Major renovation - Exterior colour choices
Hi all - I am in the middle of a large renovation of an original 1970 3 bedroom home in Canberra. We have completely gutted the interior and added an extension. I am up to the stage of choosing a colour for the render, but also for a colourbond corrugated cladding feature that wraps around 3/4 of the house. So far the colours we have are monument for the tiles, gutters, fascia, and windows. I was thinking a Dune colour for the render, then maybe even monument again for the colourbond corrugated cladding. After I have sat on this for a while, I am becoming a little unsure if this is the right way to go and if I need to sneak a third colour into that cladding. I wouldn't mind going a lighter grey, but I don't want it to throw off any blues, but at the same time I don't want the house to look too sterile. We are in an established suburb and would like to blend in in a way that compliments the surround trees, rather than fighting against them and trying to make a statement. I am hoping I could consult the many talented houzzers on this one to offer some advice and give some options that we haven't thought of yet.
I have created a line drawing of the western side of the house (the first image) that I can use to change the colours around to see what can work. Here is what I have so far. Top is Surfmist render with shale grey cladding... my wife has mentioned that this one is a no as surfmist is too light. I tend to agree. Bottom is Dune render and monument corrugated cladding
Some background on the project - this is all being done by my uncle, wife and myself with the help of a select few trades. It is a huge project and doing it mostly by ourselves is giving us a huge amount of satisfaction. Sacrificing our weekends for this year will be worth it.
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Comments (41)answering your questions: change the sliding door to a bench height sliding window and use the salvaged sliding door in the western end of the dining room where the best entry position is for the deck, you MUST have a proper legal drains do not consider anything else...the drain pipe for the garage laundry can be on top of the concrete floor, behind the washing machine and through the sink cabinet and/or under built in storage and only needs a few cms not a whole floor and no stepped up area that you would see or trip over.. the laundry can't be in a separate room as there's not enough space for a separate laundry without compromising the size of the garage...a laundry cupboard 80 cm deep is enough for the washing machine (allowing for the drainage pipe) you could use the old line cupboard to store anything you want but it's not cost effective to change, the entry foyer is already as big as in many modern homes and there's generous flatpac biw space in the small study.... the family bathroom is 2380 x 2370 (ie the old study minus 1m for hall way and wall thickness and, arranged exactly as shown to allow for the wide window there should be space for a bath up to 1800 x 750, vanity about 1200 x 500 and shower space 1200 x 800 and leftover space makes the small linen cupboard with the door deliberately opening towards the shower to use the back of the door for hanging racks for towels and clothes....btw i understood your priority was maximizing separate sleeping rooms and minimising costs...my last plan has five separate sleeping rooms plus the lounge with sofa bed totalling sleeping places for at least 10 people plus the potential for bunks in the garage so you need to decide what is most important and where you're prepared to compromise...See MoreLiam A
7 years agoAlso, here is what it looked like before the extension and before grinding all of that render off (which took forever!).
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7 years agoLiam A
7 years agoGood to know that the Dieskau throws off the pink - I am trying to avoid that. I do have a growing collection of sample pots at the moment and I think I may need to source some more. It's not a big deal - as you can see in the below pic, we have time on our side as we have a lot more to get done, but it is a big decision that needs to be made at some point and I would rather it be considered rather than a rushed one.
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7 years agoHere is a colour combo I like which combines the three colours: A nameless grey, a white and the black detail. I am trying to get in touch with the building developers to see what grey they used.
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