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Building a HomeDesign DilemmaExterior
rozannebass

Exterior House Colors-Need Help

7 years ago

Hi Everyone! I am looking at SW Gauntlet Gray and SW Dovetail for house colors, but also open to something a little more green such as SW Felted Wool or something in the Intellectual Gray family. We plan to do the posts in cedar and the front door is knotty alder. We will stain them a cinnamon color to match. Also plan to do the shutters in the same wood color.


My question...which colors would you use and where? I am including the stone we have selected and the house layout.




Here is my layout: (Roof is black, windows are white)



I plan to do shutters similar to color and style as this house and trim color:


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  • 7 years ago
    last modified: 7 years ago

    I would like to go further. I like any of your color choices. However I think you have so much going on with the exterior that it takes away from the beauty of the house. You have shingles, board and batten, lap siding, rock and multiple windows.

    There is elegance in understatement when it comes to a house. My feeling is on a house, the front entry should be the focal point and with all you have going on, that front door and the porch are getting lost.

    Additionally stone should look like it's an integral part of the build. Like it's there because it's the material that is "holding up the house" and not just look pasted on. By lowering the stone to the floor line, you'll create that look of the stone looking like part of the foundation.

    So what I did was to get rid of the board and batten and replace it with the lap siding. I kept the shingles but got rid of the gable detail in the one gable. Why? So the gable detail is now over your porch lending that entry importance.

    I also got rid of the shutters. Shutters were originally put on houses to shut out the harsh weather. Shutters that look like they can't close over a window look pasted on and fake. Plus your beautiful house doesn't need them.

    I did keep the stone on the columns higher as would be fitting for your style of home.

    If it were me, I'd paint the shingles a slightly darker version of the main house color and then paint the door something fabulous.

    Do you see how now the house appears more cohesive? Before it seemed to be divided up into the left side, the right side and the middle.

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