Exterior paint upgrade in the hills
I would love some suggestions about how to modernise and upgrade our hills home. Due to cost considerations, the fixed features that won't change and we need to work around are: red brick exterior, paperbark colourbond window frames, tin roof. But the woodwork (verandah posts), gutters, garage surround, front door could all be refreshed or changed. Love some opinions and advice please as to whether we stick with this colour scheme or do something new? :)
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10 months agoI’m assuming you meant the windows are the Colorbond colour, Paperbark, not made of Colorbond steel. I would look at a shade of colour from the house stone walls. Something like this Dulux Toffee Fingers.
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Comments (30)the whole house needs attention, Me and my youngest daughter with her Three Boys, live together in a Three bedroom one lounge and one toilet / bathroom, yes we are renting, through housing department, yes the rent is convenient as we pay a minimum of a quarter of our income, just need a better laid out house design with the toilet being a separate room with an extra toilet thrown in, in the laundry area, yes we are blessed to have a roof over our heads, we live in NSW, Australia....See MoreRed Brick Exterior - SOS...Exterior Colours HELP!!
Comments (22)so relieved you don't want to spoil a great looking brick home with more render but is there a view from upstairs? when funds allow extending the deck/verandah across the front of the garage would add extra upstairs outdoor space and modify the look of the garage doors and consider painting garage doors and rendered wall in the darkest cement colour (greenish) grey with white eaves and fascias with black gutters and simply pressure wash the driveway to retain the natural concrete colour and add climbing plants to fall down the side of the retaining wall...See MoreWhich exterior cladding and colours should I choose?
Comments (14)Hi, firstly congratulations on your decision to renovate. How exciting. We are nearing the end of a major renovation and choosing the exterior colours was a real sticking point. Most of the houses around us were built in the 1990's and my renovation had the potential to not quite fit in. I had to use a timber cladding to match the existing cedar but the original had been poorly stained and I was never going to get a cohesive match between old and new. I was left pondering my choices. The solution was to paint both but what colour? In the end, I looked at what of the existing was going to be left unchanged. It turned out to be the Karaka Green window frames - not my favourite colour - but in order to work with it I had to pray I didn't offend the neighbourhood. I didn't want the old dirty brown shade and a thousand testpots later, left me with only one really obvious answer. As you can see from the photo, I chose [quite radically] to paint the entire extention in Half Karaka green. It's still a work in progress and in the coming weeks, the rest of the house will be painted to match. I waited for the neighbours - particularly, the old people from the Rest Home at the end of the street - to tell me off for my choice but have been blown away by their reactions. Every last comment has been a major thumbs up. Even the painter - who was highly skeptical - apologised for his doubt, Don't automatically assume your neighbours are going to hate seeing the changes you are about to bring to the area. Which brings me to your planned renovations. I am assuming that your window frames are also going to remain the white colour in the photo. Rather than get all confused about greys etc. Start with them as the basis for the rest of the house and work out from there. If you do that, then I don't think it will be as difficult as it currently seems for you to pick what the rest of the house will be. Don't be afraid to spend money on purchasing test pots. They are around $4 or $5 each and I believe that I probably spent $200. It was worth every penny to me to get a few small off cuts of cedar painted and sit and look at them alongside the existing windows in order to make an informed decision. Good luck. I look forward to seeing some finished photos. I hope to post my finished renovation photos here soon....See MoreHelp!!! Exterior colours please.
Comments (10)If I’m reading the plans right, it’s a rendered exterior with some weatherboard cladding neat front door. If you pop over to Pintrest and search “acreage exterior” you’ll see a sample of inspiration pics. If you find something you like, post it here and we can help find the colours....See More- 10 months ago
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Paperbark looks great with toffee fingers, would look beautiful with your bricks, it’s a lovely house, highlighting your front door with large planters, painting the concrete pavers, it really doesn’t need much more than that.
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Sorry same.. my wifi dropped out.. I love dreamers colour scheme, it will look stunning, not sure what sort of front door you have but replacing the security door with a crimsafe door would look great. And adding something as spectacular as these planters at your door.. gorgeous. Make the most of your veranda by adding somewhere to sit.
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