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Extrerior Colour Advice - Mission Brown

last year

Hi there!

I have an 80’s house we’ve been renovating and I need to select a colour for the upstairs weatherboards. The original plan was to paint the bricks and upgrade the roof but we’ve lost momentum. That was the reason for the natural aluminium window frames.

So… we are keeping the brick and roof/gutters and need a colour that works with the brick and mission brown timber work. Ideas welcome!

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Kate
last year
I like the grey much better than the mustard
Pottsy 9 And A Bit
last year
Maybe a silly question , but why are you keeping the mission brown ? To me it dates the place as much as the butter yellow/mustard . Having said that , I aren't a fan of grey either .And to further confuse things , there is that canopy and what looks like the lounge , with pink trim ?

If it was my place , I'd probably do all the trim , gutters etc in charcoal ( monument or similar ) , and the boards in an offwhite , like surfmist .
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Adam Would you consider all trim white including gable and door surround with a deeper grey gloss for the door frames? I'm thinking red, although lovely with grey, may be too 'hot' with the yellow bricks. There is a great green in Wattyl paint called 'Mangrove'. It has grey in the mix yet shows depth and character. That colour would be complimentary to the area you live in, with all those lovely trees. Enjoy. Let us know what you decide.
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dreamer
last year
Get rid of the mission brown, and paint the upstairs cladding, the roof barges, fascia’s, patio uprights and downpipes in a grey tone. Also paint the orange brick borders around the low wall in the left garden and the pool area the same grey tone. Tidy up and add some wonderful greenery in pots the same colour pallet as your bricks.
Julie Herbert
last year
Definitely remove the mission brown, it really dates the look, I will just throw another idea, pick up the darkest colour in the brick and do the trim and top section in the same colour. The dark colour will look wonderful with the brick, so many great ideas to give inspiration for your choice. And lots of gorgeous greenery as suggested.
dreamer
last year
I like the dark colour as well. But my thinking was to choose a colour that blended with the silver aluminium window frames. Julie Herbert examples are fantastic but all have a dark window frame, not silver.
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Found this as a better example of using a grey tone. Looks great with the dark gutters, fascia and even dark eaves.
Pottsy 9 And A Bit
last year

White trim with a dark roof .

White trim but grey wallboards .

Same house but with all white against the bricks ( they've added that veranda entranceway too )
discopenlock
Original Author
last year
Thanks for all the feedback. So some more detail and thoughts… The mustard was the original colour, the grey is just new raw cement cladding, I enclosed a balcony. What I didn’t realise with these pics is that they don’t really show the roof which is also brown. From the front of the house you see a lot of roof. That’s why I chose to keep the mission brown guttering and not introduce another colour to the barge boards. By not opting for a new roof and covering the brick we have chosen to embrace the original look, but I just hate the mustard! I really don’t like the brick either but am prepared to live with it 😊
dreamer
last year
Post a photo of the front of house so we can have that Information to comment. But….no matter what, remove all the mission brown which is not on the roof and gutters. Three colours maximum, BRICK, mission brown roof and gutters, and whatever you choose for all the other surfaces.
brendonn curan
2 months ago
Hi i have been looking for the same brick for some time now i dont suppose you have half or a full pallet of spares by any chance ?

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