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[DowntonAbbey]

I have concrete pots outside on my porch and a bench and I love concrete and my precious friend gave for me Christmas and I just got it two days ago and standing lion and I love it well he is in a sitting up position and she painted him gray.........she asked me what color of things would I want on my porch and I said concrete color........now the wreath on my door is peacock which is a grapevine wreath with peacock ribbon on the feathers in the ribbon and beautitful greenry and flowers in peacock blue, so should I keep the lion gray or paint him again concrete color as she did not realize the paint gray would be darker when it dried?  Thank you I want to look nice and not like a circus.  Isabella

[AKgirl2]

@DowntonAbbey ~ what color would you want to paint the lion?

What color(s) are your pots?  I'd try to stay neutral, becuase your door wreath seems colorful, and if you plant flowers in the pots, that will be colorful as well.

[2blonde]

So, I guess you're saying the lion is a darker color of gray than the rest of the concrete near it, right?  If so, then I would probably go ahead and paint him a lighter color to match if possible.  I get from your post that you're uncomfortable with the way it looks now, so I think you should go ahead and do it.

[DowntonAbbey]

Thank you for answering the concret around my front porch is all the sand concrete color like a side walk ...........just the standard concrete color but the lion next  to my concrete bench in gray???  Should I paint it again the color of sand like the color of my concrete pots and bench?  Thank you.

[Mominohio]

It is kind of hard to tell you. without pictures of the things together.

Does the darker grey look like a nice contrast to your 'concrete' colors?  I would think some contrast would look better than just monotone all the same color of the concrete. 

If you are able to post pictures, I think we could be of more help.

[Carmie]

I think everything sounds like it would work together nicely. 

Try it all out first.  If you don't like the lions painted gray, paint them to match the concrete.

You  won't know if you like it until you see it altogether 

[DowntonAbbey]

Thank you well I do not want to hurt my friend and she does not come and see me often but its gray and everything in concrete is the light sand color NOW WOULD THE GRAY BE OK AROUND THE CONCRETE COLOR because if it will be ok then I will leave it as is.........its not that I have to paint it is does it look ok with it being gray and everything else is sand color in the concrete.  That is all I have is concrete pots and I love concrete. Thank you

[2blonde]

@DowntonAbbey  Well, if it were me, I probably would need to have it match, but it's hard to say definitively without actually seeing it myself.

[AKgirl2]

@DowntonAbbey ~ from reading your further posts, I think the gray color on lions will bother you, so IMO I would paint them the sand color or just a bit deeper in the sand color family for a bit of contrast.  Sorry for bold print, guess I tapped on it in error.

[151949]

I don't understand at all what you are talking about when you say sand colored concrete. Isn't your concrete grey - unless it is tinted some color - concrete is grey.