing External 90s house
Comments (12)Congratulations, I love these colours and I think they could compliment your new house, a combination could be perfect, painting window trims and garage doors and all could dramatically change the look, very stylish and look great with your internal shutters....See Moreearly 90s exterior reno
Comments (18)I love the look of the house ! I love the glass bricks -- there is no way I would change them . I love the angled glass . I love the round garage window . I could even live with the colour . The 3 things I would change initially is -- 1 -- the front doors . I understand why they are done in charcoal , but I'd be more whimsical -- maybe a bright lipstick red to soften the pink tones , maybe 2 big stainless handles to tie in with the balustrade , maybe rich stained wooden doors with long narrow frosted windows -- the 'ship' look ? 2 -- the front 'fences' . Either they are wooden , or extremely poorly poured concrete . Do them in solid plastered concrete painted/rendered in the house 'pink' -- classy and ties in with the house . 3 -- the plants -- they literally look like those creepers that grow over rocks that haven't been looked after . In my eyes , I imagine a huge ceramic pot at least 1.5mtr round and similar height , filled with several different cactus , on the left hand side . And 3 palm trees planted on the right hand side -- maybe 5 , 8 and 12 metre tall . Miami Vice all the way haha , along witha $500k capital gain !...See More- 9 years ago
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