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[liliblu]

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@stevieb wrote:

Two points I'd make about the shade of yellow... First, I suspect the color looks more intense than it is because of all the snow, especially juxtaposed with that on the roof.... The other thing is that as much as I love yellow frame houses, no matter how good the paint or the painters, yellow fades easily... The house across the street from my mothers is the most adorable yellow Dutch Colonial, but I'll tell you, I'm not sure I'd want to be responsible for trying to keep that house yellow!  Could be, whoever owns this house intentionally chose a deeper color, knowing it would fade...

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The sun can be harsh.  I know my parents have always had their shutters repainted every few years due to fading.  Painting an entire house would be expensive.  I'm already palnning to repaint my shutters a glossier navy blue this spring.

[wilma]

I would also like it better in a lighter shade of yellow. 

[jubilant]

I love that yellow on this particular house and it looks great against the snow! Maybe I would feel different if it were summer. It works for me for now!!!

[stevieb]

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@liliblu wrote:

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@stevieb wrote:

Two points I'd make about the shade of yellow... First, I suspect the color looks more intense than it is because of all the snow, especially juxtaposed with that on the roof.... The other thing is that as much as I love yellow frame houses, no matter how good the paint or the painters, yellow fades easily... The house across the street from my mothers is the most adorable yellow Dutch Colonial, but I'll tell you, I'm not sure I'd want to be responsible for trying to keep that house yellow!  Could be, whoever owns this house intentionally chose a deeper color, knowing it would fade...

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The sun can be harsh.  I know my parents have always had their shutters repainted every few years due to fading.  Painting an entire house would be expensive.  I'm already planning to repaint my shutters a glossier navy blue this spring.

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@liliblu  Exactly... Painting is expensive and intrusive... Even both shingles and modern siding fade, though some manufacturers claim it fades less... Neighbors installed pricey new siding a few years ago in a pretty light clay color over what was white siding and it too has already begun to show signs of fading... Others had their siding painted pale green and it was lovely... Both will probably go back to white at some point, as the fading is less of an issue... One of the advantages to stone, brick or logs, I guess...

[eddyandme]

Like this house!  Made me smile as I thought of Home Alone as soon as I saw it (I think they had a white house though).

Like the shade of yellow - think it's appropriate for that time period.  If it's an older house and registered in the township, you can only go with certain colors.

[aroc3435]

@stevieb  I like this center hall colonial you featured here and I like the deep yellow.

I am not sure about exterior colors on colonial homes throughout the colonies but in New England, at least, colonial red was probably the first choice for a lot of them.

On interiors in the wealthy homes, deep, bright tones were used, such as peacock blue.  And they used a different color in each room.  No concept of continuity of color.  Each room was like a little jewel box.

On a tour of George Washington's home, Mount Vernon, the guide confirmed it, as did one in Newport, RI in the City Point section which is a concentrated neighborhood of the oldest colonial era homes in the city.  They are a far cry from the summer mansions of the Gilded Age.

aroc3435

Washington, DC 

[GenXmuse]

I love it and I wouldn't change a thing about the color. 

[Boomernichols]

@stevieb This picture had me playing home for Christmas if only in my dreams!!!!

[stevieb]

@aroc3435  I remember the surprise a number of years ago when it was discerned that historical colors, mostly among the better heeled, were not the 'drabs' many had considered to be historically accurate to that point in time... The colors now often used in many historical replicas were at first considered somewhat shocking...

[AuntG]

Both ranch homes I've owned (a two bedroom when I was single and a three bedroom after I married) have been a butter cream yellow. I love colonial style homes, but I also like porches and no longer want steps.