Exterior Paint Colours on Rendered House - Advice
Hi
we need some advice on painting our house cement render, but we have some
existing colours that are non-changeable due to being recently installed. The
three colours we cant change and have to work with are
Our Fence is Bushland (colorbond); - recently installed
Our Pergola is Classic cream (colorbond) - recently installed
Window frames are vivid white enamel.
Roof, Fascia, Gutters are all
Ironstone blue. These can be changed down the track but not now including
possibly moving from a tiled roof to tin - but feel free to advise what colour you think they should be as part of a overall house colour scheme.
Downpipes will be painted to match.
The house is currently a cream
like colour, and seems to match well with the pergola. My wife was thinking of
painting the house the same classic cream as the pergola for a consistent look
in the back patio area. Cream does sound a little boring to me, but we paid for and installed the patio in classic cream, whilst it was still a rental and didnt think too much about a future overall colour scheme.
However, her thoughts are that this is too much monotone to have all the render
one colour and would like a colour that will go with the fence and be used for
a feature wall and all our retaining walls (inc pool) around the property. (A third
colour, darker than the cream, but lighter than the bushland).
Her initial thoughts were colorbond Evening Haze. She initially liked oyster linen, but thinks that the evening haze
is a better fit.Any comments strongly worded or otherwise, any advice is appreciated.
Thankyou
Comments (8)
9 years ago- 9 years ago
hi bigreader,
thanks for the response, the landscaping side is the next area to move into. The retaining wall along the driveway we were thinking of putting in pear trees such as the below
the garden bed is 1.1m wide, so quite narrow. I am concerned though that the pear trees may over time have a bare narrow trunk and all the foilage at the top. We are intending to build a front wall across the boundary and make a front yard backyard. The tree cover in the retaining wall will provide the eastern boundary to blocking street views, hence skinny trunks will not work. Related Discussions
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Comments (14)The Bricks are OK, if you like them, keep that round feature deck in the brick and render the rest, or stone clad the feature and render the rest, or cheapest of all just paint the rest in a dark warm neutral and render the round feature in a lighter but similar tone. You have the windows to consider. If you changed the colour of them you could also change the overall colour scheme from warm to cool. Although a black and white scheme is current, it looks better on timber houses and in suburban and inner city areas in my opinion. There are lots of different elements to your house which would look more integrated if you chose a warm colour scheme with a maximum of 3 colours. You can even make the bricks work if you paint upstairs a warmer colour to match them and changed the tiles and front steps to wood. Wood integrates everything in a warm colour scheme....See MoreExterior render colours
Comments (40)After great thought with the advice given & other researched sites, we have decided to not render our bricks. :) We have begun re painting our pergola from dulux lexicon to taubmans coffee cake - very similar to our window trims. It's a neutral stone/beige colour. We hope to paint our garage doors & gutters monument & probably the facia trims in coffee cake. Fingers crossed for it to look ok. Thanks again....See MoreLooking for colour advice for exterior of this unique 50s house?
Comments (4)With all due respect I think that your home looks more like 1980's than 1950's. 1980's homes tend to be lots of brickwork, and 1950's are often more lightweight materials. My crystal ball says that the colours that you are looking at are going to date as we move through these grim times as pre-pandemic colours. After World War Two there was a general movement to lighter palettes and brighter colours, so the cliched Monument trim, grey render and black window frames will be going out of fashion. Here is an example of a 1950's home with a joyous use of colours. Some of these colours were also popular in the 1980's so if you want to be true to the original era you should do some historical research. For many people it is hard to visualise how colours will work on their home, which is why what has been done to death before is often repeated. If you need a hand with colour selections then perhaps you should contact a Dulux colour consultant or other design professional. Best of luck Dr Retro of Dr Retro House Calls and Dr Retro Virtual Visits....See MoreExterior paint 1990s brick/render home?
Comments (2)What about doing something like this? Laying boards over the rendered part would update it I think....See More- 9 years ago
PRO9 years ago- 9 years ago
PRO9 years agoHi Andrew
At Bodo, our motto for exterior colour schemes is Keep It Simple! with a maximum of 3 colours, including your roof, windows etc.
If you break this rule, the colour scheme becomes complicated and fussy, and may make your house appear smaller, as introducing differing colour in differing sections, confuses the eye line.
Dont make the same mistake, by making "for now"decisions. Think of the future :)
We recommend keeping everything in Colorbond Bushland. We have attached an example of how this could look below.
1. Rendered Rear Retainers
2. Existing front retainers
3. Fencing (existing)
4. Full House repaint (this is where the future comes in!)
This scheme will work beautifully with your white aluminium joinery, and feel seamless. It will be ok with your classic cream patio and roof.
This colour scheme wont be one bit boring! just stylish and classic. Not to mention an increased sale ability of your home.
Then you can bring in some timberwork, pots in a colour that you love, outdoor furniture etc or maybe even a wall garden on the rear fence line.
If you really want to take the guesswork out of which colours to use right throughout your home, inside and out - jump on and have a look at the concept that Bodo recommends for you: You can purchase and instantly download a full shopping list of paint, materials and products to bring your look together!
http://bodoboards.com.au/collections/paint-concept/products/australian-bush-paint-concept
Good luck!
9 years ago
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