Exterior Colors - Page 2

QVC101 · ‎04-05-2013

I painted my ranch home last year with a color scheme I got out of a HGTV magazine. Body of house is called Special Gray, the doors are dark plum, the trim is white and the shutters are called Isle of Palm. The Special Gray is a darker gray with a drop of purple in it. Very happy with how it turned out. The paints were Sherwin Williams.

ECBG · ‎01-08-2011

In a neighborhood near ours is a two story cedar house with a wide front porch. The woman loves pink, and the house is the color of strawberry ice cream with white railings.

No way!

Meowingkitty · ‎06-19-2010

I live in Arizona but not in an HOA but most people do off white, sands, beige, medium brown and some grays. I would be angry if someone in my neighborhood painted their house what is considered a weird color. I would stand out. We had a neighbor that painted his house mustard yellow. God was it ugly. Fortunately they sold the house and the new neighbors painted it a light gray.

Regal Bee · ‎07-20-2017

I like neutral colors for the exterior of a home.

Oznell · ‎11-08-2014

Sure, @spud188 . Our 1910 cottage is painted in Benjamin Moore's historic "Alexandria Beige" for the body of the house. Here's a house I found online (not ours), painted in that color:

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We have a creamy, off-white trim, slightly creamier than the one they used above, which in my opinion is a little too 'stark' white for the house color. Ours is "Navajo White", also a B. Moore color.

Then, under the eaves, and on our front door, we have another historic Benjamin Moore shade, "Stratton Blue". Here's a door I found online painted in that shade. In real life, it's a heavenly blue-greeney color:

Please ignore the weird paint treatment they gave the steps-- the Stratton Blue is just the color on the door.

spiderw · ‎06-14-2010

Oznell

Love that Stratton Blue! That would look so nice on my house which is now white with burgundy trim. I think that Stratton Blue would look great on a beach or mountain cabin too!

spud188 · ‎09-23-2010

Thanks ladies.

ninjawife · ‎11-15-2011

@Meowingkitty wrote:
I live in Arizona but not in an HOA but most people do off white, sands, beige, medium brown and some grays. I would be angry if someone in my neighborhood painted their house what is considered a weird color. I would stand out. We had a neighbor that painted his house mustard yellow. God was it ugly. Fortunately they sold the house and the new neighbors painted it a light gray.

When we bought our current house it was mustard yellow with dark green shutters. It is stucco and had been patched so it needed to be painted-thank goodness. I went with colors that relfect the interior colors of our home, beige and blue.