Which exterior paint colours for a 1927 brick bungalow?
Souzette Lovell
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Comments (65)Thank you so much, Julie. I thought you would be interested in the end result, given how much encouragement and advice you so generously gave me. :-) I do love it. It has made such a difference and I think (fingers crossed) the landscaping will give it the finishing touch. We are reroofing the pergola, so will post photos when that is completed. The gazebo looks great after its facelift, too....See MoreExterior bungalow facade paint
Comments (13)I'm going to be completely different . You have the burnt orange tiles , and the grey render , being the colours that are not worth changing IMO . I'd redo the charcoal fence stain , and it looks like the garage door is already okay in that colour . I'd do the uprights and the barge board above the veranda in charcoal ( the garage door surround is already in that tone , and looks good IMO ) , and the square 'caps' of the veranda in burnt orange , and the small shade/roof over the left hand window also in the burnt orange...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 Moreexterior colours - red brick California bungalow
Comments (9)You asked about painting the 'stripe' , and I was going to mention it in my post above . Visually , that existing hip-line 'stripe' looks a bit funny , it is pretty non-existent on the left , then sort of alternates between red and white . So that seems a problem to me , because I was going to suggest either 'just' painting that 100mm or so stripe in black , or preferably getting a slightly raised render 'hip line' , either in a black render , or painted afterwoods . BUT as you don't want to do red around the top , I think that would look like a dogs breakfast -- red and white with a black stripe is pure 1960's style and class -- red , white , mauve or grey , and black would look disjointed IMO ....See MoreSouzette Lovell
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