Exterior colour challenge.
I want to update the exterior of my house, but have a limited budget and the house is weirdly positioned on the block.
It’s on a corner block, and the “back” of the house faces the road.
I am leaning toward a privacy screen (laser cut metal or something like that) to provide privacy in front of the two sliding glass doors. And I need to do something to disguise that water tank.........
I also want to change the colour of the roof and gutters/down pipes - there’s just too much red/brown going on here!! I’m after colour suggestions that are classic and wont date - what do you think??
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Ralflo
3 years ago
dreamer
3 years agoRelated Discussions
Exterior paint colours for our house
Comments (2)This just popped up , but I see it is quite old . Did you decide on paint colours ? The roof looks almost a brown tone in the photos , but you say it is dark grey . I assume you don't want to paint that ? If you do , go more charcoal IMO . If you don't , I'm assumimg it will look several shades darker with your wall colour choices . There is a roller door on the garage that appears to be a nice shade of orangey yellow . Personally , I would go with your colour choices , but do all the doors ( roller doors , wooden doors ) and gutterings in that ochre shade . Your terrace I would do in a charcoal , but with the top rail either in the orangey yellow , or a really crisp white . I know that sounds a bit 70's ( although they would have added a lot of ranch brown back then haha ! ) but against the light grey I suspect it would work together well , and look the part ....See MoreChallenge: Unusual splash back layout...
Comments (3)The taupe countertops are nice. Have you seen all the new choices of backsplash tiles that are available currently? There are so many beautiful ones, there isn't a need to settle on white subway tiles. Venture out to the big box stores or flooring showrooms and take a look... There are tile caps of all sizes to finish off the ends. A nice one is called a tile liner, and it's about 1/2"-wide. There's also metal strips that can be laid in to finish the tile, it looks very nice. They are called: Schluter Systems 0.375-in W x 98.5-in L Aluminum Commercial/Residential Tile Edge Trim and can be found at Lowe's. They come in different colors....See Morewhich exterior colour look best?
Comments (0)Hi. Choosing an exterior colour is so hard. What do you think? The darker blue In the first pic or the lighter duck egg blue in the second or perhaps even the small patch of very dark blue On the two weather boards in the second pic....See MoreHome exterior paint colour suggestion?
Comments (1)Personally , I think the main colour is fine , the crisp white on the poles and most of the terrace is fine -- the two different 'sandy khahki' shades ( the window surrounds , and the planter ) looks out of date . I'd do both of them in charcoal , as well as the terrace base board and the upstairs downpipes . It looks like the barge board and the veranda are already a charcoal -- if not , then darken them up too . The mid grey on the steps etc is fine as is , it's hard to see in the photos but the front door looks like it might be a nice solid wooden one -- again , thats fine to me , but I'd do the door surround in a crisp white to make it more noticeable . The other brighter option would be to do the window surrounds , the door surround , the top barge board including the gables , the terrace base and probably the terrace top rail -- all in a bright sunshine yellow !...See MoreRalflo
3 years agodreamer
3 years agoRalflo
3 years agoThanks dreamer. There will be a fence in the future. The house is in country SEQLD and high solid fences/hedges are not the norm. There will be a fence in the future - probably similar to the pic below (and no - I will not be painting the house green 🤣). That’s why I was thinking about a laser cut privacy screen in front of those sliding doors.
To be honest, I’m more interested in how to refresh the exterior appearance of the house (eg roof and gutter colours).
dreamer