topic Re: Cottage with Red Trim in Home

Cottage with Red Trim

lolakimono — Sun, 14 Apr 2019 12:06:30 GMT

Do you like the way they have used red as an accent color?

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I am still oxox — Sun, 14 Apr 2019 12:14:50 GMT

So sweet it looks like a giant dollhouse

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OKPrincess — Sun, 14 Apr 2019 12:28:55 GMT

Really cute for vacation cottage or B&B.

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Bri369 — Sun, 14 Apr 2019 12:52:24 GMT

It's very quaint.

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Patriot3 — Sun, 14 Apr 2019 12:56:03 GMT

That is adorable! Keep the pics coming, lola.

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CAMOGIRL — Sun, 14 Apr 2019 13:04:59 GMT

I would of only done in the red for the door frame, the window frames and one the dormers - I would of done the innermost triangle piece red, everything else white.

I would of left the top porch railing, the two door panels and any other trim white.

Also, I would not of used any of the fretwork curly Q looking things on the porch either - those to me are something saved for a more larger and truer victorian style home.

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Chicagosuburbangirl — Sun, 14 Apr 2019 13:12:58 GMT

On this house yes.

Makes me think of a candy shop or ice cream parlor.

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Jaspersmom — Sun, 14 Apr 2019 14:16:36 GMT

Looks like a candy cane. I would have left off the red trim around the windows and door and painted the door all red.

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DREAMON — Sun, 14 Apr 2019 14:41:10 GMT

I don't like this. It looks too childish to me...like a play house.

I had a neighbor years ago who had red shutters and trim on her white house and the sun faded it to pink. She hated it.

I currently have a neighbor who had maroon shutters that are now purple due to the sun.

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Carmie — Sun, 14 Apr 2019 16:43:27 GMT

No, I don't like it. A house just outside of my neighborhood is painted the very same way. It was painted with red trim right before it was listed for sale. It was listed for over a year before it sold.

The new owners just moved in. I am hoping they repaint at least some of the trim another color.

I like red...I have a red door, but not on an all white house. It is a nice accent color, but too much is over kill.

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fancy pantsy — Sun, 14 Apr 2019 17:18:56 GMT

YES! that little cottage is fabulous!

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Love my grandkids — Sun, 14 Apr 2019 17:41:36 GMT

@lolakimono No, but I dislike red as an accent or wall color so it wouldn't work for me personally.

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AuntG — Sun, 14 Apr 2019 18:08:55 GMT

Reminds me of a candy store. If it were my small home, I'd have a red door but paint the trim navy blue.

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colliemom4 — Sun, 14 Apr 2019 18:33:42 GMT

It sort of reminds me of something you'd see in Williamsburg, only smaller.

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ScenicMaine — Sun, 14 Apr 2019 20:29:05 GMT

NOPE

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Foxxee — Sun, 14 Apr 2019 20:43:49 GMT

Nice house, but I think the red trim makes it too gingerbread looking.

I'd prefer to see the house painted in Benjamin Moore's Williamsburg Wythe Blue with white trim all around. Not sure about the door, maybe, painted a dark blue.

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Drythe — Sun, 14 Apr 2019 20:46:14 GMT

@lolakimono

I enjoy seeing photos of things I would not see otherwise.

Thanks to you and other idea posters.

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haddon9 — Sun, 14 Apr 2019 20:49:16 GMT

@I am still oxox wrote:
So sweet it looks like a giant dollhouse

It does look like a dollhouse! My daughter when she was a little girl would have loved it!

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spiderw — Sun, 14 Apr 2019 21:57:11 GMT

I love this cottage and would love to see the inside! The red and white doesn't bother me, I have seen a lot worse in exterior colors on homes.

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stevieb — Sun, 14 Apr 2019 23:52:35 GMT

This is cute. I would not have picked red trim and don't think it really makes the little house shine as much as it might, but it is cheerful and it is appealing.