Colorbond colour scheme advice
Hi Houzz community,
My husband and I in the process of designing a holiday house on 5 acres of bush on the Sunshine Coast. I've been pretty good with making most decisions but I'm a bit undecided with the external colour scheme so would love to hear your thoughts!
I'll attach some elevations of the house at the end of the post.
Here's what we've already decided on:
- Roof will be Colorbond, custom-orb
- Wall cladding will be Colorbond horizontal custom-orb
- Window frames will be aluminum (light silver)
- Decking is INEX composite decking (light grey/weathered wood look)
We like a minimalist/simple aesthetic, neutral grey colour schemes, no browns or greens. I'm planning on adding a few key pieces of furniture/pots to add interest and colour.
Anyway, the scheme I've come up with is a combination of Shale Grey (roof), Windspray (walls), and Basalt (deck posts & balustrades, fascia, gutters). I was also thinking of Basalt for the front door.
We also have to choose colours for our shed - I want it to recede (i.e darker colours) and to look different from the house. I'm thinking Basalt walls and roof, Windspray or Basalt roller doors.
I did a mock up of my proposed colour scheme (though the Windspray looks a lot more blue in the drawing than it does in person).
Would love to hear your thoughts and any suggestions, improvements etc. that you may have. Thank you!
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Comments (18)Hi, You've received some great ideas above, and definitely landscaping will play a pivotal role in softening the facade of your house and providing street appeal. As you are looking to sell it's important to look to the street your building on and the colours of the houses around you too. Will you be having the front facade fully rendered as above? If so keep the tones neutral to appeal to a wider market. This size house is probably going to appeal to a professional couple which means they will want something with not too much maintenance. A colorbond roof is a great choice for security and ease of maintenance. Choosing a charcoal like Monument for your roof and gutter adds depth. Consider Surfmist for the Fascia as this will lift and lighten the front. For the Front Portico Piers I would choose a contrasting render colour to add depth to the design. Your window frames should match your roof. If you do an Aluminium framed front door this colour will be the same as your windows and you would want to match your front door to it. If you do a timber front door frame you can paint your front door and frame the same colour. which will be more consistent and appealing to the eye. I wouldn't suggest doing anything too wild colour wise for your front door as you have a narrow facade and it will polarise buyers. Keep your garage door as close as you can to your render colour to give your facade the illusion of size. An exposed aggregate driveway in a colour such as Labassa would pull it all together. Depending on where you are building, the other consideration is Developer Guidelines. If you are doing a knock down rebuild this won't affect you, however if you building in a new estate your Developer may require you to stick to a colour palette they have created. I work for a Volume Builder as a Interior Design Consultant. I hope this helps. Cheers Deborah...See MoreExternal colour scheme - seeking advice
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The front (north) is clad in spotted gum, decks which run entire north and west side are spotted gum too. I'll post a pic of front, but will have to take some of north side in daylight.
We had just re-oiled right end of cladding so that's why it looks so much darker than left side.
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OK... So....
I'm now thinking that with our particular style of house & roof lines that it is going to look best if the gutters and fascia are the same colour. This pic is similar to how our roof will be constructed and I think given the wide fascias on each end of the house, and the fact that we won't have gutters on either end, and the position of the gutters, it looks best when they're both the same colour.
(It's a bit hard to see in the photo but there's a half-round gutter at the front.)
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Hi there, sorry for the late reply I haven’t been on Houzz for ages... Our build is in progress (finally!) We went with shale grey for our roof, gutters and fascia and windspray for the walls. Can’t really see the roof from ground level but I love the colour of the windspray and I think it works great with our silver window frames. (We also ended up going with shale grey for our shed as we decided this would be more practical in keeping the shed cooler.) Hope this helps!
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