Desperate for help to confirm colour scheme for External

6 years ago

Hi Every one please see attached photos of Façade we have selected with Colour Scheme. Please advise about your opinion .. Do you think Timber look garage door go well with Scheme. thanks

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m_mdimond
6 years ago
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Personally I would leave it light, a wooden look will make your colour scheme look darker unless that is what you are going for, keep it a creamy colour to match the render, I think the street appeal is nicer when lighter, gives a nice clean look, just my opinion though.

As an addition to my answer, soften the whole look with plants side of garage and in pots each side of door, I stand to my decision that the wooden look will not make it pop but in fact darker the whole exterior and therefore the kerb appeal as I am just retired art restorer my eye for colour and detail is pretty good and been admired but ultimately the decision is what you are looking for and if will it suit your objectives, yes the garage looks larger due to the lighter colour but a darker wooden look will make the whole look darker, so in my opinion less street appeal, even a coloured bougainvillaea to soften and bring colour can soften the whole appearance of the front maybe a climbing one or another plant of your choice that will do the same, darker colour doors is what it says, DARKER!

Another way would be to paint soft stripes of a TONAL colour to the door like white with beige for example that breaks the white up but keeps it classy and light for the street appeal, hope this helps you. I would paint the stripes the same way as your upright render and definitely in the same beige tone add maybe a fountain to the greenery in the front of the home as well, these ideas will draw the eyes from the white garage door, you don't have to do all but that is a few suggestions from my point of view, Once again hope these extra ideas help in your decision.
lperry4549
6 years ago
I think it would make the house POP, and blend in with the darker exterior, and make the house look larger if you replace the existing garage door with a darker wood door,
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Hi amin_kruti

The idea of wooden garage doors is great!

However, the materials you have shown in the sample photo are a mixture of warm & cool. The 2 top samples in the photo are cool & the others are warm - would you consider selecting same colour, different tone for those materials?

The undertone of colours is what counts.

Desperate for help to confirm colour scheme for External

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