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Paint Design Dilemma Exterior

1960 modernist house - exterior colours suggestions??

last month

Hello, I am not sure which colours to paint the exterior trim... The mission brown timber and downpipes is peeling and needs refreshing. Large cream panels under back windows need repainting too. Most timber windows and carport screen would stay whisper white. Some windows are unfortunately 1990s bronze look aluminium. Not sure if I could paint those...

Open to suggestions for front door too! Roof is colorbond "Bushland". I'd prefer to keep the blonde brick - simply easy to maintain.

Would love any ideas for the trim?? Am thinking either a dark greyish green, or perhaps white?

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Kate
last month
I’d go the colour of your iron fence - monument/black
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dreamer
last month
I to, would choose black on all the trim and repaint the white windows black as well. Aluminium windows can be painted. It is a process but doable.
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I think your house looks 'old' because of 3 things -- the beige , the roof but also the green fences . Even though the windows are darker , I wouldn't change the beige to Monument -- it doesn't feel right to me . I'd go crisp white , but I definitely would do the fences in a charcoal -- it doesn't need to be Monument or even a brand in my experience -- a $40 cheapie stain ( or the $100 concentrate ones you thin out ) is fine , because every time you clean your fence , no matter how much you've paid , some comes off , so you redo your fence every 2 to 5 years . Do those 2 , and maybe a bright red entrance door ( the door seems a mid red in a couple of pics , white in one I assume is earlier , but black in others -- maybe a screen door ? ) , and then stand out on the street and look -- you may not need to do the roof then . You say you have done or are working on the garden -- I am again making an assumption that you have conifers or similar under the bags ? Thats fine , but it needs gardens and modern plants too -- green leaves , yellow leaves , red leaves , dark branches , even grasses and cactuses . It all adds to it , but also modernises the feel -- the large bushy shrubs in most pics could easily have been what someone planted 50 years ago !
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dreamer
last month
And a beautiful colour from the era of the home for the front door. Examples:
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Julie Herbert
last month
I agree , go dark on your trims, look beautiful with the blonde bricks, you can paint metal windows, we used Dulux weathershield on our old house windows and they looked fabulous, still looking good after many years.
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bluegum12
Original Author
last month
Thanks for the suggestion Julie. Did you have sliding aluminium windows? I am worried the sliding action might make the paint peel off, but at this stage I figure it's worth a go.
Julie Herbert
last month
Yes they were sliding windows, no problem with the paint at all, just make sure you use a really good exterior paint, we were recommended Dulux and it really was a great choice, you have a great house.
pottsy99
last month
I'd do a 'twist' on everyone else's suggestion -- like them , I'd go charcoal for the trim , especially the 70's panel that looks down on the pool , it would look great with the lighter brick and roof .

BUT I'm assuming the entrance door is white with a couple of glass panels ( I can't tell if thats the door , or a reflection in a glass panel ) -- if it is that , then a brighter sunnier colour ( red / yellow / orange ) for the door , and maybe 30-40mm around the roofline -- whether its the boards , the gutters -- basically get up there and see if theres anything that is about that width . You are bringinging in a splash of colour , but also breaking the 2 lighter colours and making them visually seperate , plus maybe its just me , white with black highlights looks great , but it gets a bit much if thats all you have .
pottsy99
last month
Oh , and one other alternate suggestion -- if the budget streteches , replacing that 1 1/2 storey window ( or even a dark tinted glass panel 'over' it ) in several pieces of glass and larger chunkier charcoal aluminium framing , would change the whole look and look way more modern ( the other end of your place with the smaller , higher windows already has that vibe ) and would be a good investment IMO .
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bluegum12
Original Author
last month
Thanks for your ideas. Funnily enough I just discovered bright tangerine orange paint underneath the mission brown on the original 1960s laundry door! now am tempted to colour match that for a bit of fun
Julie Herbert
last month
Pottsy will love that ❤️
pottsy99
last month
Bluegum -- it's a sign !

Julie -- see my post above -- I'd already suggested it haha !

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