70’s pale yellow brick colour scheme advice!!!!
Hi there, we are renovating our 70’s yellow brick farmhouse and currently trying to work out whether we go with black or white framing for the windows and doors. We are also looking to paint the exterior (yellow brick will have to remain). It’s been suggested that we perhaps keep the windows, doors and beams white and paint the roof and gutters a light grey. I feel like that may look a little washed out though and the black framing might assist with a bit of contrast???? Any advice would be great on a colour pallet..
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Nerida King
4 years agoRelated Discussions
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me me
4 years ago
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4 years agoNerida, I would probably use Dulux Vivid White, which is better than Dulux Whisper White for trim as it is a purer white. Woodland Grey will work with gutters and downpipes, although with the yellow tones of the brickwork I would get samples of other colours in the blue/grey range which will counterbalance the yellows. Colorbond Deep Ocean and Colorbond Ironstone could be options. The underside of your verandah looks like it may have been stained timber at one stage, but has been painted brown and concealed any grain? I can't quite make it out from the photo? If this is the case then consider a fresh paint colour such as a quarter strength of your gutter and downpipe colour. There is no rule saying that all eaves have to be white. You can't lime wash over paint that conceals the timber grain.
I will be in Adelaide mid-October if you want to set up a Dr Retro House Call colour consultation for your home.
Best of luck,
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Nerida King
4 years ago- PRO
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4 years ago Nerida King
4 years agoThank you I’ve sent a form. One other question I had was on interiors as we are starting this very soon. Would you go for a whisper white on the inside walls for this new living/kitchen/dining space. It’s quite a large space now so certainly don’t need anything too stark. We also now have this dividing wall between the dining and living space which will be a double sided fire place which will have shelving on one side and either a blank wall or tv on the other side. Would you render the exposed brick and paint this say a colourbond beige royal or paperbark? We will be having engineered oak flooring.
Brandon williams
3 years ago
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